2027 Highland Ridge Colt26RCS

The Colt 26RCS leaves Highland Ridge's factory at 6,135 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 7,995 lbs and 1,860 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 1,860 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Dry tongue weight is 840 lbs, or 14% 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, 40 grey and 40 black, 80 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 15th of 21 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 2,550 lbs to 9,080 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 6,135 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 7,065 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 7,995 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. 26RCS is a Colt designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 26RCS 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.

• Black tank, 40 gal: largest of 21; next are the 13RD, 17DB and sixteen others (39 gal).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 13.7%: second-largest of 21, between the 28DBS (13.3%) and the 18MBS (15.1%).
• Grey tank, 40 gal: third-largest of 21, between the 17DB, 17DBS and eleven others (39 gal) and the 27BPS and 33RLT (71.5 gal).
• Tongue weight, 840 lb: fourth-heaviest of 21, between the 28DBS (835 lb) and the 32DSB (995 lb).
• GVWR, 7,995 lb: sixth-highest of 21, between the 27BPS (7,900 lb) and the 28DBS (8,200 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 1,860 lb: sixth-largest of 21, between the 26DBS (1,785 lb) and the 32DSB (1,880 lb).
• Sleeping capacity, 6: shared with the 28RLD; of five, one smaller and two larger, nearest the 13RD (4) and the 33TSB (9).
• Dry weight, 6,135 lb: seventh-heaviest of 21, between the 26DBS (5,815 lb) and the 27BPS and 28DBS (6,270 lb).
• Length, 31 ft 1 in: seventh-longest of 21, between the 26DBS (30 ft 4 in) and the 27BPS (32 ft 7 in).
• Exterior height, 10 ft 7 in: shared with the 33RLT and 33TSB; of 21, seventeen lower and one taller, nearest the 21RBS, 22MDS and two others (10 ft 6 in) and the 28RLD (10 ft 8 in).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 23.3%: shared with the 17QB; of 21, nine smaller and ten larger, nearest the 17DBS (23%) and the 22BHS, 26DBS and 28DBS (23.5%).

Next to the 26DBS (2026 page), the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 26RCS is 320 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 395 lb higher, has 75 lb more cargo capacity, is 9 in longer, stands 3 in taller, has a grey tank 1 gal larger and has a black tank 1 gal larger; the two publish the same fresh tank.

Next to the 27BPS (2026 page), the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 26RCS is 135 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 95 lb higher, has 230 lb more cargo capacity, is 1 ft 6 in shorter, stands 1 in taller, has a grey tank 31.5 gal smaller and has a black tank 1 gal larger; the two publish the same fresh 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), 23% of the 26RCS’s 1,860 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,428 lb (238 lb per rated berth). Across 21 Colt floorplans the water share runs 19% to 28%, and 14 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Colt 32DSB at 23% and Colt 26DBS at 24%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).

Closest sibling: the Colt 28DBS, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 7 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): length 31 ft 1 in vs 33 ft 7 in; dry weight 6,135 lb vs 6,270 lb; GVWR 7,995 lb vs 8,200 lb; cargo capacity 1,860 lb vs 1,930 lb; hitch weight 840 lb vs 835 lb; grey tank 40 gal vs 39 gal; black tank 40 gal vs 39 gal. They match on fresh tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Colt 27BPS is 95 lb lighter (7,900 lb GVWR); Colt 28DBS is 205 lb heavier (8,200 lb GVWR).

All 21 Colt floorplans: Colt line hub.

Against the 26RCS: the Imagine XLS 25DBE is 1 ft shorter and sleeps 1 more; the Octane 209 is 5 lb heavier and 6 ft shorter.

12 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 26RCS. Not published: interior height, slide count, axle count, tire specification, refrigerator, air conditioning.

Sourcing rules: methodology.