01 What makes it unique
The Jay Feather 23RK is for couples who cook. A full rear kitchen runs the back wall — more counter and storage than a side galley allows — and dual entry doors make the back of the trailer its own access point. At 28 feet 7 inches on a single slide it is a comfortable couples’ trailer rather than a family hauler, and the layout prioritizes living and cooking space over berths.
The build is full Jay Feather: Norco® Z-frame, Stronghold VBL™ laminated walls, Magnum Truss™ roof, and an 11 cubic-foot 12-volt refrigerator that anchors the rear galley. A 7,400-pound GVWR on a 5,930-pound dry weight leaves 1,470 pounds of payload, and the tanks step up to a 60-gallon gray to match the bigger kitchen’s output.
It sleeps four but is really built for two who want room to spread out and entertain, at an MSRP in the mid-$40,000s. For couples who view the kitchen as the heart of the trailer, the rear-galley 23RK is one of the more purpose-built layouts in the line.
Specifications by model year
This floorplan has a verified factory record for 4 model years here, 2024 to 2027, and the specification does not hold still. Across those years GVWR ranges from 7,200 lb in 2024 to 7,400 lb in 2025, a spread of 200 lb; dry weight ranges from 5,765 lb in 2027 to 5,930 lb in 2025, a spread of 165 lb; dry tongue weight ranges from 615 lb in 2024 to 720 lb in 2025, a spread of 105 lb. Even the published sleeping capacity moves (4 and 6). That is why each model year has its own page below, carrying only its own published figures. Nothing on a year page is copied across from a neighbouring year.
| Model year | Dry (UVW) | GVWR | Cargo (CCC) | Dry tongue | Sleeps | Tire size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5,790 | 7,200 | 1,410 | 615 | 6 | ST205/75R14'D' |
| 2025 | 5,930 | 7,400 | 1,470 | 720 | 4 | ST205/75R14'D' |
| 2026 | 5,780 | 7,400 | 1,620 | 665 | 4 | ST205/75R14'D' |
| 2027 | 5,765 | 7,400 | 1,635 | 665 | 6 | ST205/75R14'D' |
Every row is that model year’s own record from Jayco’s model page for that year. The figures in the tow-critical placard at the top of this page are the 2026 record from the source this catalogue originally profiled. On the weights, overall length and tire size, that record and Jayco’s own 2026 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 specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 28' 7"
- Exterior width
- 8' 0"
- Exterior height
- 10' 8"
- Interior height
- 6' 6"
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight
- 5,930 lbs
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 7,400 lbs
- Net cargo / payload
- 1,470 lbs
- Dry tongue weight
- 665 lbs
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 55 gal
- Grey water
- 60 gal
- Black water
- 30 gal
- Refrigerator
- 11 cu ft
Construction
- Frame
- Norco® Z-frame · integrated A-frame
- Walls
- Stronghold VBL™ vacuum-bonded laminate
- Roof
- Magnum Truss™ · PVC membrane
- Underbelly
- Enclosed · Climate Shield option
Running gear
- Axles
- 2 (tandem)
- Hitch
- Bumper Pull
- Wheel wells
- Galvanized · impact-resistant
- Brakes
- Electric self-adjusting
- Tires
- ST205/75R14'D'
Galley & bath
- Cooktop
- 3-burner recessed
- Refrigerator
- 11 cu ft
- A/C
- 13,500 BTU roof-mounted Quiet Series A/C
- Water heater
- Tankless on-demand · gas
Sleeping & layout
- Sleeps
- 4
- Slides
- 1
- Awnings
- 1
- Primary bed
- Front queen (king opt.)
Verified specs, drawn to scale
Original graphics built from this floorplan’s own verified figures.
Loaded weight budget
Size, drawn to scale
Holding tanks
Drawn by this site from the verified figures above, never traced from a manufacturer drawing; a graphic is left out where its figure is not published. Full record: dataset.
What it takes to tow this
Built from this floorplan’s verified weights. We publish the trailer side only.
Truck tow ratings are not listed: one model varies by thousands of pounds across engine, axle ratio, cab and package. The loaded range is the 10–15% tongue-weight convention for travel trailers, applied to this plan’s 7,400 lb GVWR, not a measurement of this unit. Hitch class is not used as a rating (SAE J684 covers trailers to 10,000 lb GVWR); read the rating stamped on your hitch.
