01 What makes it unique
KZ lists the 2007 Jag 38J2S at 8,724 lb dry, a GVWR of 10,000 lb, a net carrying capacity of 1,670 lb and a tongue weight of 1,100 lb. KZ’s own figures do not add up — a conflict, stated not resolved: 8,724 lb dry plus 1,670 lb carrying capacity is 10,394 lb, against a printed GVWR of 10,000 lb. All three are shown as KZ prints them and none is corrected; the federal label on the trailer is the one to trust.
It is 38'8" long and 131" high. KZ prints its tanks as 30 gal fresh, 35 gal grey, 35 gal black.
Among the 19 Jag floorplans KZ’s Jag brochure (filed in KZ’s 2007 brochure folder; the brochure prints no year) lists with a published dry weight, it is number 19 from the lightest, in a range from 3,840 lb (Jag 20J) to 8,724 lb (Jag 38J2S). Every figure in that comparison is KZ’s, for the same model year.
Every number on this page was read on 5 Nov 2026 from KZ’s Jag brochure (filed in KZ’s 2007 brochure folder; the brochure prints no year); model year 2007 comes from where the maker files it on its own site, not from the document’s text.
How the 38J2S differs from the other fourteen Jag travel trailers. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.
- Dry weight, 8,724 lb: heaviest of fifteen; next is the 38JSS (7,780 lb).
- Cargo capacity, 1,670 lb: second-smallest of fifteen, between the 29JBS (1,380 lb) and the 26JS (2,130 lb).
- Tongue weight, 1,100 lb: second-heaviest of fifteen, between the 33J2S (798 lb) and the 29JSS (1,110 lb).
- Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 12.6%: fifth-largest of fifteen, between the 21JQ (11.9%) and the 28JBSS (12.7%).
- Length, 38 ft 8 in: longest of fifteen, level with the 38JSS; next is the 33J2S (34 ft 2 in).
- GVWR, 10,000 lb: highest of fifteen, level with the 28JBSS, 28JSS and four others; next are the 25JQ, 25JS and three others (7,000 lb).
Next to the 38JSS, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 38J2S is 944 lb heavier by dry weight, has 550 lb less cargo capacity and has a tongue weight 400 lb heavier; the two publish the same GVWR, length, exterior height, interior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 38'8"
- Exterior height
- 131"
- Exterior width
- 96"
- Interior height
- 82"
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
- 8,724 lb
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 10,000 lb
- Net cargo / payload (CCC)
- 1,670 lb
- Hitch / tongue weight
- 1,100 lb
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 30 gal
- Grey water
- 35 gal
- Black water
- 35 gal
Running gear
- Hitch type
- Bumper pull
- Tire size
- 15"
Sleeping & layout
- Sleeps
- Not published by KZ
- Dry Axle Wt.
- 6680
- Refrigerator (cu.')
- 6
- Water Heater Cap. (gal.)
- 6
- LP Gas Cap. (lbs.)
- 30
- Furnace BTUs (1000’s)
- 35
- Model year source
- The brochure itself prints no model year; KZ files it under 2007 in its own brochure folder (kz-rv.com/brochures/2007/).
- Awning
- 19'
How these published figures sit against the rest of the catalogue: travel trailer tongue weight by size; fresh, grey and black tank sizes; camper trailer size chart.
Drawn to scale
Weight budget
Size, with end view
Holding tanks
Axles, wheels and nose shape are schematic; not a floorplan. Data: dataset.
Towing it
Check your vehicle. Enter the ratings from your owner’s manual and the door-pillar placard.
Compares your figures with this page’s published GVWR (10,000 lb) and the upper loaded tongue estimate (1,500 lb, a rule of thumb). Your vehicle’s placard and the trailer’s own weight label govern. This floorplan’s published dry weight plus cargo capacity comes to 10,394 lb, which is not its published GVWR; the check uses the published GVWR.
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 figure, because loaded is never lighter than that.
