Jayco Eagle SLE · 2025–202728BHU

The Jayco Eagle SLE 28BHU is a fifth wheel in the MY2027 Eagle SLE roster. Jayco publishes a dry weight of 8,540 pounds against a 9,995-pound GVWR, and the two tie out exactly with the published 1,455-pound cargo carrying capacity — 8,540 + 1,455 = 9,995. 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 pin weight is 1,600 pounds, or 19% of the dry weight. Fifth-wheel pin loads land in the truck bed and count against payload, not against the receiver rating, so the number that matters is your truck’s remaining payload with passengers and gear aboard. Payload is 1,455 pounds, 15% of GVWR — that is the ceiling for water, propane, cargo and any dealer-fitted equipment combined. Fresh water alone at 51 gallons is about 423 pounds when full.

Tanks are 51 gallons fresh, 82 grey and 45 black, and the factory lists ST225/75R15'E' tires. Interior height is 8' 5" and the exterior measures 8' 1" wide by 12' 4" tall — check that height against your own garage, and remember an air-conditioner shroud adds to it. This page covers the MY2027 28BHU 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. Jayco publishes no overall exterior length for this floorplan in MY2027; it prints a pin-to-bumper length of 33' 5" instead, which has its own row and is left out of every overall-length comparison on this site. The exterior-length row says so rather than carrying the figure from a sibling floorplan or from another model year — measured on this same line, published fields move year to year, so a neighbour’s number is a guess wearing a measurement’s clothes.

How the 28BHU differs from the other 51 Eagle fifth wheels. Most distinctive first. Sibling pages may cover other model years than this one (2025–2027). How these ranks are worked out.

• Cargo capacity, 1,455 lb: smallest of 52; next is the 26REC (1,640 lb).
• Pin-to-bumper length, 33 ft 5 in: fourth-shortest of eight, between the 31RLT (32 ft 11 in) and the 31QBH and 321RSTS (35 ft 5 in); across Jayco’s eighteen MY2027 fifth wheels that print it, three shorter and fourteen longer.
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 14.6%: shared with the 360DBOK; of 51, two smaller and 47 larger, nearest the 347BHOK (13.4%) and the 370FBTS (14.7%).
• Sleeping capacity, 8: shared with the 34MBL and 355MBQS; of 37, 33 smaller and one larger, nearest the 31MB, 31MBT and two others (7) and the 29CBD (9).
• Dry weight, 8,540 lb: tenth-lightest of 52, between the 26REC (8,355 lb) and the 27MLC (8,625 lb).
• Dry pin weight, 1,600 lb: eleventh-lightest of 52, between the 29.5FBDS (1,595 lb) and the 27RL (1,610 lb).
• GVWR, 9,995 lb: shared with the 25.5REOK, 26.5RLDS and four others; of 52, three lower and 42 higher, nearest the 24.5KTS (9,950 lb) and the 27MLC (10,400 lb).
• Fresh tank, 51 gal: shared with the 28RKS and 31QBH; of 52, ten smaller and 39 larger, nearest the 24.5KTS, 26.5RLDS and six others (49 gal) and the 24MLE, 25RUC and fourteen others (52 gal).
• Exterior height, 12 ft 4 in: shared with the 27MLC, 27RL and three others; of 35, sixteen lower and thirteen taller, nearest the 24MLE, 25RUC and eight others (12 ft 3 in) and the 29DDB (12 ft 5 in).
• Dry pin weight as a share of dry weight, 18.7%: shared with the 365UKTS; of 52, eighteen smaller and 32 larger, nearest the 27RL and 34MBL (18.6%) and the 24MLE and 31MB (18.9%).
• Interior height, 8 ft 5 in: shared with the 24MLE, 25RUC and ten others; of 46, eighteen lower and fifteen taller, nearest the 26RU and 27RS (8 ft 4 in) and the 29RLC and 30CRT (8 ft 6 in).
• Grey tank, 82 gal: shared with the 24MLE, 25RUC and eighteen others; of 52, fourteen smaller and seventeen larger, nearest the 27RL and 27RS (80 gal) and the 317RLOK, 319MLOK and thirteen others (87 gal).
• Black tank, 45 gal: shared with the 24MLE, 25RUC and eighteen others; of 52, fourteen smaller and seventeen larger, nearest the 27RL and 27RS (43 gal) and the 317RLOK, 319MLOK and nine others (50 gal).

Next to the 26REC (2024–2026 page), the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 28BHU is 185 lb heavier by dry weight, has 185 lb less cargo capacity, has a dry pin weight 125 lb lighter, stands 1 in taller, has a fresh tank 1 gal smaller and sleeps six more; the two publish the same GVWR, interior height, grey tank and black tank.

Next to the 27MLC (2026 page), the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 28BHU is 85 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 405 lb lower, has 320 lb less cargo capacity, has a dry pin weight 165 lb lighter, has a fresh tank 1 gal smaller and sleeps six more; the two publish the same exterior height, interior height, grey tank and black tank.

This floorplan has a published factory record for 3 model years here, 2025 to 2027. The specification does not hold still: dry weight runs from 8,420 lb (2025) to 8,540 lb (2027); dry pin weight runs from 1,585 lb (2025) to 1,605 lb (2026). Each year’s complete record is printed separately below, carrying only that year’s own published figures and source. Nothing is copied across from a neighbouring year.

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. Jayco offers the Eagle HT line as both a fifth wheel and a travel trailer — lighter, 4-Star Handling with Goodyear Endurance tires, and lower pin or tongue weights. The 28BHU 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.

A full 51-gallon fresh tank is about 423 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 29% of the 28BHU’s 1,455 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,032 lb (129 lb per rated berth). Across 52 Eagle fifth-wheel floorplans the water share runs 16% to 34%, and 17 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Eagle 335LSTS at 29% and Eagle 319MLOK at 30%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).