01 What makes the 2025 280BHK different
The Jay Flight 280BHK is one of Jayco's Jay Flight travel trailers, the mass-market nameplate and the volume seller in Jayco's towable range.
Across the 3 model years of the 280BHK on this site (2023 to 2025), the 2025 record has the heaviest dry weight, 6,760 lbs; the same GVWR as every other year that publishes one (8,250 lbs); the smallest cargo capacity, 1,490 lbs; dry tongue weight 770 lbs, between 735 lbs (2023) and 800 lbs (2024); the same exterior length as every other year that publishes one (34' 7"). It is the latest of them.
Among the 51 Jayco Jay Flight travel trailers with a 2025 page on this site, the 280BHK is 9th heaviest of 51 by dry weight; 12th highest of 51 by GVWR; joint 15th smallest of 51 by cargo capacity; 8th longest of 51 by exterior length. By dry weight, the lightest is the 170BHW at 2,920 lbs and the heaviest is the 334RTS at 8,900 lbs.
02 Full 2025 specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 34' 7"
- Exterior width
- 8' 0"
- Width, slides out
- 11' 0"
- Exterior height
- 10' 7"
- Exterior height (w/ A/C)
- 11' 3"
- Interior height (main)
- 6' 9"
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
- 6,760 lbs
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 8,250 lbs
- Net cargo / payload (CCC)
- 1,490 lbs
- Dry tongue weight
- 770 lbs
Running gear
- Tire size
- ST225/75R15'E'
- Hitch type
- Bumper pull (weight-distribution recommended)
- Model year of record
- 2025
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 52.0 gal
- Grey water
- 78.0 gal
- Black water
- 39.0 gal
- LP / propane
- 40 lbs
- LP / propane, optional
- 60 lbs
Galley & systems
- Water heater
- Tankless
- Furnace output
- 30000 BTU
- Furnace, auto-ignition
- Not published
- Outside storage compartments
- 3
Sleeping
- Sleeps
- up to 10
Federal tire recalls naming this size. NHTSA’s recall file names ST225/75R15 in 2 tire recalls: 14T015000 (Dynamic Tire Corp., 2014; make TOWMAX STR; model ST); 17T014000 (Triangle Tire USA, 2017; make TRIANGLE; model TR643). A tire recall covers only the brands, lines and DOT date codes it lists, and this page does not know which brand of tire this trailer was built with, so read the brand and DOT code on your own sidewalls before relying on this list. Only 242 of NHTSA’s 788 tire recalls name a size in their summary, so a size with no match is not a clean record (NHTSA recall file, read 12 Oct 2026).
Drawn to scale
Weight budget
Size, with end view
Holding tanks
Axles, wheels and nose shape are schematic; not a floorplan. Data: dataset.
Towing it
Loaded range: 10–15% of GVWR on the tongue, a rule of thumb, not a measurement of this unit. No truck ratings or hitch classes (why; NHTSA, DOT HS 809 433).
03 What changed for the 2025 model year
Between the 2024 and 2025 280BHK, 5 of the 20 fields both records publish differ: dry weight, cargo capacity, dry tongue weight, outside storage compartments and sleeping count. The other 15 match, including GVWR.
| Field | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dry / unit base weight (UVW) | 6,660 lbs | 6,760 lbs | +100 lb |
| Net cargo / payload (CCC) | 1,590 lbs | 1,490 lbs | -100 lb |
| Dry tongue weight | 800 lbs | 770 lbs | -30 lb |
| Outside storage compartments | 2 | 3 | — |
| Sleeps | up to 9 | up to 10 | — |
| Model year | Dry (UVW) | GVWR | Dry tongue | Sleeps | Tire size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6,650 | 8,250 | 735 | 9 | ST225/75R15'E' |
| 2024 | 6,660 | 8,250 | 800 | 9 | ST225/75R15'E' |
| 2025 | 6,760 | 8,250 | 770 | 10 | ST225/75R15'E' |
All years side by side: the Jayco Jay Flight 280BHK parent page.
Where these numbers come from
Every figure on this page is read from Jayco's own 2025 model page for this floorplan (how sources are handled).
Fields Jayco does not publish for 2025
For this model year the factory record has no auto-ignition furnace. Those rows read “Not published” and are not filled in from another year.
