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2026 Jayco Eagle HT320MKTS

A 36' 8" Jayco Eagle HT travel trailer carrying a 11,500-pound GVWR on a 9,280-pound dry weight — 2,220 pounds of payload, a 1,190-pound dry tongue, and every figure on this page taken from Jayco’s own published record for the MY2026 320MKTS.

Tow-Critical Data — as built, MY2026

9,280lb
Dry Weight
11,500lb
GVWR
1,190lb
Dry Tongue
36ft
Length
Sleeps 4 Dual-axle Travel Trailer · 36' 8" overall Built by · Jayco, Inc. Tires · ST235/80R16'H' Record · Jayco factory, MY2026

01 What makes it unique

The Jayco Eagle HT 320MKTS is a 36' 8" travel trailer in the MY2026 Eagle HT roster. Jayco publishes a dry weight of 9,280 pounds against a 11,500-pound GVWR, and the two tie out exactly with the published 2,220-pound cargo carrying capacity — 9,280 + 2,220 = 11,500. That arithmetic is checked on every plan in this catalogue, and a plan whose own figures disagree is catalogued without a page rather than quietly reconciled.

The dry tongue weight is 1,190 pounds, or 13% of the dry weight. Tongue load transfers to the hitch and the rear axle, and a weight-distributing hitch redistributes it rather than removing it. Payload is 2,220 pounds, 19% of GVWR — that is the ceiling for water, propane, cargo and any dealer-fitted equipment combined. Fresh water alone at 51 gallons is about 425 pounds when full.

Tanks are 51 gallons fresh, 74 grey and 37 black, and the factory lists ST235/80R16'H' tires. Interior height is 7' 0" and the exterior measures 8' 1" wide by 11' 3" tall — check that height against your own garage, and remember an air-conditioner shroud adds to it. This page covers the MY2026 320MKTS only. Jayco’s figures move between model years — measured on one Eagle floorplan across five consecutive years, 20 of 28 published fields changed, including tire size and a 290-pound swing in dry pin weight — so nothing here is carried over from a neighbouring year, and no year is shown that Jayco has not published for this code.

02 Full specifications

Dimensions

Exterior length
36' 8"
Exterior width
8' 1"
Exterior height
11' 3"
Interior height
7' 0"

Weights

Dry / unit base weight
9,280 lbs
GVWR (max loaded)
11,500 lbs
Net cargo / payload
2,220 lbs
Dry tongue weight
1,190 lbs

Capacities

Fresh water
51 gal
Grey water
74 gal
Black water
37 gal
Propane
60

Construction

Frame
Stronghold VBL™ laminated
Walls
Vacuum-bonded laminate · Azdel
Roof
Magnum Truss™ · 1-pc seamless
Underbelly
Climate Shield zero-degree · heated

Running gear

Tire size
ST235/80R16'H'
Hitch type
Bumper pull
Water heater
Tankless

Sleeping & layout

Sleeps
up to 4
Width, slides out
13' 2"
Exterior height (w/ A/C)
11' 10"
Outside storage compartments
3

Federal tire recalls naming this size. NHTSA’s recall file names ST235/80R16 in one tire recall: 21T018000 (Sailun Tire Americas, Inc., 2021; make SAILUN; models BLACKHAWK, BLACKLION, IRONHEAD, ROADX, SAILUN). A tire recall covers only the brands, lines and DOT date codes it lists, and this page does not know which brand of tire this trailer was built with, so read the brand and DOT code on your own sidewalls before relying on this list. Only 242 of NHTSA’s 788 tire recalls name a size in their summary, so a size with no match is not a clean record (NHTSA recall file, read 12 Oct 2026).

Drawn to scale

Weight budget

Loaded weight budget for the 320MKTSHorizontal bar. Dry weight 9,280 pounds, then cargo capacity 2,220 pounds, against a GVWR of 11,500 pounds. Dry tongue weight 1,190 pounds on the same scale.GVWR 11,500 lbsDry 9,280 lbsCargo capacity 2,220 lbsDry tongue weight 1,190 lbs — same scale

Size, with end view

Scale outline of the 320MKTSScale outline of the 320MKTS. Overall length 36' 8", overall height 11' 3", overall width 8' 1".end view8' 1"36' 8" overall length11' 3"

Holding tanks

Holding tank capacities for the 320MKTSHolding tank capacities: fresh 51 gallons, grey 74 gallons, black 37 gallons.Fresh51 galGrey74 galBlack37 gal

Axles, wheels and nose shape are schematic; not a floorplan. Data: dataset.

