2026 Highland Ridge Colt33RLT

The Colt 33RLT leaves Highland Ridge's factory at 8,705 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 10,600 lbs and 1,895 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 18% 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 1,895 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Dry tongue weight is 1,130 lbs, or 13% 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, 71.5 grey and 39 black, 110.5 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 19th of 19 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 3,010 lbs to 8,705 lbs. It is the heaviest plan in the line, so the tow vehicle should be settled before the floorplan is. 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 8,705 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 9,653 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 10,600 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. 33RLT 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 571.120 S10.4.2), 23% of the 33RLT’s 1,895 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,461 lb. Across 15 Colt floorplans the water share runs 22% to 28%, and 12 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Colt 17DBS at 23% and Colt 26DBS at 24%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.3).

Closest sibling: the Colt 27BPS, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 5 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): length 37 ft 10 in vs 32 ft 7 in; dry weight 8,705 lb vs 6,270 lb; GVWR 10,600 lb vs 7,900 lb; cargo capacity 1,895 lb vs 1,630 lb; dry hitch weight 1,130 lb vs 755 lb. They match on fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Colt 28DBS is 2,400 lb lighter (8,200 lb GVWR).

All 15 Colt floorplans: Colt line hub.

Against the 33RLT: the Bullet 310RES is 15 lb lighter and 2 ft shorter; the Passport 3300BK is 29 lb lighter.

11 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 33RLT. Not published: interior height, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, refrigerator, air conditioning.

Sourcing rules: methodology.