Jayco Jay Feather · 2026–202723MBD

The Jayco Jay Feather 23MBD is a 28' 0" travel trailer in the MY2027 Jay Feather roster. Jayco publishes a dry weight of 6,045 pounds against a 7,500-pound GVWR, and the two tie out exactly with the published 1,455-pound cargo carrying capacity — 6,045 + 1,455 = 7,500. 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 660 pounds, or 11% 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 1,455 pounds, 19% of GVWR — that is the ceiling for water, propane, cargo and any dealer-fitted equipment combined. Fresh water alone at 55 gallons is about 457 pounds when full.

Tanks are 55 gallons fresh, 76 grey and 40 black. Interior height is 6' 9" and the exterior measures 8' 0" wide. Jayco publishes two exterior heights for this floorplan: 10' 2" at the roofline and 11' 0" with the air conditioner. Both are printed above, neither is derived from the other, and it is the taller figure that has to clear your garage. This page covers the MY2027 23MBD only. Jayco’s figures move between model years — measured on one Jayco floorplan across five consecutive years, 20 of 28 published fields changed, including a 290-pound swing in dry hitch 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 23MBD differs from the other 46 Jay Feather floorplans. Most distinctive first. Sibling pages may cover other model years than this one (2026–2027). How these ranks are worked out.

• Interior height, 6 ft 9 in: tallest of 45; next are the 15MRB, 15TBSL and 42 others (6 ft 6 in).
• Black tank, 40 gal: shared with the 29RL; of 47, 44 smaller and one larger, nearest the 16DB, 16FBS and eleven others (38 gal) and the 33BH (68 gal).
• Grey tank, 76 gal: shared with the 24FK, 25BH and two others; of 47, 41 smaller and one larger, nearest the 27MK and 32RL (71 gal) and the 26FK (91.5 gal).
• Dry tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 10.9%: eleventh-smallest of 47, between the 17RBSL and 26RL (10.6%) and the 21MBH, 22BH and 24BH (11%).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 19.4%: twelfth-smallest of 47, between the 30RKB (19.2%) and the 29BHB and 32QBH (19.8%).
• Dry weight, 6,045 lb: seventeenth-heaviest of 47, between the 25BH (6,015 lb) and the 24BH (6,080 lb).
• Exterior height, 10 ft 2 in: shared with the 25RB, 27BH and four others; of 47, 33 lower and seven taller, nearest the 22RB, 24BH and four others (10 ft 1 in) and the 28RB, 30RKB and 32RL (10 ft 3 in).
• Sleeping capacity, 7: shared with the 22BH; of 47, 31 smaller and fourteen larger, nearest the 17BHSL, 21MBH and six others (6) and the 16DB, 199MBS and five others (8).
• Cargo capacity, 1,455 lb: 22nd-smallest of 47, between the 16DB (1,445 lb) and the 19MBS (1,475 lb).
• Dry tongue weight, 660 lb: 22nd-heaviest of 47, between the 17FK (640 lb) and the 23RK and 25BH (665 lb).
• GVWR, 7,500 lb: shared with the 22BH, 24BH and two others; of 47, 25 lower and seventeen higher, nearest the 23RK (7,400 lb) and the 25BH, 26RL and 27BHB (7,600 lb).
• Length, 28 ft: shared with the 24RL; of 47, 22 shorter and 23 longer, nearest the 22RB (27 ft 2 in) and the 23RK (28 ft 7 in).

Next to the 25BH (2027 page), the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 23MBD is 30 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 100 lb lower, has 130 lb less cargo capacity, has a dry tongue weight 5 lb lighter, is 1 ft 8 in shorter, stands 3 in taller, has a black tank 2 gal larger and sleeps one fewer; the two publish the same fresh tank and grey tank.

Next to the 24BH (2021–2025 page), the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 23MBD is 35 lb lighter by dry weight, has 35 lb more cargo capacity, has a dry tongue weight 10 lb lighter, is 1 ft 8 in shorter, stands 1 in taller, has 3 in more interior height, has a grey tank 15 gal larger, has a black tank 9.5 gal larger and sleeps one fewer; the two publish the same GVWR and fresh tank.

This floorplan has a published factory record for 2 model years here, 2026 to 2027. The specification does not hold still: dry weight runs from 5,910 lb (2026) to 6,045 lb (2027); dry tongue weight runs from 610 lb (2026) to 660 lb (2027). 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.

Jay Feather is Jayco's lightweight mid travel-trailer range, one step above Jay Flight and built on an American-made Norco Z-frame. Jayco discontinued White Hawk after MY2024 and moved Jay Feather up into its more-featured slot for MY2025, so the current range is broader than it once was. The 23MBD on this page is highlighted; every other profiled plan links to its own page.

A full 55-gallon fresh tank is about 457 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 31% of the 23MBD’s 1,455 lb cargo capacity, leaving 998 lb (143 lb per rated berth). Across 47 Jay Feather floorplans the water share runs 23% to 43%, and 18 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Jay Feather 19MBS at 31% and Jay Feather 16DB at 32%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).