01 What makes it unique
The Eagle HT 265FKDS brings Jayco’s premium half-ton build to a couples’ travel trailer. A front kitchen anchors the layout — unusual placement that opens the rear for living — and dual slides widen the main room. The Eagle HT finish is a clear step above the value and mid lines: Stronghold VBL™ laminated walls, a 7-foot interior ceiling, the Climate Shield zero-degree package and a 15,000-BTU Whisper Quiet air conditioner.
It rides on the 4-Star Handling package — Goodyear Endurance tires and MORryde CRE-3000 rubberized suspension — with a 9,800-pound GVWR on a 7,920-pound dry weight, leaving 1,880 pounds of payload. A 51-gallon fresh tank with a large 74-gallon gray and a 10 cubic-foot 12-volt refrigerator support extended couples’ trips, and the bumper-pull hitch keeps it towable by a capable half-ton.
It sleeps two, putting living space and finish ahead of berth count, at an MSRP near $52,500 — above the mid trailers but below the full-size fifth wheels. For couples who want premium Eagle build without stepping into a fifth wheel or a three-quarter-ton truck, the front-kitchen 265FKDS is the entry to the Eagle HT travel trailers. The factory dry tongue weight for this plan is not published; weigh the loaded trailer before matching it to a tow vehicle.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 31' 7"
- Exterior width
- 8' 0"
- Exterior height
- 11' 7"
- Interior height
- 7' 0"
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight
- 7,920 lbs
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 9,800 lbs
- Net cargo / payload
- 1,880 lbs
- Dry tongue weight
- Not published*
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 51 gal
- Grey water
- 74 gal
- Black water
- 37 gal
- Refrigerator
- 10 cu ft
Construction
- Frame
- Stronghold VBL™ laminated
- Walls
- Vacuum-bonded laminate · Azdel
- Roof
- Magnum Truss™ · 1-pc seamless
- Underbelly
- Climate Shield zero-degree · heated
Running gear
- Axles
- 2 (tandem)
- Hitch
- Bumper Pull
- Handling
- 4-Star · Goodyear Endurance
- Furnace
- 35K BTU · tankless water
Galley & bath
- Cooktop
- 3-burner recessed
- Refrigerator
- 10 cu ft
- A/C
- 15K BTU "Whisper Quiet" A/C
- Water heater
- Tankless on-demand · gas
Sleeping & layout
- Sleeps
- 2
- Slides
- 2
- Hitch type
- Bumper Pull
- Primary bed
- Front king/queen
03 The Eagle floorplan family
Jayco's Eagle is the brand's premium towable family, and it splits three ways. The full-size Eagle is the flagship fifth wheel — Stronghold VBL™ laminated walls, 5-Star Handling, the HELIX dual-15,000-BTU cooling system and a 16 cubic-foot residential refrigerator. The Eagle HT ("half-ton") line is engineered to be towable by a properly equipped half-ton truck, and Jayco offers it as both a fifth wheel and a travel trailer — lighter, 4-Star Handling with Goodyear Endurance tires, and lower pin or tongue weights. The 265FKDS on this page is highlighted; each other profiled plan links to its own page. The full Eagle catalogue runs to dozens of floorplans across all three; the highest-demand layouts are detailed here and the rest are catalogued on the line hub.
| Floorplan | Family | Type | Nominal | Sleeps | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 265FKDS | Eagle HT | TT | 32 ft | 2 | Front-kitchen couples, dual slide |
| 294CKBS | Eagle HT | TT | 38 ft | 4 | Center-kitchen triple-slide, rear bath |
| 312BHOK | Eagle HT | TT | 39 ft | 8 | Bunkhouse + outside kitchen, triple slide |
| 27MLC | Eagle HT | 5W | 33 ft | 2 | Shortest half-ton 5W, mid-living |
| 29RLC | Eagle HT | 5W | 34 ft | 4 | Rear-living dual-slide half-ton 5W |
| 321RSTS | Eagle | 5W | 37 ft | 4 | Rear-living king triple-slide flagship |
| 355MBQS | Eagle | 5W | 42 ft | 10 | Mid-bunk/den + loft, quad slide |
| 370FBTS | Eagle | 5W | 41 ft | 4 | Front-bath bath-and-a-half full-timer |
Eagle HT is Jayco's half-ton-towable premium line, sold as both a fifth wheel and a travel trailer on the same residential build. It sits above Jay Feather and below the full-size Eagle. Pin and tongue weights are dry factory figures and climb with cargo — even a half-ton-rated fifth wheel needs its loaded pin checked against the truck's payload and rear-axle rating. Additional Eagle HT floorplans are catalogued on the line hub.
04 What owners & reviewers report
Premium build, half-ton towable
Stronghold VBL™ walls, Climate Shield and 4-Star Handling in a bumper-pull trailer a capable half-ton can tow.
Front kitchen opens the rear
Placing the galley up front frees the back of the trailer for living — an airy couples’ layout.
Big gray tank for long stays
A 74-gallon gray tank stretches time between dumps on extended couples’ trips.
Tongue weight not published
Jayco’s 2026 brochure lists this plan’s dry hitch weight as TBD — weigh the loaded trailer to confirm tongue load before towing.
05 How it compares
Longer, triple-slide, sleeps four with a rear bath — more trailer for families or hosts.
The half-ton fifth-wheel alternative — a taller, more planted tow with a raised front bedroom.
Jayco’s mid rear-bath trailer — lighter and cheaper, with less premium finish than Eagle HT.