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Jayco Eagle · 2018322RLOK

A Jayco Eagle travel trailer, as built for the 2018 model year — that year's own published weights, dimensions and tank capacities, and what moved against the year before

Tow-Critical Data — as built, MY2018

9,505lb
Dry Weight
11,750lb
GVWR
1,260lb
Tongue Weight
38ft
Length
Sleeps n/a Travel Trailer · Jayco Eagle Built by · Jayco, Inc. Model year · 2018

01 What makes the 2018 322RLOK different

The Eagle 322RLOK sits in Jayco's Eagle travel-trailer range, the towable-behind-a-half-ton side of the Eagle name, below the Eagle fifth wheels and above the lighter Jay Feather. This page covers one model year of it — the 2018 322RLOK, exactly as Jayco published it — because the numbers that decide whether your truck can pull this trailer are not the same from one year to the next.

For the 2018 model year Jayco published a 11,750-pound GVWR on a 9,505-pound dry weight, 2,245 pounds of published cargo capacity, a 1,260-pound dry tongue weight. That dry tongue is 13% of the dry weight, inside the 10–15% band conventionally quoted for a bumper-pull trailer. Tongue weight is not fixed — it moves with how the trailer is loaded, and weight added ahead of the axles raises it. A tongue load in that range wants a weight-distribution hitch, and the tow vehicle's tongue-weight limit is a separate number from its trailer-weight limit — check the loaded tongue against the hitch receiver's rating and the vehicle's payload, not against the tow rating alone.

This is the earliest 322RLOK model year with a verified factory record in this catalogue. Later years are linked at the foot of the page, each with its own published figures.

A 2018 trailer is 8 model years old as of 2026, which puts it squarely in used-buyer territory. Section 05 sets out what to inspect on a travel trailer of this age — tyre date codes, roof and seam sealant, slide seals, and the soft-floor and delamination checks that separate a tidy coach from an expensive one.

Specifications by model year

2018 is the only model year this catalogue holds a verified factory record for the 322RLOK. That record is published here on its own, and it is not a general specification for the floorplan: Jayco revises published weights, ratings and even tire sizes from one model year to the next, so every figure below is evidence about 2018 and about no other year.

Model yearDry (UVW)GVWRCargo (CCC)Dry tongueSleepsTire size
20189,50511,7502,2451,260Not publishedNot published

The row above is the 2018 model year’s own record from Jayco’s model page for that year. When a second model year is sourced for this floorplan, it joins the table above on this same page and at this same address — nothing moves and no link breaks. The figures in the tow-critical placard at the top of this page are that same 2018 record. On the weights, overall length and tire size, that record and Jayco’s own 2018 model page agree on every field both of them publish. Exterior height is not compared: Jayco publishes a bare height, a with-A/C height and a with-2nd-A/C height, and the single height row carried here cannot be matched to one of them, so no claim is made either way.

02 Full 2018 specifications

Dimensions

Exterior length
38' 5"
Exterior width
96"
Width, slides out
Not published
Exterior height
Not published
Exterior height (w/ A/C)
146"
Interior height (main)
87"

Weights

Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
9,505 lbs
GVWR (max loaded)
11,750 lbs
Net cargo / payload (CCC)
2,245 lbs
Dry tongue weight
1,260 lbs

Running gear

Tire size
Not published
Hitch type
Bumper pull (weight-distribution recommended)
Model year of record
2018

Capacities

Fresh water
Not published
Grey water
Not published
Black water
32.5 gal
LP / propane
Not published
LP / propane, optional
Not published

Galley & systems

Water heater
Not published
Furnace output
Not published
Furnace, auto-ignition
Not published
Outside storage compartments
Not published

Sleeping

Sleeps
Not published

What it takes to tow this

Built from this floorplan’s verified weights. We publish the trailer side only.

