01 What makes it unique
Bontrager lists the Standard 17MB at 2,560 lb dry, a GVWR of 3,320 lb, a net carrying capacity of 760 lb and a tongue weight of 320 lb. Its dry weight plus its carrying capacity comes to exactly its GVWR.
It is 18' long and 8' 8" high. Bontrager prints its tanks as 18 gal fresh, 18 gal grey, 17 gal black.
Among the 5 Standard floorplans Bontrager’s Standard model pages on bontrageroutdoors.com (no model year stated) lists with a published dry weight, it is number 5 from the lightest, in a range from 1,940 lb (Standard 15FK) to 2,560 lb (Standard 17MB). Every figure in that comparison is Bontrager’s, read from the same set of model pages.
Every number on this page was read on 6 Nov 2026 from Bontrager’s own Standard model pages on bontrageroutdoors.com (no model year stated) for the Standard 17MB, which names no model year; the figures are shown as the maker published them, and no year is claimed for them.
How the 17MB differs from the other four Standard floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.
- Dry weight, 2,560 lb: heaviest of five; next are the 15RE and 17BH (2,300 lb).
- Cargo capacity, 760 lb: smallest of five; next is the 15RE (980 lb).
- Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 22.9%: smallest of five; next is the 15RE (29.9%).
- Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 12.5%: second-smallest of five, between the 15RE (12.2%) and the 17BH (13.9%).
- GVWR, 3,320 lb: highest of five, level with the 17BH; next is the 17FD (3,306 lb).
- Tongue weight, 320 lb: heaviest of five, level with the 17BH; next is the 17FD (306 lb).
- Sleeping capacity, 3: shared with the 15RE; of five, one smaller and two larger, nearest the 15FK (2) and the 17BH and 17FD (4).
Next to the 15RE, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 17MB is 260 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 40 lb higher, has 220 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 40 lb heavier, is 2 ft 6 in longer, stands 2 in taller, has a grey tank 5 gal smaller and has a black tank 6 gal smaller; the two publish the same interior height, fresh tank and sleeping capacity.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 18'
- Exterior height
- 8' 8"
- Exterior width
- 6' 9"
- Interior height
- 6' 2"
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
- 2,560 lb
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 3,320 lb
- Net cargo / payload (CCC)
- 760 lb
- Hitch / tongue weight
- 320 lb
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 18 gal
- Grey water
- 18 gal
- Black water
- 17 gal
Running gear
- Hitch type
- Bumper pull
- Tire size
- ST235/75R15C
Sleeping & layout
- Sleeps
- 3
- Exterior Box Width
- 6' 10"
- Propane Unit (lbs)
- 20
- Water Heater
- 2.64
- Furnace BTU
- 14,300
- Weight units (as printed)
- no unit printed in weight cells
- Awning
- 11'
How these published figures sit against the rest of the catalogue: travel trailer tongue weight by size; fresh, grey and black tank sizes; camper trailer size chart.
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
Check your vehicle. Enter the ratings from your owner’s manual and the door-pillar placard.
Compares your figures with this page’s published GVWR (3,320 lb) and the upper loaded tongue estimate (498 lb, a rule of thumb). Your vehicle’s placard and the trailer’s own weight label govern.
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 The Standard floorplan family
Bontrager’s Standard model pages on bontrageroutdoors.com (no model year stated) lists 5 Standard floorplans; every one with a printed weight has a page here.
| Floorplan | Nominal | Sleeps | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard 15FK | 15' 6" | 2 | Profiled |
| Standard 17FD | 18' | 4 | Profiled |
| Standard 15RE | 15' 6" | 3 | Profiled |
| Standard 17BH | 18' | 4 | Profiled |
| Standard 17MB | 18' | 3 | Profiled |
Bontrager’s Standard model pages on bontrageroutdoors.com (no model year stated) lists 5 Standard floorplans. Every one with a printed weight has a page here.
04 Notes on this floorplan
What Bontrager does not publish for the Standard 17MB
Nothing is filled from a sibling model, a different model year or a dealer listing.
Read the label on the trailer
Federal rules put a load-carrying label inside every RV trailer: its unloaded weight with full propane, its cargo carrying capacity and its GVWR (49 CFR 571.110 and 571.120). Those figures come from the trailer itself and govern the towing decision.
05 How it compares
2,300 lb dry and 3,320 lb GVWR, against this model’s 2,560 lb and 3,320 lb.
