01 What makes the 2018 313T different
The Talon 313T is one of Jayco's Talon fifth-wheel toy haulers, sitting beside the Seismic range and built around a rear garage behind the living space. This page covers one model year of it — the 2018 313T, exactly as Jayco published it — because the numbers that decide whether your truck can pull this trailer are not the same from one year to the next.
For the 2018 model year Jayco published a 16,000-pound GVWR on a 10,815-pound dry weight, 5,185 pounds of published cargo capacity, a 2,310-pound dry pin weight. A pin weight in that range lands well outside half-ton territory: plan on a three-quarter-ton or larger truck, and check the loaded pin against the truck's payload and rear-axle ratings rather than against the tow rating alone.
This is the earliest 313T model year with a verified factory record in this catalogue. Later years are linked at the foot of the page, each with its own published figures.
A 2018 coach is 8 model years old as of 2026, which puts it squarely in used-buyer territory. Section 05 sets out what to inspect on a laminated-wall fifth wheel of this age — tyre date codes, roof and seam sealant, slide seals, and the soft-floor and delamination checks that separate a tidy coach from an expensive one.
02 Full 2018 specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- Not published
- Exterior width
- 102"
- Width, slides out
- Not published
- Exterior height
- Not published
- Exterior height (w/ A/C)
- 160"
- Interior height (main)
- 103"
- Garage length
- Not published
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
- 10,815 lbs
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 16,000 lbs
- Net cargo / payload (CCC)
- 5,185 lbs
- Dry pin weight
- 2,310 lbs
Running gear
- Tire size
- Not published
- Hitch type
- Fifth-wheel (in-bed)
- Model year of record
- 2018
Capacities
- Fresh water
- Not published
- Grey water
- Not published
- Black water
- 37 gal
- LP / propane
- Not published
- LP / propane, optional
- Not published
Galley & systems
- Water heater
- Not published
- Furnace output
- Not published
- Furnace, auto-ignition
- Not published
- Outside storage compartments
- Not published
Sleeping
- Sleeps
- Not published
What it takes to tow this
Built from this floorplan’s verified weights. We publish the trailer side only.
Truck tow ratings are not listed: one model varies by thousands of pounds across engine, axle ratio, cab and package. The loaded range is the 15–25% pin-weight convention for fifth wheels, applied to this plan’s 16,000 lb GVWR, not a measurement of this unit. Hitch class is not used as a rating (SAE J684 covers trailers to 10,000 lb GVWR); read the rating stamped on your hitch.
03 What changed for the 2018 model year
2018 is the earliest model year of the 313T that this catalogue has a verified factory record for, so there is no earlier year here to compare it against. The years we do publish run 2018 to 2019; each one is linked below.
| Model year | Dry (UVW) | GVWR | Dry pin | Sleeps | Tire size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 10,815 | 16,000 | 2,310 | Not published | Not published |
| 2019 | 10,800 | 16,000 | 2,280 | Not published | Not published |
Every row is that model year's own factory record. The all-years overview for this floorplan, with the family history and the full line, is on the Jayco Talon 313T parent page.
No published field moved
Jayco's published record for the 2018 313T matches the adjacent year field for field.
Where these numbers come from
Every figure on this page is read from Jayco's own 2018 model page for the 313T — one source, one model year, no blending. This year's figures are read from Jayco's own model-year brochure for the line, named on the page; where a second publisher holds a figure for the same field it is shown beside it rather than replacing it
Fields Jayco does not publish for 2018
For this model year the factory record omits: Exterior Length (overall), Exterior Width (with slides out), Exterior Height, Tire Size, Fresh Water Capacity (gals), Gray Water Capacity (gals), Propane Unit (lbs), Propane Unit (lbs) (Optional), Water Heater, Furnace BTU, Furnace, Auto-ignition (BTU output), # of outside storage compartments, Sleeps. Those rows read “Not published” on this page. They are deliberately not filled in from an adjacent model year — a neighbouring year's figure is an inference about this one, not a measurement of it.
04 Buying a 2018 313T at 8 model years old
Tyres are almost certainly past their service age
At 8 years old, the original the factory tire size will be well beyond the five-to-seven-year age window RV tyres are normally replaced on, regardless of tread depth. Budget for a full set plus the spare unless there is a dated receipt.
Water is what kills these, and it is the cheapest thing to check
Press the walls and floor around the entry, the slide openings, the rear wall and under the front cap. Soft spots, a wavy or rippled sidewall, or a stained ceiling are delamination and water ingress, and they are structural rather than cosmetic.
Appliance and component life
Absorption fridges, water heaters and A/C units commonly need attention somewhere in the second decade. Run every appliance on both gas and mains before agreeing a price.
Weigh it before you tow it
Every weight on this page is a DRY factory figure for the 2018 model year. A used coach carries its previous owner's additions, and a fifth wheel puts roughly 15-25% of the load through the truck's rear axle. Weigh the loaded rig at a public scale and check it against the truck's payload, rear-axle and hitch ratings.
05 How it compares — and to its other years
The same floorplan one model year later, with its own published weights.
The parent page for this floorplan: every model year we hold, side by side.
