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2026 Forest River XLR Nitro41G14

a 45-foot fifth wheel that leaves the factory at 15,679 lbs dry and is rated to carry 5,321 lbs of cargo.

Tow-Critical Data — as built, MY2026

15,679lb
Dry Weight
5,321lb
Cargo Capacity
3,190lb
Pin Weight
45ft
Length
5,321 lb cargo Fifth Wheel · XLR Nitro Fifth Wheels Built by · Forest River Model year · 2026

01 What makes it unique

The XLR Nitro 41G14 leaves Forest River's factory at 15,679 lbs dry with 5,321 lbs of cargo capacity. Forest River publishes no GVWR for this line, so the loaded rating is not quoted on this page and is not computed from the other two figures. What the cargo number covers is defined by the factory: fresh water, gear, food, batteries and every dealer-installed accessory come out of it. Fresh water is 8.3 lb per gallon, so filling the 150-gallon fresh tank spends 1,245 lbs of the 5,321 lbs before anything else goes in.

Pin weight is 3,190 lbs, 20% of the dry weight as published; it rises as the trailer is loaded and comes off the truck’s payload, not its towing rating, so check it against the payload on your own door sticker (pin weight and payload).

Off hookups: 200 gallons of grey and black capacity against 150 gallons of fresh water, so fresh water runs out first (tank sizes by length).

Against the rest of the XLR Nitro roster this is the 4th of 5 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 13,124 lbs to 16,949 lbs. It sits in the heavier third of the line.

Plan the tow on loaded weight, not the 15,679 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 18,339 lbs. Forest River publishes no loaded rating for this line, so the ceiling is the one on the trailer’s own weight label (how to read trailer weights).

Forest River’s line listing and this floorplan’s own factory page agree on all 4 shared figures. No GVWR is published for this line, so dry plus cargo has no rating to check against. A missing row means Forest River does not publish that figure (how figures are verified).

Forest River publishes no floorplan description for this plan in the channel this page is built from - only the numeric specification block. Rather than describe a layout from the floorplan code, which would be a guess dressed as a fact, this page carries what the factory publishes and says where it stops. 41G14 is a XLR Nitro designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 41G14 differs from the other four XLR Nitro floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

  • Pin weight as a share of dry weight, 20.3%: smallest of five; next is the 40BAR13 (20.5%).
  • Dry weight, 15,679 lb: second-heaviest of five, between the 40G17 (15,674 lb) and the 40BAR13 (16,949 lb).
  • Cargo capacity, 5,321 lb: second-largest of five, between the 40BAR13 (4,051 lb) and the 40G17 (5,326 lb).
  • Pin weight, 3,190 lb: second-lightest of five, between the 32W17 (3,160 lb) and the 35G13 (3,250 lb).
  • Length, 45 ft 1 in: second-longest of five, between the 40G17 (45 ft) and the 40BAR13 (45 ft 6 in).

Next to the 40G17, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 41G14 is 5 lb heavier by dry weight, has 5 lb less cargo capacity, has a pin weight 575 lb lighter and is 1 in longer; the two publish the same exterior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Next to the 40BAR13, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 41G14 is 1,270 lb lighter by dry weight, has 1,270 lb more cargo capacity, has a pin weight 290 lb lighter, is 5 in shorter, stands 2 in taller, has a grey tank 3 gal smaller and has a black tank 48 gal larger; the two publish the same fresh tank.

02 Full specifications

Dimensions

Exterior length
45' 1"
Exterior height
13' 6"
Exterior width
102"

Weights

Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
15,679 lbs
GVWR (max loaded)
Not published by Forest River for this line
Net cargo / payload (CCC)
5,321 lbs
Hitch / pin weight
3,190 lbs

Capacities

Fresh water
150 gal
Grey water
120 gal
Black water
80 gal

Running gear

Hitch type
Fifth wheel (pin box)
Axles
Not published by Forest River
Tires
Not published by Forest River

Sleeping & layout

Sleeps
Not published by Forest River
Awnings
12', 8' & 10'

How these published figures sit against the rest of the catalogue: fifth wheel pin weight and payload; fresh, grey and black tank sizes; camper trailer size chart.