06 Loading it for a trip
A full 18-gallon fresh tank is about 149 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 20% of the Standard 17MB’s 760 lb cargo capacity, leaving 611 lb (204 lb per rated berth). Across 5 Standard floorplans the water share runs 11% to 21%, and 1 gives up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Standard 17FD at 19% and Standard 17BH at 21%. 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
Closest sibling: the Standard 17BH, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 4 of the 9 fields both publish (this plan first): sleeps 3 vs 4; dry weight 2,560 lb vs 2,300 lb; cargo capacity 760 lb vs 1,020 lb; fresh tank 18 gal vs 26 gal. They match on length, GVWR, hitch weight, grey tank and black tank.
| Standard plans | This plan | Position, low to high | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| GVWR (lb) | 3,320 | 4–5 of 5 | 3,280–3,320 |
| Dry weight (lb) | 2,560 | 5 of 5 | 1,940–2,560 |
| Cargo capacity (lb) | 760 | 1 of 5 | 760–1,340 |
| Hitch weight (lb) | 320 | 4–5 of 5 | 280–320 |
| Length | 18 ft 0 in | 3–5 of 5 | 15 ft 6 in–18 ft 0 in |
| Fresh tank (gal) | 18 | 1–3 of 5 | 18–26 |
| Grey tank (gal) | 18 | 1–4 of 5 | 18–23 |
| Black tank (gal) | 17 | 2–4 of 5 | 8–23 |
| Sleeps | 3 | 2–3 of 5 | 2–4 |
Either side of it by GVWR: Standard 17BH matches it at 3,320 lb GVWR.
| Nearest Standard siblings | Length | Sleeps | Dry (lb) | GVWR (lb) | CCC (lb) | Hitch (lb) | Fresh (gal) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard 17MB | 18 ft 0 in | 3 | 2,560 | 3,320 | 760 | 320 | 18 |
| Standard 17BH | 18 ft 0 in | 4 | 2,300 | 3,320 | 1,020 | 320 | 26 |
| Standard 17FD | 18 ft 0 in | 4 | 2,180 | 3,306 | 1,126 | 306 | 26 |
| Standard 15RE | 15 ft 6 in | 3 | 2,300 | 3,280 | 980 | 280 | 18 |
| Standard 15FK | 15 ft 6 in | 2 | 1,940 | 3,280 | 1,340 | 280 | 18 |
All 5 Standard floorplans: Standard line hub.
| Other lines, nearest by GVWR | GVWR (lb) | Dry or base (lb) | Sleeps | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard 17MB | 3,320 | 2,560 | 3 | 18 ft 0 in |
| E-Series 12RK | 3,450 | 1,740 | 2 | 15 ft 9 in |
| Jay Flight SLX 154BH | 3,450 | 2,600 | 6 | 17 ft 10 in |
| Compact 12ROK | 3,180 | 1,940 | 2 | 15 ft 9 in |
| Sport 16RB | 3,500 | 2,860 | 4 | 16 ft 0 in |
| Bambi 16RB | 3,500 | 3,150 | 4 | 16 ft 3 in |
| Basecamp 16X | 3,500 | 2,700 | 2 | 16 ft 2 in |
Against the Standard 17MB: the E-Series 12RK is 130 lb heavier and 2 ft shorter and sleeps 1 fewer; the Jay Flight SLX 154BH is 130 lb heavier and sleeps 3 more; the Compact 12ROK is 140 lb lighter and 2 ft shorter and sleeps 1 fewer.
08 Common questions about the Standard 17MB
How much does the Standard 17MB weigh?
2,560 lb dry; 3,320 lb GVWR, the most it may weigh loaded.
How much can the Standard 17MB carry?
760 lb, 23% of its GVWR (median across 1,416 travel trailers here: 23%). A full fresh tank uses 149 lb of it.
What is the tongue weight of the Standard 17MB?
320 lb as published, 12% of the dry weight (median across 2,002 travel trailers here: 12%).
What size tow vehicle does the Standard 17MB need?
A tow rating of at least 3,320 lb, plus payload for the loaded tongue weight, passengers and cargo.
How many people does the Standard 17MB sleep?
It is rated to sleep 3. 2 of the 5 Standard floorplans that publish a count sleep more.
What are the tank capacities on the Standard 17MB?
Fresh 18, grey 18, black 17 gallons. Off hookups, fresh water runs out first.
How long is the Standard 17MB?
18' overall, tongue or pin box included.
From the figures above.
09 What this page publishes, and what it does not
14 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the Standard 17MB. Not published: slide count, axle count, refrigerator, air conditioning.
Sourcing rules: methodology.
10 Manuals & documents
Sources: bontrageroutdoors.com (linked below); the full source note is at the foot of the page.
11 NHTSA safety record
No recall campaign or owner complaint in our NHTSA data names the Bontrager Standard line. Read that as no result found, not as a clean record.
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 Bontrager Standard line page.