2027 Highland Ridge Colt22BHS

The Colt 22BHS leaves Highland Ridge's factory at 4,975 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 6,500 lbs and 1,525 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 23% 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 52-gallon fresh tank spends 432 lbs of that 1,525 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Dry tongue weight is 565 lbs, or 11% of the dry weight. Ten to fifteen percent is the conventional band for a bumper-pull trailer, and this plan sits inside 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 52 gallons fresh, 39 grey and 39 black, 78 gallons of waste capacity against 52 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 12th of 21 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 2,550 lbs to 9,080 lbs. It sits in the middle of the line by weight. 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 4,975 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 5,737 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 6,500 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. 22BHS is a Colt designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 22BHS 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.

• Cargo capacity, 1,525 lb: seventh-smallest of 21, between the 17DBS (1,105 lb) and the 22MDS (1,560 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 11.4%: eighth-smallest of 21, between the 20DB (11.2%) and the 25BH (11.5%).
• Dry weight, 4,975 lb: tenth-heaviest of 21, between the 21RBS (4,935 lb) and the 22MDS (5,340 lb).
• Length, 26 ft 11 in: tenth-shortest of 21, between the 21QB (25 ft 8 in) and the 22MDS (27 ft 1 in).
• Exterior height, 10 ft 2 in: eleventh-lowest of 21, between the 20DB, 21QB and 26DB (9 ft 11 in) and the 26DBS (10 ft 4 in).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 23.5%: shared with the 26DBS and 28DBS; of 21, eleven smaller and seven larger, nearest the 17QB and 26RCS (23.3%) and the 17BH (23.8%).
• Tongue weight, 565 lb: shared with the 22MDS; of 21, nine lighter and ten heavier, nearest the 26DB (525 lb) and the 21RBS (570 lb).
• GVWR, 6,500 lb: shared with the 21RBS and 26DB; of 21, nine lower and nine higher, nearest the 20DB, 21QB and 25BH (6,000 lb) and the 22MDS (6,900 lb).

Next to the 21RBS (2026 page), the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 22BHS is 40 lb heavier by dry weight, has 40 lb less cargo capacity, is 2 ft 4 in longer and stands 4 in lower; the two publish the same GVWR, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Next to the 22MDS (2026 page), the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 22BHS is 365 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 400 lb lower, has 35 lb less cargo capacity, is 2 in shorter and stands 4 in lower; the two publish the same fresh tank, grey tank and black 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 52-gallon fresh tank is about 432 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 28% of the 22BHS’s 1,525 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,093 lb. Across 21 Colt floorplans the water share runs 19% to 28%, and this plan’s is the highest. Nearest on that share: Colt 22MDS at 28%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).

Closest sibling: the Colt 21RBS, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 4 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): length 26 ft 11 in vs 24 ft 7 in; dry weight 4,975 lb vs 4,935 lb; cargo capacity 1,525 lb vs 1,565 lb; hitch weight 565 lb vs 570 lb. They match on GVWR, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Colt 21RBS matches it at 6,500 lb GVWR; Colt 26DB matches it at 6,500 lb GVWR.

All 21 Colt floorplans: Colt line hub.

Against the 22BHS: the Jay Feather 21MML is 2 ft shorter; the Jay Flight 200MKS is 2 ft shorter.

11 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 22BHS. Not published: interior height, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, refrigerator, air conditioning.

Sourcing rules: methodology.