03 Jay Feather floorplan family
Jay Feather is Jayco's lightweight step-up travel trailer — a notch above the value Jay Flight SLX, built on an American-made Norco® Z-frame with vacuum-bonded laminated walls, an 11 cubic-foot 12-volt refrigerator and residential touches. The 2026 line runs nineteen floorplans from compact Murphy-bed couples' trailers up to 36-foot family bunkhouses. The 23RK on this page is highlighted; each other profiled plan links to its own page, and the rest of the line is catalogued on the hub.
| Floorplan | Nominal | Sleeps | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19MRK | 23 ft | 2 | Compact Murphy bed + rear kitchen, couples |
| 21MML | 25 ft | 3 | Murphy bed + single bunk, flexible compact |
| 24FK | 27 ft | 2 | Front cook’s kitchen, rear bedroom, couples |
| 23RK | 29 ft | 4 | Rear-kitchen couples coach, dual entry |
| 25RB | 30 ft | 6 | Rear-bath family, walk-around queen |
| 26RL | 31 ft | 4 | Rear-living couples coach, front queen |
| 27BH | 32 ft | 10 | Double-bunk family bunkhouse, dual entry |
| 27MK | 33 ft | 6 | Rear island-kitchen coach, twin slides |
| 26FK | 34 ft | 4 | Front slide-out kitchen, rear queen, twin slides |
| 29BHB | 34 ft | 10 | Big-family bunkhouse, outside kitchen |
| 29QBH | 36 ft | 10 | Quad-bunk family bunkhouse, rear bath + outside kitchen |
| 30RKB | 36 ft | 4 | Rear island-kitchen coach, twin slides, front bedroom |
| 32RL | 36 ft | 6 | Rear-living coach, kitchen island, twin slides |
| 32QBH | 38 ft | 10 | Quad-bunk bunkhouse, twin slides, line flagship |
Most Jay Feather floorplans carry a single slide and an optional king bed in place of the standard 60×80 queen; several add an outdoor camp kitchen. Jay Feather replaced the discontinued White Hawk in Jayco's range for 2025, absorbing its more-featured positioning. Additional floorplans (front-kitchen, rear-living, and bunk layouts) are documented on the line hub. Always confirm equipment and weights against the unit's own weight sticker.
04 Notes on this floorplan
Rear kitchen for cooks
A full back-wall galley gives more counter and storage than a side kitchen — the 23RK’s reason for being.
Dual entry convenience
Two doors make the rear living area independently accessible — handy for indoor-outdoor entertaining.
Bigger gray tank
A 60-gallon gray tank matches the larger kitchen’s output — fewer dump stops on longer stays.
Built for two, not bunks
Sleeping four is nominal; this is a couples’ coach — families should look at the bunk plans instead.
05 How it compares
Shorter and lighter with a Murphy bed — the flexible compact if the big rear kitchen isn’t needed.
A rear-bath family layout with a walk-around queen — more sleeping for similar length.
A premium rear-living couples’ trailer — more finish and price than the Feather.
06 Loading it for a trip
Fresh water is the single biggest line in this floorplan’s load plan. A full 55-gallon tank is about 31% of the 1,470-pound cargo capacity — enough that whether you tow with water aboard is a real decision on the Jay Feather 23RK rather than a detail.
| Weight budget | Figure | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Cargo capacity as published (CCC) | 1,470 lb | Everything you add: gear, water, propane, batteries, food, people’s belongings. |
| Fresh tank filled (55 gal × 8.34 lb) | −459 lb | Water is the heaviest thing most owners add, and it is added first. |
| Cargo budget left with a full fresh tank | 1,011 lb | 31% of this plan’s capacity is spent before a single bag is loaded. |
| Per sleeping position, water aboard | 253 lb | A rough share of what is left across the 4 berths this plan sleeps. |
The published dry tongue weight of 665 pounds is 11% of the 5,930-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 7,400-pound GVWR the Jay Feather 23RK is towing 1,470 pounds more than its 5,930-pound dry figure, and that is the number your vehicle has to be rated for — not the brochure weight.
Tank balance is generous here: 55 gallons of fresh against 60 grey and 30 black, so waste capacity keeps pace with supply and the fresh tank is the constraint that ends a dry stay.
