2027 Highland Ridge Colt13RD

The Colt 13RD leaves Highland Ridge's factory at 2,550 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 3,500 lbs and 950 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 27% of the loaded rating, and Highland Ridge's own definition is worth reading before you plan against it: cargo capacity is what remains for fresh water, gear, food, batteries and every dealer-installed accessory. Fresh water alone is 8.3 lb per gallon, so filling this trailer's 30-gallon fresh tank spends 249 lbs of that 950 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Dry tongue weight is 235 lbs, or 9% of the dry weight. Ten to fifteen percent is the conventional band for a bumper-pull trailer, and this plan sits below it as published. Tongue weight is not fixed: it moves with how the trailer is loaded, and weight added ahead of the axles raises it. A weight-distribution hitch is the normal fitment at this tongue load, and the tow vehicle's tongue-weight limit is a separate number from its trailer-weight limit.

Tank capacities are 30 gallons fresh, 19.9 grey and 39 black, 58.9 gallons of waste capacity against 30 gallons of supply. The ratio is what governs how long the trailer can sit off hookups: waste capacity exceeds fresh, so the fresh tank is the binding constraint and refilling extends the stay. Highland Ridge publishes these three figures per floorplan, and they are the factory's numbers rather than a segment average.

Against the rest of the Colt roster this is the 1st of 21 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 2,550 lbs to 9,080 lbs. It is the lightest plan in the line, which makes it the one to look at first if the tow vehicle is the constraint. Comparing floorplans inside one line is more reliable than comparing across brands, because every figure here comes from the same factory channel on the same day.

A useful way to read the pair of weights is to stop planning against the dry figure. Nobody tows a trailer at 2,550 lbs: that is the weight before water, batteries, propane, bedding, food, tools and anything the dealer bolted on. Load half the published cargo capacity, which is modest for a family trip, and this plan is already near 3,025 lbs on the road. Compare that number against the tow vehicle, not the dry weight, and leave margin on top of it - the published GVWR of 3,500 lbs is a limit rather than a target.

Every number above was read from Highland Ridge's own factory page for this floorplan. It was read once, from that page only, so there is no second factory listing to check it against. Dry weight plus cargo capacity also equals the published GVWR exactly, which is the arithmetic check this site runs on every profiled floorplan. Where a figure is missing from this page it is because Highland Ridge does not publish it in this channel, not because it was hard to find - and the row says so rather than being quietly dropped.

Highland Ridge 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. 13RD is a Colt designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 13RD differs from the other twenty Colt floorplans. Most distinctive first. Each rank counts only the siblings that publish that field, and a figure most of them share is left out. Not every one of these pages covers the same model years as this one (2027); each figure is the one its own page prints, so a rank compares pages, not one model year.

• Dry weight, 2,550 lb: lightest of 21; next is the 17BH (3,010 lb).
• GVWR, 3,500 lb: lowest of 21; next is the 17BH (3,950 lb).
• Tongue weight, 235 lb: lightest of 21; next is the 17QB (270 lb).
• Length, 16 ft 1 in: shortest of 21; next is the 17BH (21 ft 3 in).
• Sleeping capacity, 4: smallest of five; next are the 26RCS and 28RLD (6).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 9.2%: second-smallest of 21, between the 17QB (8.8%) and the 28RLD (9.8%).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 27.1%: third-largest of 21, between the 21QB (26.2%) and the 20DB (28.1%).
• Grey tank, 19.9 gal: smallest of 21, level with the 17BH and 17QB; next are the 28RLD and 32DSB (32.5 gal).
• Cargo capacity, 950 lb: shared with the 18MBS; of 21, three smaller and sixteen larger, nearest the 17BH (940 lb) and the 17DBS (1,105 lb).
• Fresh tank, 30 gal: smallest of 21, level with the 17BH, 17DB and three others; next are the 20DB, 21QB and thirteen others (52 gal).
• Exterior height, 9 ft 7 in: shared with the 17DB, 17DBS and 18MBS; of 21, three lower and fourteen taller, nearest the 17BH (9 ft 6 in) and the 20DB, 21QB and 26DB (9 ft 11 in).

Next to the 17BH (2026 page), the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 13RD is 460 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 450 lb lower, has 10 lb more cargo capacity, is 5 ft 2 in shorter, stands 1 in taller and has a black tank 19.1 gal larger; the two publish the same fresh tank and grey tank.

Nineteen Colt floorplans with a full factory record for 2027. They run 2,550 lb to 9,080 lb dry across 16' 1" to 39' 11" of exterior length, with cargo capacity of 920 lb to 2,320 lb and tongue weights of 235 lb to 1,125 lb. Every one publishes a GVWR, 3,500 lb to 11,400 lb, and dry weight plus cargo capacity equals it exactly.

A full 30-gallon fresh tank is about 249 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 26% of the 13RD’s 950 lb cargo capacity, leaving 701 lb (175 lb per rated berth). Across 21 Colt floorplans the water share runs 19% to 28%, and 8 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Colt 18MBS at 26% and Colt 27BPS at 26%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).

Closest sibling: the Colt 17QB, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 6 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): length 16 ft 1 in vs 21 ft 5 in; dry weight 2,550 lb vs 3,065 lb; GVWR 3,500 lb vs 3,995 lb; cargo capacity 950 lb vs 930 lb; hitch weight 235 lb vs 270 lb; black tank 39 gal vs 19.9 gal. They match on fresh tank and grey tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Colt 17BH is 450 lb heavier (3,950 lb GVWR).

All 21 Colt floorplans: Colt line hub.

Against the 13RD: the Basecamp 16X sleeps 2 fewer.

12 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 13RD. Not published: interior height, slide count, axle count, tire specification, refrigerator, air conditioning.

Sourcing rules: methodology.