01 What makes it unique
The Eagle HT 294CKBS is a large, residential travel trailer that stays bumper-pull. Three slides open a center-kitchen layout with a rear bath, giving the kind of floor space usually associated with fifth wheels — but with the simpler towing of a conventional trailer. The Eagle HT finish carries through: Stronghold VBL™ laminated walls, a 7-foot ceiling, Climate Shield insulation and a 15,000-BTU Whisper Quiet air conditioner.
It runs the 4-Star Handling package with Goodyear Endurance tires and MORryde suspension, and the numbers are substantial: an 11,700-pound GVWR on a 9,660-pound dry weight leaves 2,040 pounds of payload, with a 1,290-pound dry tongue weight that wants a well-equipped half-ton or a three-quarter-ton. A 52-gallon fresh tank, 74-gallon gray and 10 cubic-foot refrigerator support long stays.
It sleeps four in a layout built around living space rather than berth count, at an MSRP near $62,000. For couples or a small family who want fifth-wheel-like room without an in-bed hitch or a heavy-duty truck, the triple-slide 294CKBS is the spacious middle of the Eagle HT travel trailers.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 37' 11"
- Exterior width
- 8' 1"
- Exterior height
- 11' 11"
- Interior height
- 7' 0"
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight
- 9,660 lbs
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 11,700 lbs
- Net cargo / payload
- 2,040 lbs
- Dry tongue weight
- 1,290 lbs
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 52 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
- 4
- Slides
- 3
- 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 294CKBS 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
Fifth-wheel space, trailer towing
Three slides and a center kitchen give residential room in a bumper-pull — no in-bed hitch required.
Strong payload
2,040 lb of payload on an 11,700-lb GVWR carries a couple’s or small family’s full load with margin.
Premium Eagle HT finish
Stronghold VBL™ walls, 7-foot ceiling and Climate Shield put it well above the mid trailers.
Heavy for a half-ton
A 1,290-lb dry tongue and 9,660-lb dry weight want a well-equipped half-ton or a 3/4-ton — check payload carefully.
05 How it compares
Shorter, dual-slide, couples-only — lighter and easier to tow if the extra space isn’t needed.
A bunkhouse with an outside kitchen — the family version at the top of the Eagle HT trailers.
The half-ton fifth-wheel take on rear living — taller and more planted with a raised bedroom.