2027 Jayco Eagle250RLCS

The Jayco Eagle 250RLCS is a 30' 5" travel trailer in the MY2027 Eagle roster. Jayco publishes a dry weight of 7,155 pounds against a 9,000-pound GVWR, and the two tie out exactly with the published 1,845-pound cargo carrying capacity — 7,155 + 1,845 = 9,000. 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 1,025 pounds, or 14% 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 1,845 pounds, 20% of GVWR — that is the ceiling for water, propane, cargo and any dealer-fitted equipment combined. Fresh water alone at 52 gallons is about 432 pounds when full.

Tanks are 52 gallons fresh, 74 grey and 37 black, and the factory lists ST225/75R15'E' tires. Interior height is 7' 0" and the exterior measures 8' 1" wide by 11' 1" tall — check that height against your own garage, and remember an air-conditioner shroud adds to it. This page covers the MY2027 250RLCS 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.

How the 250RLCS differs from the other 27 Eagle travel trailers. Most distinctive first. Each rank counts only the siblings that publish that field, and a figure most of them share is left out. Not every one of these pages covers the same model years as this one (2027); each figure is the one its own page prints, so a rank compares pages, not one model year.

• GVWR, 9,000 lb: second-lowest of 28, between the 230MLCS (8,400 lb) and the 275RBCS (9,400 lb).
• Dry weight, 7,155 lb: third-lightest of 28, between the 262RBOK (7,040 lb) and the 275RBCS (7,270 lb).
• Length, 30 ft 5 in: fourth-shortest of 28, between the 275RBCS (30 ft 1 in) and the 265FKDS (31 ft 7 in).
• Dry tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 14.3%: shared with the 333BHOK; of 27, 24 smaller and one larger, nearest the 314BHDS (14.1%) and the 265FKDS (14.8%).
• Cargo capacity, 1,845 lb: seventh-smallest of 28, between the 230MLCS (1,840 lb) and the 265FKDS (1,880 lb).
• Exterior height, 11 ft 1 in: shared with the 230MLCS and 320FBOK; of ten, two lower and five taller, nearest the 275RBCS and 295RUCD (11 ft) and the 325BROK (11 ft 2 in).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 20.5%: eleventh-largest of 28, between the 295RUCD (20%) and the 306RKDS (21%).
• Dry tongue weight, 1,025 lb: eleventh-lightest of 27, between the 264BHOK (1,015 lb) and the 270RLDS (1,034 lb).
• Black tank, 37 gal: largest of 28, level with the 230MLCS, 265FKDS and seven others; next are the 262RBOK, 264BHOK and sixteen others (32.5 gal).
• Fresh tank, 52 gal: shared with the 230MLCS, 275RBCS and four others; of 28, six smaller and fifteen larger, nearest the 265FKDS and 320MKTS (51 gal) and the 295DBOK, 306RKDS and four others (75 gal).
• Grey tank, 74 gal: shared with the 230MLCS, 265FKDS and seven others; of 27, eleven smaller and six larger, nearest the 264BHOK and 295DBOK (73.5 gal) and the 322RLOK, 330RSTS and four others (97.5 gal).

Next to the 262RBOK (2019–2020 page), the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 250RLCS is 115 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 995 lb lower, has 1,110 lb less cargo capacity, has a dry tongue weight 285 lb heavier, is 10 in longer, has a fresh tank 3 gal larger, has a grey tank 9 gal larger and has a black tank 4.5 gal larger; the two publish the same interior height.

Next to the 275RBCS (2025–2026 page), the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 250RLCS is 115 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 400 lb lower, has 285 lb less cargo capacity, has a dry tongue weight 125 lb heavier, is 4 in longer and stands 1 in taller; the two publish the same interior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

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 250RLCS 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 52-gallon fresh tank is about 432 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 23% of the 250RLCS’s 1,845 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,413 lb. Across 28 Eagle travel-trailer floorplans the water share runs 14% to 50%, and 16 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Eagle 265FKDS at 23% and Eagle 230MLCS at 23%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).

Closest sibling: the Eagle 275RBCS, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 5 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): length 30 ft 5 in vs 30 ft 1 in; dry weight 7,155 lb vs 7,270 lb; GVWR 9,000 lb vs 9,400 lb; cargo capacity 1,845 lb vs 2,130 lb; hitch weight 1,025 lb vs 900 lb. They match on fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Eagle 230MLCS is 600 lb lighter (8,400 lb GVWR); Eagle 275RBCS is 400 lb heavier (9,400 lb GVWR).

All 80 Eagle floorplans: Eagle line hub.

Against the 250RLCS: the Jay Flight 335BHS is 7 ft longer; the Jay Flight SLX 324BDS is 6 ft longer.

12 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 250RLCS. Not published: sleeps, slide count, axle count, awning, refrigerator, air conditioning.

Sourcing rules: methodology.