Drawn to scale

Size, with end view

Scale outline of the 41G14Scale outline of the 41G14. Overall length 45' 1", overall height 13' 6", overall width 8' 6".end view8' 6"45' 1" overall length13' 6"

Holding tanks

Holding tank capacities for the 41G14Holding tank capacities: fresh 150 gallons, grey 120 gallons, black 80 gallons.Fresh150 galGrey120 galBlack80 gal

Axles, wheels and nose shape are schematic; not a floorplan. Data: dataset.

The 2027 model year, as Forest River lists it

Forest River’s own floorplan page lists the 2027 XLR Nitro 41G14 with the figures below (read 22 Oct 2026). They are that year’s record. The specifications above are the 2026 record; the two are not merged, and neither fills a gap in the other. Against the 2026 record above, these figures differ: cargo carrying capacity 5,321 lb in 2026, 5,300 lb in 2027; length 45' 1" in 2026, 45' 8" in 2027. Forest River publishes no GVWR for this floorplan, so none is shown and none is computed.

2027 XLR Nitro 41G14As published
Hitch weight3,190 lb
Unloaded vehicle weight (UVW)15,679 lb
Cargo carrying capacity (CCC)5,300 lb
GVWRNot published by Forest River
Length45' 8"
Height13' 6"
Width102"
Fresh / gray / black water150 gal / 120 gal / 80 gal
Awning12', 8' & 10'
SleepsNot published

Source: Forest River floorplan page, XLR Nitro 41G14.

03 The XLR Nitro floorplan family

XLR Nitro is the heaviest line in this group: five published floorplans from 13,124 to 16,949 lb dry, on pin weights of 3,160 to 3,765 lb. A pin weight in that band comes off the truck's payload before anyone loads the garage, and cargo capacity runs 3,281 to 5,326 lb on top of it. Forest River publishes no GVWR for any Nitro floorplan, so the rating a buyer needs to check against is not in the factory's own spec channel.

FloorplanNominalDry weight (lb)Cargo, CCC (lb)Notable
32W1738' 4"13,1244,036XLR Nitro Fifth Wheels
35G1340' 5"13,9693,281XLR Nitro Fifth Wheels
40G1745' 0"15,6745,326XLR Nitro Fifth Wheels
41G1445' 1"15,6795,321XLR Nitro Fifth Wheels
40BAR1345' 6"16,9494,051XLR Nitro Fifth Wheels

XLR Nitro is Forest River's full-size fifth-wheel toy hauler, five floorplans published, from 38 feet 4 inches to 45 feet 6 inches. Forest River publishes dry weight, cargo capacity, pin weight, all three exterior dimensions and all three tank capacities for every plan, awning size for four of five, and no GVWR for any of them - so that row reads as unpublished rather than computed from cargo capacity. Sleeping capacity, axle count, tire size and MSRP are not published in this channel. Garage length is not published either, which for a toy hauler is the field a buyer most wants and the one this source does not carry.

04 Notes on this floorplan

What Forest River does not publish for this line

Sleeping capacity, axle count, tire size and MSRP are not in Forest River’s specification channel for XLR Nitro, so this page does not publish them and does not estimate them (how figures are verified).

There is no factory GVWR for this trailer

Forest River publishes dry weight, cargo capacity and pin weight for every XLR Nitro floorplan and publishes no GVWR for any of them. The factory's own glossary defines cargo capacity as GVWR minus UVW, which means the rating can be worked out - and a figure you worked out is not a figure the manufacturer published, so this page does not print one. Use the weight label on the trailer itself, which every Forest River unit carries.

Weigh it before you tow it

Forest River calls its unloaded weight an estimated average for a standard build, and options and dealer add-ons change it, so weigh your own trailer loaded the way you travel (how figures are verified).