06 Loading it for a trip
Cargo capacity on the 313T is 5,185 pounds — the entire budget for gear, water, propane, batteries and everything else you put aboard.
| Weight budget | Figure | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Cargo capacity as published (CCC) | 5,185 lb | Everything you add: gear, water, propane, batteries, food, people’s belongings. |
The published dry pin weight of 2,310 pounds is 21% of this floorplan’s 10,815-pound dry weight. Fifth-wheel pin weight rides in the bed of the truck, so it comes off payload rather than off tow rating — and it rises with the trailer as you load it, not in proportion to what you put over the axles.
Nothing above changes the ceiling. Loaded to its 16,000-pound GVWR the 313T is towing 5,185 pounds more than its 10,815-pound dry figure, and that is the number your vehicle has to be rated for — not the brochure weight.
07 Where this floorplan sits
| Comparable fifth wheels | GVWR (lb) | Dry (lb) | Sleeps | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 313T | 16,000 | 10,815 | — | — |
| Bighorn 31RL | 16,000 | 13,060 | 4 | 36 ft 0 in |
| North Point 310RLTS | 16,000 | 13,375 | 4 | 36 ft 0 in |
| Paradigm 295MK | 16,000 | 12,567 | 4 | 33 ft 3 in |
| Avenue 38DBL | 15,995 | 12,400 | 5 | 41 ft 11 in |
| Sandpiper 3900HBLR | 16,085 | 13,284 | 4 | 42 ft 9 in |
| Sierra 3900HBLR | 16,085 | 13,284 | — | 42 ft 9 in |
Those are the nearest fifth wheels from other lines by weight — one per line, picked by proximity on that figure and nothing else. They are listed so the same tow vehicle can be checked against real alternatives, not because they are equivalent inside; layout, build and price diverge sharply across that group.
For scale, the Seismic floorplans profiled here run 4,700 to 16,075 pounds dry and 21 to 47 feet of exterior length across 32 plans. Where a floorplan falls in that spread usually says more about which vehicle can tow it, and which site it fits, than the layout name does.
Every profiled floorplan in this line, with the full weight table, is on the Seismic line hub.
08 Common questions about the 313T
How much does the 313T weigh?
Its published dry weight is 10,815 lb and its GVWR is 16,000 lb, so 5,185 lb separates the empty trailer from its rated maximum. Size the tow vehicle to the 16,000 lb figure, not the dry one.
How much can the 313T carry?
Cargo carrying capacity is 5,185 lb, 32% of the GVWR. Across the 307 fifth wheels on this site that publish both figures, the median share is 19%, so this plan sits 14 points above the median. The yellow cargo-capacity label inside your own trailer’s entry door (49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.3) states the figure for that unit as delivered, options included, and it is the one that binds.
What is the pin weight of the 313T?
The published dry pin weight is 2,310 lb, 21% of the dry weight. Across the 386 fifth wheels on this site that publish both figures, the median dry pin share is 19%, so this plan sits 3 points above the median. Loaded, it changes with where the cargo sits, and it is carried by the tow vehicle’s payload, not its tow rating.
What size tow vehicle does the 313T need?
A tow rating of at least 16,000 lb, this floorplan’s GVWR, plus enough payload for the pin load, passengers and cargo. The dry pin weight alone takes 2,310 lb of that payload before anything is loaded. Payload is printed on the tire and loading placard on the tow vehicle’s driver-side door pillar (49 CFR 571.110 S4.3); this site lists no truck ratings because they vary by build.
How does the 2018 313T differ from other model years?
Set against the published 2019 313T record, 4 figures differ: dry weight 10,815 lb in 2018 against 10,800 lb in 2019; cargo capacity 5,185 lb in 2018 against 5,200 lb in 2019; dry hitch weight 2,310 lb in 2018 against 2,280 lb in 2019; black tank 37 gal in 2018 against 50 gal in 2019. 1 other figure both years publish is identical. This floorplan is profiled for 2 model years here (2018 to 2019).
Every figure in these answers is read from this page’s verified specification table. Where the manufacturer publishes nothing, the question is not answered rather than estimated.
09 What this page publishes, and what it does not
Named sources publish 7 of the 18 specification fields this catalogue tracks for the 313T (36% complete on the full field set).
Not published for this floorplan: exterior length, exterior height, fresh tank, grey tank, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, awning, refrigerator, air conditioning. Those rows are left blank rather than copied from a sibling floorplan.
Sourcing rules: methodology.
11 NHTSA safety record
This floorplan belongs to the Seismic line, and NHTSA holds 17 recall campaigns and 13 owner complaints against that line. They are separate records and are not added together — a recall is a manufacturer-confirmed defect with a remedy; a complaint is one owner’s account, which NHTSA does not verify.
What to look at on a used one. Across the 13 complaints filed on this line the most-reported components are suspension (38%), unknown or other (23%) and service brakes (15%). That is where owners of this family have had trouble, so it is where an inspection is worth the time.
Recall coverage is not complete — our harvest of NHTSA’s recall API ran 1,556 queries, of which 0 failed and 242 returned an explicit zero. A line can still be under-reported where NHTSA files a roster under a parent name, or where a match rests on the wording of the recall rather than its model field. Complaints come from the complete bulk file but are unverified and self-selected: a high count tracks how many units a line sold at least as much as how well it was built. Check a specific VIN at NHTSA before you buy. Full tables are on the Seismic line page.