03 The Jag floorplan family
KZ’s Jag brochure (filed in KZ’s 2007 brochure folder; the brochure prints no year) lists 19 Jag floorplans; every one with a printed weight has a page here.
| Floorplan | Nominal | Sleeps | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jag 20J | 21'8" | — | Profiled |
| Jag 21JQ | 22'4" | — | Profiled |
| Jag 24JB | 26'10" | — | Profiled |
| Jag 25JS | 25'6" | — | Profiled |
| Jag 29JB | 29'5" | — | Profiled |
| Jag 25JQ | 24'9" | — | Profiled |
| Jag 26JS | 27'3" | — | Profiled |
| Jag 23JFS | 23'8" | — | Profiled |
| Jag 29JBS | 29'5" | — | Profiled |
| Jag 28JBSS | 29' | — | Profiled |
| Jag 25JFS | 26' | — | Profiled |
| Jag 28JSS | 29'3" | — | Profiled |
| Jag 29JSS | 30' | — | Profiled |
| Jag 32JSS | 33'6" | — | Profiled |
| Jag 33J2S | 34'2" | — | Profiled |
| Jag 28JFSS | 29'8" | — | Profiled |
| Jag 28JF2S | 29'8" | — | Profiled |
| Jag 38JSS | 38'8" | — | Profiled |
| Jag 38J2S | 38'8" | — | Profiled |
KZ’s Jag brochure (filed in KZ’s 2007 brochure folder; the brochure prints no year) lists 19 Jag floorplans. Every one with a printed weight has a page here.
04 Notes on this floorplan
What KZ does not publish for the Jag 38J2S
KZ prints no sleeping capacity for this model, so none is given. Nothing is filled from a sibling model, a different model year or a dealer listing.
Read the label on the trailer
Federal rules put a load-carrying label inside every RV trailer: its unloaded weight with full propane, its cargo carrying capacity and its GVWR (49 CFR 571.110 and 571.120). Those figures come from the trailer itself and govern the towing decision.
05 How it compares
7,780 lb dry and 10,000 lb GVWR, against this model’s 8,724 lb and 10,000 lb.
06 Loading it for a trip
A full 30-gallon fresh tank is about 249 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 15% of the Jag 38J2S’s 1,670 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,421 lb. Across 15 Jag travel-trailer floorplans the water share runs 6% to 18%, and 1 gives up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Jag 26JS at 12% and Jag 29JBS at 18%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).
07 Where this floorplan sits
Closest sibling: the Jag 38JSS, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 3 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): dry weight 8,724 lb vs 7,780 lb; cargo capacity 1,670 lb vs 2,220 lb; hitch weight 1,100 lb vs 700 lb. They match on length, GVWR, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.
| Jag travel-trailer plans | This plan | Position, low to high | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| GVWR (lb) | 10,000 | 9–15 of 15 | 6,000–10,000 |
| Dry weight (lb) | 8,724 | 15 of 15 | 3,840–8,724 |
| Cargo capacity (lb) | 1,670 | 2 of 15 | 1,380–3,940 |
| Hitch weight (lb) | 1,100 | 14 of 15 | 440–1,110 |
| Length | 38 ft 8 in | 14–15 of 15 | 21 ft 8 in–38 ft 8 in |
Either side of it by GVWR: Jag 33J2S matches it at 10,000 lb GVWR; Jag 38JSS matches it at 10,000 lb GVWR.
| Nearest Jag travel-trailer siblings | Length | Sleeps | Dry (lb) | GVWR (lb) | CCC (lb) | Hitch (lb) | Fresh (gal) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jag 38J2S | 38 ft 8 in | — | 8,724 | 10,000 | 1,670 | 1,100 | 30 |
| Jag 38JSS | 38 ft 8 in | — | 7,780 | 10,000 | 2,220 | 700 | 30 |
| Jag 33J2S | 34 ft 2 in | — | 7,031 | 10,000 | 2,969 | 798 | 30 |
| Jag 29JSS | 30 ft 0 in | — | 6,320 | 10,000 | 3,680 | 1,110 | 30 |
| Jag 32JSS | 33 ft 6 in | — | 6,700 | 10,000 | 3,940 | 660 | 30 |
| Jag 28JBSS | 29 ft 0 in | — | 6,130 | 10,000 | 3,870 | 780 | 30 |
All 19 Jag floorplans: Jag line hub.