05 How it compares

Lighter
XLR Nitro 40G17

15,674 lbs dry against this plan's 15,679 lbs, a difference of 5 lbs.

Heavier
XLR Nitro 40BAR13

16,949 lbs dry, 1,270 lbs more than this plan, and 4,051 lbs of cargo capacity against this one's 5,321 lbs.

Most cargo in the line
XLR Nitro 40G17

5,326 lbs of cargo capacity, the highest of the 5 XLR Nitro floorplans profiled here. If payload rather than length is the binding constraint, that is the plan to compare against.

06 Loading it for a trip

A full 150-gallon fresh tank is about 1,245 lb of water, 23% of the 41G14’s 5,321 lb cargo capacity, leaving 4,076 lb. Across 5 XLR Nitro floorplans the water share runs 23% to 38%, and 3 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: XLR Nitro 40G17 at 23% and XLR Nitro 40BAR13 at 31%.

07 Where this floorplan sits

Closest sibling: the XLR Nitro 40G17, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 4 of the 7 fields both publish (this plan first): length 45 ft 1 in vs 45 ft 0 in; dry weight 15,679 lb vs 15,674 lb; cargo capacity 5,321 lb vs 5,326 lb; hitch weight 3,190 lb vs 3,765 lb. They match on fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

XLR Nitro plansThis planPosition, low to highRange
Dry weight (lb)15,6794 of 513,124–16,949
Cargo capacity (lb)5,3214 of 53,281–5,326
Hitch weight (lb)3,1902 of 53,160–3,765
Length45 ft 1 in4 of 538 ft 4 in–45 ft 6 in
Grey tank (gal)1201–4 of 5120–123
Black tank (gal)803–5 of 532–80

Either side of it by dry weight: XLR Nitro 40G17 is 5 lb lighter (15,674 lb dry); XLR Nitro 40BAR13 is 1,270 lb heavier (16,949 lb dry).

Nearest XLR Nitro siblingsLengthSleepsDry (lb)GVWR (lb)CCC (lb)Hitch (lb)Fresh (gal)
XLR Nitro 41G1445 ft 1 in—15,679—5,3213,190150
XLR Nitro 40G1745 ft 0 in—15,674—5,3263,765150
XLR Nitro 35G1340 ft 5 in—13,969—3,2813,250150
XLR Nitro 40BAR1345 ft 6 in—16,949—4,0513,480150
XLR Nitro 32W1738 ft 4 in—13,124—4,0363,160150

All 5 XLR Nitro floorplans: XLR Nitro line hub.

Other lines, nearest by dry weightGVWR (lb)Dry (lb)SleepsLength
41G14—15,679—45 ft 1 in
Nightfall 404NHD21,00015,679—45 ft 1 in
North Point 391TBBH19,00015,67510—
Sandstorm 4017GX21,00015,674—45 ft 0 in
Ahara 390DS—15,664—42 ft 10 in
Bighorn 37MD18,10015,650842 ft 10 in
Paradigm 385FL19,00015,636—41 ft 4 in

Against the 41G14: the North Point 391TBBH is 4 lb lighter; the Sandstorm 4017GX is 5 lb lighter.

08 Common questions about the 41G14

How much can the 41G14 carry?

5,321 lb. A full fresh tank uses 1,245 lb of it.

What is the pin weight of the 41G14?

3,190 lb as published, 20% of the dry weight (median across 406 fifth wheels here: 19%).

What are the tank capacities on the 41G14?

Fresh 150, grey 120, black 80 gallons. Off hookups, fresh water runs out first.

How long is the 41G14?

45' 1" overall, tongue or pin box included.

From the figures above.

09 What this page publishes, and what it does not

10 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 41G14. Not published: GVWR, interior height, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, refrigerator, air conditioning.

Sourcing rules: methodology.

10 Manuals & documents

Sources: forestriverinc.com (linked below); the full source note is at the foot of the page.