Minimum tow rating your vehicle needs11,750 lb
Published dry tongue weight1,260 lb
Loaded tongue weight, typical range1,260–1,762 lb
Minimum receiver hitch capacity11,750 lb towed / 1,762 lb tongue
The tongue weight above is dry. It is the figure the manufacturer publishes for an empty trailer. Loaded — with water, propane, batteries and your gear — it runs higher, which is why the range row uses loaded weight. Sizing your truck off the dry number under-budgets your payload.
The arithmetic that actually binds. Open your driver’s door and read the payload figure on the yellow-and-white sticker — that number is specific to your truck as built. Subtract from it: loaded tongue weight (use the range above), every passenger, everything in the bed and cab, and the weight-distributing hitch itself where one is used. What is left is your margin. Payload, not tow rating, is what most half-ton owners run out of first.

We do not publish tow ratings for specific trucks. A single model can vary by thousands of pounds depending on engine, axle ratio, cab, drivetrain and package — the only authoritative figure is the one on your own door jamb. Loaded tongue percentages are industry convention for travel trailers (10–15% of loaded weight), not a measurement of this unit. Hitch classes are not used here as a rating: SAE J684 covers trailers to 10,000 lb GVWR and does not define Class V, and capacity boundaries differ between manufacturers — read the rating stamped on your hitch. On this plan the convention band’s low end fell below the published dry figure, so the range starts at the published dry weight instead — loaded is never lighter than dry.

04 Buying a 2018 322RLOK at 8 model years old

Tyres are almost certainly past their service age

At 8 years old, the original the factory tire size will be well beyond the five-to-seven-year age window RV tyres are normally replaced on, regardless of tread depth. Budget for a full set plus the spare unless there is a dated receipt.

Water is what kills these, and it is the cheapest thing to check

Press the walls and floor around the entry, the slide openings, the rear wall and under the front cap. Soft spots, a wavy or rippled sidewall, or a stained ceiling are delamination and water ingress, and they are structural rather than cosmetic.

Appliance and component life

Absorption fridges, water heaters and A/C units commonly need attention somewhere in the second decade. Run every appliance on both gas and mains before agreeing a price.

Weigh it before you tow it

Every weight on this page is a DRY factory figure for the 2018 model year. A used trailer carries its previous owner's additions, and a travel trailer puts its tongue load on the tow vehicle's hitch and through its rear axle. Weigh the loaded rig at a public scale and check it against the tow vehicle's payload, rear-axle and hitch ratings.

05 How it compares

↕ The full line
Eagle floorplans

Every Eagle floorplan this catalogue holds a verified factory record for, with its own published weights.

06 Loading it for a trip

Cargo capacity on the 322RLOK is 2,245 pounds — the entire budget for gear, water, propane, batteries and everything else you put aboard.

Weight budgetFigureWhat it means
Cargo capacity as published (CCC)2,245 lbEverything you add: gear, water, propane, batteries, food, people’s belongings.

The published dry tongue weight of 1,260 pounds is 13% of the 9,505-pound dry weight, which sits inside the 10–15% band usually quoted for stable towing. It is still a dry figure: loading the front pass-through and the fresh tank both push it up.

Nothing above changes the ceiling. Loaded to its 11,750-pound GVWR the 322RLOK is towing 2,245 pounds more than its 9,505-pound dry figure, and that is the number your vehicle has to be rated for — not the brochure weight.

07 Where this floorplan sits

Ranked by GVWR, the 322RLOK sits 48 of 81 in the Eagle line: 11,750 pounds against a line that runs from 8,400 to 15,400 pounds. That position is the useful thing to know, because the plans immediately either side of it are the real alternatives.

Either side of it in the same line: Eagle 31QCD is 50 pounds lighter at 11,700 lb GVWR; and Eagle 338RETS matches it exactly at 11,750 lb GVWR.

1 other Eagle plan shares this floorplan’s 11,750 lb GVWR, so the ranking above separates plans that tow to the same ceiling. On a shared chassis the figure that actually differs between them is cargo capacity and where the weight sits, not the rating.

