2024 Forest River Salem 28VIEW Walkthrough
Hitching up the 2024 Forest River Salem 28VIEW
Every tour of a travel trailer should start at the coupler, because that's where your weekend actually begins. The 2024 Forest River Salem 28VIEW puts 1,000 pounds of hitch weight on the ball, sits at 7,440 pounds dry, and is rated to 9,999 pounds gross. Do that subtraction and you get 2,559 pounds of cargo capacity, which is a genuinely useful number once you start loading water, food, firewood and bikes for a week in the Uintas. Know what your truck's payload and tow rating are, then match them to those figures before you shop anything else.
It rides on two axles with wide track suspension and aluminum rims, which is part of why a 32-foot, 3-inch trailer tracks as calmly as it does behind a three-quarter-ton. Width is a standard 8 feet and height is 12 feet, so measure your garage door and remember that number at canyon overpasses and drive-throughs. E-Z lube axles and a spare tire with carrier are available if you want them. The tongue jack is a manual crank, and it's mounted where you can get a hand on it without crawling.
Pulling in and setting up
Once you've backed into the site, the leveling is manual front and rear, so you're working the crank and dropping the stabilizers by hand rather than pushing a button. It's simple, there's nothing to fail on you, and the jacks come down clear of the frame where you can reach them with a cordless drill and a socket if you'd rather spin them fast.
Utilities go through a docking station that groups your connections in one panel and includes a quick winterization feature, which matters more in Salt Lake than it does in Arizona. You've got 50 gallons of fresh water, 40 gallons of grey and 40 gallons of black, plus two LP tanks and a 6-gallon DSI gas/electric water heater with quick recovery, so a dry-camping weekend is realistic without rationing showers.
Then the awning. It's a one touch electric awning with Quick Pitch and 20 feet of mildew resistant fabric, so shade happens in about the time it takes to walk back to the door. An exterior TV bracket is standard, exterior speakers are available, and the outdoor kitchen means you can cook, serve and clean up without tracking through the coach.
Gear lives in the pass-through storage, behind slam latch baggage doors with magnetic catches, so they open with one hand and stay open instead of swinging back at you. Load-N-Go collapsible storage bins come with it, which keeps hoses and tools from sliding into one pile by the time you reach the campground.
Cooking and eating
The kitchen is built around an island, and that changes how a family uses the space. Two people can work without shuffling around each other, and the island doubles as the place everyone leans while dinner happens. Counters are radius edge LG solid surface, so there are no hard corners at hip height and no seams collecting crumbs. The high rise faucet has a pullout sprayer, which is the difference between rinsing a stock pot and fighting with it. Sink covers are available if you want more workspace.
Cooking is a three-burner cooktop, and the refrigerator is a double door unit with the freezer separated out, so a week of groceries doesn't turn into an archaeology dig. A residential refrigerator is available on this line if you want more capacity.
Meals happen at the jumbo booth dinette, which has a plywood core top rather than something that flexes when you lean on it. The booth seats a full group, and the benches store what you don't need underfoot.
The evening in a rear living travel trailer
This is a rear living floorplan, so the lounge is its own room instead of a leftover corner. The tri-fold, E-Z set up sleeper sofa is the centerpiece, and it earns its name at bedtime when guests stay over. Modern roller shades with decorative valances close the room off, and the single slide gives the living area the walking room it needs when you're all inside on a cool night.
A 15,000 BTU air conditioner handles a hot afternoon in the valley, and a 30,000 BTU furnace covers late-season nights at elevation. The switch panel keeps your tank levels and systems in one spot, so you're not hunting for a monitor with a flashlight.
Sleeping
The bedroom is a front bedroom with a Custom King Versa Tilt king bed, which tilts up for reading or watching and gets out of your way when it's time to sleep. The mattress is Denver Mattress residential comfort with a high density foam core and a Euro-top, and it's made in the USA. Sleeping capacity is four.
Wardrobe space is real closet space, not a token cubby, and there's a laundry chute that drops dirty clothes directly into the pass-through storage. A washer and dryer are available for this line if you want to run laundry on the road.
The bath sits center, between the bedroom and the living space, so nobody walks through the lounge at 2 a.m. The walk-in shower has room to actually turn around in, which is not a given in a trailer this size.
Morning and packing up
Breaking camp is the setup list in reverse. The awning retracts at a touch, the manual jacks crank up, and the docking station gives you one place to dump, rinse and stow. A black tank flush and an outside shower are available options on this line, and the winterization feature at the docking station is what you'll appreciate in October. Load the bins, drop the laundry down the chute, and check that 2,559 pounds of cargo capacity before you put weight over the axles.
As a used travel trailer, a Forest River travel trailer like this one is one of the more practical ways into a full-size floorplan, and it's a strong candidate if you've been looking at any travel trailer for sale in Salt Lake City, Utah with a real kitchen and a separate lounge.
Frequently asked questions
What truck do I need to tow it?
Plan around 7,440 pounds dry, 9,999 pounds gross and 1,000 pounds of hitch weight. Most buyers pull this size comfortably with a half-ton that has the payload for a 1,000-pound tongue, or a three-quarter-ton with margin to spare.
How many people does it sleep?
Four. The king bed in the front bedroom covers two, and the tri-fold sleeper sofa in the living area opens up for the others.
Is this a good floorplan for longer stays?
The tank sizes help: 50 gallons fresh, 40 grey and 40 black, plus two LP tanks and a 30,000 BTU furnace. Add the center bath, the island kitchen and a washer/dryer available for the line, and it handles extended trips better than most weekend layouts.
What's the difference between the outdoor kitchen and the inside kitchen?
The outdoor kitchen lets you cook and clean up under the 20-foot awning without walking through the coach, while the interior kitchen carries the three-burner cooktop, the double door refrigerator and the solid surface island.
How tall and long is it?
It's 32 feet, 3 inches long, 8 feet wide and 12 feet tall, on two axles.
Come see how it sets up. We'd rather crank the jacks down and run the awning out with you standing there than have you guess from photos, so stop by our Millcreek lot or look it over on the live listing if you're comparing travel trailers for sale in Utah from home.
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