| Other lines, nearest by GVWR | GVWR (lb) | Dry or base (lb) | Sleeps | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jag 38J2S | 10,000 | 8,724 | — | 38 ft 8 in |
| Aurora 31KDS | 10,000 | 7,743 | — | 36 ft 3 in |
| Black Series HQ17 | 10,000 | 6,000 | 5 | 24 ft 0 in |
| Classic 30RB | 10,000 | 7,725 | 5 | 31 ft 5 in |
| Sportster 270THR | 10,000 | 6,840 | 4 | 30 ft 8 in |
| MXT MXT3090 | 10,000 | 7,560 | — | 35 ft 9 in |
| Sportster X 20X | 10,000 | 7,080 | 4 | 26 ft 9 in |
Against the Jag 38J2S: the Aurora 31KDS is 2 ft shorter; the Black Series HQ17 is 15 ft shorter; the Classic 30RB is 7 ft shorter.
08 Common questions about the Jag 38J2S
How much does the Jag 38J2S weigh?
8,724 lb dry; 10,000 lb GVWR, the most it may weigh loaded.
How much can the Jag 38J2S carry?
1,670 lb, 17% of its GVWR (median across 1,416 travel trailers here: 23%). A full fresh tank uses 249 lb of it.
What is the tongue weight of the Jag 38J2S?
1,100 lb as published, 13% of the dry weight (median across 2,002 travel trailers here: 12%).
What size tow vehicle does the Jag 38J2S need?
A tow rating of at least 10,000 lb, plus payload for the loaded tongue weight, passengers and cargo.
What are the tank capacities on the Jag 38J2S?
Fresh 30, grey 35, black 35 gallons. Off hookups, fresh water runs out first.
How long is the Jag 38J2S?
38'8" overall, tongue or pin box included.
From the figures above.
09 What this page publishes, and what it does not
12 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the Jag 38J2S. Not published: sleeps, slide count, axle count, refrigerator, air conditioning, tire size (a description is published, a size is not).
Sourcing rules: methodology.
10 Manuals & documents
Sources: kz-rv.com (linked below); the full source note is at the foot of the page.
11 NHTSA safety record
NHTSA holds 3 recall campaigns against the Jag line (a recall and a complaint are not the same thing).
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 Jag line page.
Earlier model years
The record at the top of this page is the 38J2S from 2007. The maker’s own documents for earlier model years also list the 38J2S, and that year is printed here: 2006. The figures change from year to year, so check the year on the trailer’s own label. A field a year’s brochure does not print reads “Not published” and is never filled from another year.
| Model year | Dry (UVW) | GVWR | Cargo (CCC) | Dry hitch | Length | Sleeps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 8,724 | 10,000 | 1,670 | 1,100 | 38' 8" | Not published |
Full record for each earlier model year
2006 38J2S 8,724 lb dry · 10,000 lb GVWR
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 38' 8"
- Exterior width
- 96"
- Exterior height
- 131"
- Interior height
- 82"
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
- 8,724 lbs
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 10,000 lbs
- Net cargo / payload (CCC)
- 1,670 lbs
- Dry hitch weight
- 1,100 lbs
Running gear
- Tire size
- 15"
- Hitch type
- Not stated in this brochure
- Model year of record
- 2006
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 30 gal
- Grey water
- 35 gal
- Black water
- 35 gal
- Awning
- 19'
Sleeping
- Sleeps
- Not published
As printed in this brochure
- Dry Axle Wt. (as printed)
- 6680
- Refrigerator (cu.') (as printed)
- 6
- Water Heater Cap. (gal.) (as printed)
- 6
- LP Gas Cap. (lbs.) (as printed)
- 30
- Furnace BTUs (1000’s) (as printed)
- 35
- Exterior height label as printed
- Exterior Height (w/ A/C)
Source for 2006. Printed in KZ RV’s Jag brochure (www.kz-rv.com). The document itself prints no model year; KZ RV files it under 2006 in its own brochure folder. The brochure’s own figures do not add up: 8,724 lb dry plus 1,670 lb cargo is 10,394 lb, against a printed GVWR of 10,000 lb. Both are printed as published; neither is corrected. Nothing in this record is copied from another model year.
NHTSA record for 2006 Jag
2 recall campaigns filed with NHTSA name the Jag for model year 2006:
No owner complaint filed with NHTSA names the Jag for model year 2006. NHTSA files recalls and complaints by line and model year, not by floorplan, so a campaign listed here may not affect every Jag floorplan; the recall notice says which units it covers.