Towing it

Tow rating needed11,500 lb
Published dry tongue weight1,190 lb
Loaded tongue weight, rule of thumb1,190–1,725 lb
Receiver hitch rating needed11,500 lb towed / 1,725 lb tongue
Payload check. Budget loaded, not dry: subtract the loaded range, every passenger, the bed and cab load and a weight-distributing hitch from the payload on your tow vehicle’s door-pillar placard (49 CFR 571.110 S4.3).

Loaded range: 10–15% of GVWR on the tongue, a rule of thumb, not a measurement of this unit. No truck ratings or hitch classes (why; NHTSA, DOT HS 809 433). The range starts at the published dry figure, because loaded is never lighter than dry.

03 The Eagle HT 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 320MKTS 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.

FloorplanFamilyTypeNominalSleepsNotable
265FKDSEagle HTTT32 ft2Front-kitchen couples, dual slide
294CKBSEagle HTTT38 ft4Center-kitchen triple-slide, rear bath
312BHOKEagle HTTT39 ft8Bunkhouse + outside kitchen, triple slide
27MLCEagle HT5W33 ft2Shortest half-ton 5W, mid-living
29RLCEagle HT5W34 ft4Rear-living dual-slide half-ton 5W
321RSTSEagle5W37 ft4Rear-living king triple-slide flagship
355MBQSEagle5W42 ft10Mid-bunk/den + loft, quad slide
370FBTSEagle5W41 ft4Front-bath bath-and-a-half full-timer
325MKTSEagle5W34 ft234' 8" · 8' 8" interior · sleeps 2
360DBOKEagle5W43 ft643' 1" · 8' 7" interior · sleeps 6
365UKTSEagle5W37 ft637' 2" · 6' 6" interior · sleeps 6
367TBTSEagle5W41 ft541' 7" · 6' 7" interior · sleeps 5
25RUCEagle HT5W29 ft429' 9" · 8' 5" interior · sleeps 4
26RECEagle HT5W29 ft229' 2" · 8' 5" interior · sleeps 2
28CRTEagle HT5W32 ft432' 10" · 8' 5" interior · sleeps 4
29DDBEagle HT5W34 ft634' 6" · 8' 5" interior · sleeps 6
30CRTEagle HT5W34 ft434' 0" · 8' 6" interior · sleeps 4
31QCDEagle HT5W36 ft736' 6" · 6' 2" interior · sleeps 7
24MLEEagle SLE5W29 ft429' 3" · 8' 5" interior · sleeps 4
28RKSEagle SLE5W30 ft430' 9" · 6' 3" interior · sleeps 4
30RLTEagle SLE5W33 ft433' 9" · 8' 5" interior · sleeps 4
230MLCSEagle HTTT27 ft327' 7" · 7' 0" interior · sleeps 3
275RBCSEagle HTTT30 ft430' 1" · 7' 0" interior · sleeps 4
320MKTSEagle HTTT36 ft436' 8" · 7' 0" interior · sleeps 4

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 Notes on this floorplan

Figures are Jayco’s own, and they tie out

Dry 9,280 lb + cargo 2,220 lb = GVWR 11,500 lb exactly. Nothing on this page is computed from the other two, estimated from the segment, or taken from a dealer listing.

Dry means empty, and you will not tow it empty

9,280 lb is the unit as built, before water, propane, batteries, cargo or dealer-installed options. Weigh the loaded trailer on a public scale before matching it to a tow vehicle.

Tongue load rides the rear axle

1,190 lb dry tongue transfers to the hitch and the rear axle. A weight-distributing hitch moves that load around; it does not make it disappear.

What this page does not publish

Jayco’s factory spec table for this floorplan carries no slide count, no bed size, no refrigerator or air-conditioner spec and no MSRP. Those rows are absent here rather than filled from a sibling floorplan or a second source. Jayco’s published awning length is held in this catalogue’s saved copy of the factory page but not printed, because the catalogue tracks no awning field to print it into.

05 How it compares

↓ Lighter in this line
Eagle HT 275RBCS

Dry 7,270 lb against this plan’s 9,280 lb — 2,010 lb less to tow.

↕ Whole line
Jayco Eagle line hub

Every Eagle, Eagle HT and Eagle SLE floorplan catalogued here, with the plans this site refuses to publish and the reason for each.

06 Loading it for a trip

A full 51-gallon fresh tank is about 425 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.2), 19% of the 320MKTS’s 2,220 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,795 lb (449 lb per rated berth). Across 8 Eagle travel-trailer floorplans the water share runs 19% to 35%, and this plan’s is the lowest. Nearest on that share: Eagle 275RBCS at 20%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.3).

