01 What makes it unique
The Eagle HT 27MLC is the smallest Eagle fifth wheel and the one aimed squarely at half-ton trucks. A single slide opens a mid-living layout with a raised front bedroom — the fifth-wheel advantage of a separate, elevated sleeping area — in a 33-foot coach light enough to be towed by a properly equipped half-ton. The Eagle HT build carries through: Stronghold VBL™ laminated walls, an 8-foot-5 main ceiling and Climate Shield insulation.
It rides on 4-Star Handling — Goodyear Endurance tires, MORryde CRE-3000 suspension — with a 10,300-pound GVWR on an 8,525-pound dry weight, leaving 1,775 pounds of payload. The dry pin weight is 1,740 pounds, within half-ton territory when the truck is correctly equipped, and the tanks are generous for the size — a 52-gallon fresh, an 82-gallon gray and a 10 cubic-foot 12-volt refrigerator.
It sleeps two, trading berth count for the comfort and storage of a fifth-wheel layout, at an MSRP near $58,000. For couples who want to move up from a travel trailer to a fifth wheel without buying a three-quarter-ton truck, the 27MLC is the most accessible entry in the Eagle line.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 32' 10"
- Exterior width
- 8' 1"
- Exterior height
- 12' 6"
- Interior height
- 8' 5"
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight
- 8,525 lbs
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 10,300 lbs
- Net cargo / payload
- 1,775 lbs
- Dry pin weight
- 1,740 lbs
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 52 gal
- Grey water
- 82 gal
- Black water
- 45 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
- Fifth-wheel (in-bed)
- 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
- 1
- Hitch type
- Fifth-wheel (in-bed)
- 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 27MLC 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
Half-ton fifth-wheel entry
A 1,740-lb dry pin and 8,525-lb dry weight bring fifth-wheel towing within reach of a capable half-ton.
Raised front bedroom
The fifth-wheel layout gives a separate, elevated sleeping area — more privacy and storage than a trailer.
Generous tanks for the size
82-gallon gray and 52-gallon fresh suit extended couples’ stays in a compact 5W.
Verify the pin on a half-ton
Even a 1,740-lb dry pin grows loaded — confirm your truck’s payload and rear axle rating before towing.
05 How it compares
Longer, dual-slide, rear-living — more space and a heavier pin for the same half-ton step-up buyer.
The half-ton travel-trailer alternative — bumper-pull and lower, if a fifth-wheel hitch isn’t wanted.
Keystone’s shortest half-ton fifth wheel — the direct cross-brand rival at this size.