2026 Highland Ridge Colt22MDS

The Colt 22MDS leaves Highland Ridge's factory at 5,340 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 6,900 lbs and 1,560 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 1,560 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 13th of 19 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 3,010 lbs to 8,705 lbs. It sits in the heavier third of the line. 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 5,340 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 6,120 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 6,900 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. 22MDS is a Colt designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

Colt is Highland Ridge's entry travel-trailer line and this catalogue's first coverage of the brand. Fifteen floorplans reach a full profile for 2026, running 3,010 lb dry on a 21-foot single-axle up to 8,705 lb on a 37-foot 10-inch tandem, with dry tongue weights of 270 to 1,130 lb. The bottom half of that range is genuinely inside mid-size-SUV territory on paper; the top of it wants a half-ton with a real payload figure rather than a brochure tow rating. Highland Ridge publishes a GVWR for every profiled floorplan, and dry weight plus cargo capacity equals that published GVWR exactly on all fifteen.

A full 52-gallon fresh tank is about 434 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 28% of the 22MDS’s 1,560 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,126 lb. Across 15 Colt floorplans the water share runs 22% to 28%, and this plan’s is the highest. Nearest on that share: Colt 21RBS 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 5 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): length 27 ft 1 in vs 24 ft 7 in; dry weight 5,340 lb vs 4,935 lb; GVWR 6,900 lb vs 6,500 lb; cargo capacity 1,560 lb vs 1,565 lb; dry hitch weight 565 lb vs 570 lb. They match on fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Colt 26DB is 400 lb lighter (6,500 lb GVWR); Colt 26DBS is 700 lb heavier (7,600 lb GVWR).

All 15 Colt floorplans: Colt line hub.

Against the 22MDS: the Puma Tracks 2420RBS is 3 lb heavier.

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

Sourcing rules: methodology.