07 Where this floorplan sits

Closest sibling: the Eagle 294CKBS, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 6 of the 9 fields both publish (this plan first): length 36 ft 8 in vs 37 ft 11 in; dry weight 9,280 lb vs 9,660 lb; GVWR 11,500 lb vs 11,700 lb; cargo capacity 2,220 lb vs 2,040 lb; dry hitch weight 1,190 lb vs 1,290 lb; fresh tank 51 gal vs 52 gal. They match on sleeps, grey tank and black tank.

Eagle travel-trailer plansThis planPosition, low to highRange
GVWR (lb)11,50018 of 328,400–14,995
Dry weight (lb)9,28017 of 326,560–12,300
Cargo capacity (lb)2,22018 of 321,340–2,955
Dry hitch weight (lb)1,19017 of 32145–2,505
Length36 ft 8 in16 of 3227 ft 7 in–41 ft 8 in
Fresh tank (gal)511–2 of 851–81
Black tank (gal)3719–26 of 3232–87
Sleeps43–5 of 82–8

Either side of it by GVWR: Eagle 312BHOK is 200 lb lighter (11,300 lb GVWR); Eagle 294CKBS is 200 lb heavier (11,700 lb GVWR).

Nearest Eagle travel-trailer siblingsLengthSleepsDry (lb)GVWR (lb)CCC (lb)Hitch (lb)Fresh (gal)
Eagle 320MKTS36 ft 8 in49,28011,5002,2201,19051
Eagle 294CKBS37 ft 11 in49,66011,7002,0401,29052
Eagle 322RLOK38 ft 5 in—9,50511,7502,2451,260—
Eagle 338RETS39 ft 3 in—9,63011,7502,1201,315—
Eagle 314BHDS37 ft 10 in—8,40510,9502,5451,185—
Eagle 312BHOK33 ft 7 in—9,51511,3001,7851,085—

All 81 Eagle floorplans: Eagle line hub.

Other lines, nearest by GVWRGVWR (lb)Dry (lb)SleepsLength
320MKTS11,5009,280436 ft 8 in
Seismic 31211,5007,840—37 ft 11 in
Open Range Travel Trailer 322RLS11,5009,465—37 ft 9 in
Outback 370BH11,5009,4501041 ft 2 in
Cherokee Wolf Den Black Label 306MMBL11,5139,281—40 ft 1 in
Vengeance Rogue 25SUT11,4657,078—32 ft 3 in
Coachmen Catalina 333DORM11,4588,958637 ft 11 in

Against the 320MKTS: the Seismic 312 is 1 ft longer; the Open Range Travel Trailer 322RLS is 1 ft longer; the Outback 370BH is 4 ft longer and sleeps 6 more.

08 Common questions about the 320MKTS

How much does the 320MKTS weigh?

9,280 lb dry; 11,500 lb GVWR, the most it may weigh loaded.

How much can the 320MKTS carry?

2,220 lb, 19% of its GVWR (median across 958 travel trailers here: 23%). A full fresh tank uses 425 lb of it.

What is the tongue weight of the 320MKTS?

1,190 lb dry, 13% of the dry weight (median across 1,156 travel trailers here: 12%).

What size tow vehicle does the 320MKTS need?

A tow rating of at least 11,500 lb, plus payload for the loaded tongue weight, passengers and cargo.

How many people does the 320MKTS sleep?

It is rated to sleep 4. 3 of the 8 Eagle travel-trailer floorplans that publish a count sleep more.

What are the tank capacities on the 320MKTS?

Fresh 51, grey 74, black 37 gallons. Off hookups, fresh water runs out first.

How long is the 320MKTS?

36' 8" overall, tongue or pin box included.

From the figures above.

09 What this page publishes, and what it does not

13 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 320MKTS. Not published: slide count, axle count, awning, refrigerator, air conditioning.

Sourcing rules: methodology.

11 NHTSA safety record

NHTSA holds 44 recall campaigns and 114 owner complaints against the Eagle line. They are counted separately: a recall is a confirmed defect with a remedy, a complaint one owner’s unverified account.

What to look at on a used one. Across the 114 complaints filed on this line the most-reported components are tires (23%), structure (18%) and equipment (13%).

Recall coverage here is not complete, and complaints are owners’ unverified reports (how this record is built). Check a specific VIN at NHTSA before you buy. Full tables are on the Eagle line page.