Comparable travel trailersGVWR (lb)Dry (lb)SleepsLength
322RLOK11,7509,505—38 ft 5 in
Puma Vista 37PFL11,7499,749—40 ft 0 in
Cyclone 221411,7007,445428 ft 1 in
Roamer Travel Trailer 29RLTS11,7009,485—37 ft 11 in
Seismic 21411,7007,4456—
Wolf Pack 27-12.511,6908,988—38 ft 6 in
Aurora Destination Series 39FLTS11,82310,323—42 ft 11 in

Against the 322RLOK: the Puma Vista 37PFL is 1 lb lighter and 2 ft longer; the Cyclone 2214 is 50 lb lighter and 10 ft shorter; the Roamer Travel Trailer 29RLTS is 50 lb lighter. Those are differences in the published numbers only — what they cost, how they are built and how they live are separate questions each of those pages answers on its own terms.

Those are the nearest travel trailers from other lines by weight — one per line, picked by proximity on that figure and nothing else. They are listed so the same tow vehicle can be checked against real alternatives, not because they are equivalent inside; layout, build and price diverge sharply across that group.

For scale, the Eagle floorplans profiled here run 6,560 to 13,030 pounds dry and 28 to 43 feet of exterior length across 81 plans. Where a floorplan falls in that spread usually says more about which vehicle can tow it, and which site it fits, than the layout name does.

Every profiled floorplan in this line, with the full weight table, is on the Eagle line hub.

08 Common questions about the 322RLOK

How much does the 322RLOK weigh?

It leaves the factory at 9,505 pounds dry, and its manufacturer-set loaded ceiling (GVWR) is 11,750 pounds. Real towing weight lands between the two and depends entirely on what you load. Use the GVWR when matching a tow vehicle; the dry figure is only useful for comparing floorplans against each other.

How much can the 322RLOK carry?

Cargo carrying capacity is 2,245 pounds. That is the whole budget: water, propane, batteries, gear and everything you bring.

What is the tongue weight of the 322RLOK?

The published dry tongue weight is 1,260 pounds. It is measured empty; loaded, it runs higher, and it comes out of your tow vehicle’s payload rather than its tow rating.

What size tow vehicle does the 322RLOK need?

Your vehicle needs a tow rating of at least 11,750 pounds — this floorplan’s GVWR — and enough payload left over for the hitch load, passengers and anything in the bed. This site does not publish tow ratings for specific vehicles, because one truck model varies by thousands of pounds across engine, axle ratio, cab and package. The figure that governs is the payload sticker on your own door jamb.

How long is the 322RLOK?

Exterior length is 38' 5". Measure against your site length and your storage before committing — the exterior figure is the one that has to fit, and it includes the tongue or pin box.

Every figure in these answers is read from this page’s verified specification table. Where the manufacturer publishes nothing, the question is not answered rather than estimated.

09 What this page publishes, and what it does not

This catalog tracks 18 specification fields per floorplan. Named sources publish 8 of them for the 322RLOK. The rest are not shown, because the alternative is reading a figure across from a sibling floorplan or from what the segment usually does — and a number nobody published is worth less than an admitted gap.

Not published for this floorplan: exterior height, fresh tank, grey tank, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, awning, refrigerator, air conditioning. If you find one of these in a manufacturer document for this plan, it belongs on this page.

The completeness figure at the foot of this page (43%) measures the same thing on the full field set: it is a measurement of how much this floorplan’s manufacturer publishes, not of how much research went into the page.

How every figure here was sourced and checked is set out on the methodology page.

11 NHTSA safety record

This floorplan belongs to the Eagle line, and NHTSA holds 44 recall campaigns and 114 owner complaints against that line. They are separate records and are not added together — a recall is a manufacturer-confirmed defect with a remedy; a complaint is one owner’s account, which NHTSA does not verify.

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%). That is where owners of this family have had trouble, so it is where an inspection is worth the time.

Recall coverage is not complete — our harvest of NHTSA’s recall API ran 1,556 queries, of which 0 failed and 242 returned an explicit zero. A line can still be under-reported where NHTSA files a roster under a parent name, or where a match rests on the wording of the recall rather than its model field. Complaints come from the complete bulk file but are unverified and self-selected: a high count tracks how many units a line sold at least as much as how well it was built. Check a specific VIN at NHTSA before you buy. Full tables are on the Eagle line page.