07 Where this floorplan sits
Ranked by GVWR, the Jay Feather 23RK sits 24 of 44 in the Jay Feather line: 7,400 pounds against a line that runs from 3,500 to 9,600 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: Jay Feather 26BHSL is 200 pounds lighter at 7,200 lb GVWR; and Jay Feather 22BH is 100 pounds heavier at 7,500 lb GVWR.
| Comparable travel trailers | GVWR (lb) | Dry (lb) | Sleeps | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Feather 23RK | 7,400 | 5,930 | 4 | 28 ft 7 in |
| Bullet 2640BH | 7,400 | 5,220 | 10 | 30 ft 4 in |
| North Trail 240RK | 7,400 | 5,790 | 4 | 28 ft 7 in |
| Range Lite 230MKD | 7,400 | 5,725 | — | 28 ft 7 in |
| Delta ML206 | 7,450 | 5,040 | 2 | 23 ft 11 in |
| Viking 26BH | 7,450 | 4,769 | — | 29 ft 3 in |
| Hideout 24RBS | 7,465 | 6,079 | 6 | 28 ft 11 in |
Against the Jay Feather 23RK: the Bullet 2640BH is 2 ft longer and sleeps 6 more. 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 Jay Feather floorplans profiled here run 2,515 to 8,010 pounds dry and 18 to 38 feet of exterior length across 44 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 Jay Feather line hub.
08 Common questions about the Jay Feather 23RK
How much does the Jay Feather 23RK weigh?
Its published dry weight is 5,930 lb and its GVWR is 7,400 lb, so 1,470 lb separates the empty trailer from its rated maximum. By GVWR it is the 21st-heaviest of the 44 Jay Feather floorplans profiled here that publish a GVWR (3,500 lb to 9,600 lb). Size the tow vehicle to the 7,400 lb figure, not the dry one.
How much can the Jay Feather 23RK carry?
Cargo carrying capacity is 1,470 lb, 20% of the GVWR. Across the 958 travel trailers on this site that publish both figures, the median share is 23%, so this plan sits 3 points below the median. A full 55-gallon fresh tank is about 459 lb of it (31%), because federal rule counts on-board water as cargo (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2). The yellow cargo-capacity label inside your own trailer’s entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3) states the figure for that unit as delivered, options included, and it is the one that binds.
What is the tongue weight of the Jay Feather 23RK?
The published dry tongue weight is 665 lb, 11% of the dry weight. Across the 1,148 travel trailers on this site that publish both figures, the median dry tongue share is 12%, so this plan sits 1 point below the median. Loaded, it changes with where the cargo sits, and it is carried by the tow vehicle’s payload, not its tow rating.
What size tow vehicle does the Jay Feather 23RK need?
A tow rating of at least 7,400 lb, this floorplan’s GVWR, plus enough payload for the tongue load, passengers and cargo. The dry tongue weight alone takes 665 lb of that payload before anything is loaded. Payload is printed on the tire and loading placard on the tow vehicle’s driver-side door pillar (49 CFR 571.110 S4.3); this site lists no truck ratings because they vary by build.
How many people does the Jay Feather 23RK sleep?
It is rated to sleep 4. 24 of the 44 Jay Feather floorplans profiled here that publish a count are rated for more. Rated positions include convertible furniture.
What are the tank capacities on the Jay Feather 23RK?
Fresh 55 gallons, grey 60 gallons, black 30 gallons. The smallest of the three is the black tank, at 30 gallons. Combined waste capacity is 90 gallons.
How long is the Jay Feather 23RK?
Exterior length is 28' 7". That makes it the 21st-longest of the 44 Jay Feather floorplans profiled here that publish an exterior length (17 ft 6 in to 37 ft 8 in). Check it against campsite and storage length; the exterior figure 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
Named sources publish 18 of the 18 specification fields this catalogue tracks for the Jay Feather 23RK (97% complete on the full field set).
Every tracked field is published for this floorplan.
Sourcing rules: methodology.
11 NHTSA safety record
This floorplan belongs to the Jay Feather line, and NHTSA holds 23 recall campaigns and 39 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 39 complaints filed on this line the most-reported components are structure (21%), equipment (15%) and tires (15%). 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 Jay Feather line page.