04 Buying a 2025 280BHK at 1 model year old
Its age, and the date on its label
A 2025 280BHK is 1 model year old in 2026. Its build month is on the certification label (49 CFR 567.4(g)(2)), not in the model year.
Tires: size and date code
Jayco lists ST225/75R15'E' as the 2025 factory tire size. Read the four-digit date code at the end of each tire's identification number, spare included (49 CFR 574.5(b)(3)).
NHTSA record for model year 2025
The federal record on Jayco Jay Flight year by year runs from model year 2005 to 2024, so it holds nothing for 2025 yet.
05 How it compares — and to its other years
Differs from 2025 on 5 of 20 shared fields, dry weight, cargo capacity and dry tongue weight among them.
06 Loading it for a trip
A full 52-gallon fresh tank is about 434 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 29% of the 280BHK’s 1,490 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,056 lb (106 lb per rated berth). Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).
07 Where this floorplan sits
| 2025 travel trailers from other lines, nearest by GVWR | GVWR (lb) | Dry (lb) | Sleeps | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 280BHK | 8,250 | 6,760 | 10 | 34 ft 7 in |
| Jay Feather 28RB | 8,400 | 6,770 | 6 | 33 ft 1 in |
| Jay Flight SLX 287BHS | 7,900 | 6,195 | 10 | 34 ft 4 in |
| Classic 28RB | 8,800 | 7,650 | 5 | 28 ft 10 in |
| Flying Cloud 30FB Bunk | 8,800 | 6,700 | 8 | 31 ft 2 in |
| Globetrotter 30RB | 8,800 | 6,990 | 6 | 31 ft 2 in |
| International 30RB | 8,800 | 6,600 | 6 | 31 ft 2 in |
Against the 2025 280BHK: the 2025 Jay Feather 28RB is 150 lb heavier and 2 ft shorter and sleeps 4 fewer; the 2025 Jay Flight SLX 287BHS is 350 lb lighter; the 2025 Classic 28RB is 550 lb heavier and 6 ft shorter and sleeps 5 fewer.
08 Common questions about the 280BHK
How much does the 280BHK weigh?
6,760 lb dry; 8,250 lb GVWR, the most it may weigh loaded.
How much can the 280BHK carry?
1,490 lb, 18% of its GVWR (median across 958 travel trailers here: 23%). A full fresh tank uses 434 lb of it.
What is the tongue weight of the 280BHK?
770 lb dry, 11% of the dry weight (median across 1,156 travel trailers here: 12%).
What size tow vehicle does the 280BHK need?
A tow rating of at least 8,250 lb, plus payload for the loaded tongue weight, passengers and cargo.
How many people does the 280BHK sleep?
It is rated to sleep 10.
What are the tank capacities on the 280BHK?
Fresh 52, grey 78, black 39 gallons. Off hookups, fresh water runs out first.
How long is the 280BHK?
34' 7" overall, tongue or pin box included.
How does the 2025 280BHK differ from other model years?
Set against the published 2024 280BHK record, 4 figures differ: dry weight 6,760 lb in 2025 against 6,660 lb in 2024; cargo capacity 1,490 lb in 2025 against 1,590 lb in 2024; dry hitch weight 770 lb in 2025 against 800 lb in 2024; sleeping capacity 10 in 2025 against 9 in 2024. 5 other figures both years publish are identical. This floorplan is profiled for 3 model years here (2023 to 2025).
From the figures above.
09 What this page publishes, and what it does not
13 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 280BHK. Not published: slide count, axle count, awning, refrigerator, air conditioning.
Sourcing rules: methodology.
10 Manuals & documents
Sources: jayco.com (linked below); the full source note is at the foot of the page.
11 NHTSA safety record
NHTSA holds 25 recall campaigns and 80 owner complaints against the Jay Flight line. They are counted separately: a recall is a confirmed defect with a remedy, a complaint one owner’s unverified account.
What to look at on a used one. Across the 80 complaints filed on this line the most-reported components are equipment (42%), unknown or other (12%) and structure (11%).
Recall coverage here is not complete, and complaints are owners’ unverified reports (how this record is built). Check a specific VIN at NHTSA before you buy. Full tables are on the Jay Flight line page.