01 What makes it unique
The Jay Feather 24FK puts the kitchen where most trailers put the bedroom. A full cook’s galley spans the front, a private bedroom sits across the back, and twin slides push both walls out — an unusually open layout for 26 feet that gives two people a real kitchen and a separate sleeping room rather than a convertible space. The front-kitchen arrangement keeps cooking smells and clutter away from the bed and turns the galley into the social centre of the trailer.
Underneath is Jayco’s step-up build: an American-made Norco® Z-frame with an integrated A-frame, vacuum-bonded Stronghold VBL™ laminated floor, the Magnum Truss™ roof and an aluminum-framed rounded front. At 5,855 pounds dry against a 7,500-pound GVWR it leaves 1,645 pounds of payload, and the equipment is full Jay Feather — an 11 cubic-foot 12-volt refrigerator, a 55-gallon fresh tank and the residential finish that separates the line from the value tier.
It sleeps two, and that is the design intent — the twin-slide front kitchen trades berth count for living and cooking space, near an MSRP of $57,000 before the heavy dealer discounting these trailers usually see. For a couple who cook and want a defined bedroom rather than a fold-away bed, the 24FK is one of the more livable two-person layouts Jayco builds.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 26' 6"
- Exterior width
- 8' 0"
- Exterior height
- 10' 8"
- Interior height
- 6' 6"
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight
- 5,855 lbs
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 7,500 lbs
- Net cargo / payload
- 1,645 lbs
- Dry tongue weight
- 785 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
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
- 2
- Slides
- 2
- Awnings
- 1
- Primary bed
- Front queen (king opt.)
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 24FK 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 What owners & reviewers report
Front kitchen, rear bedroom
The galley-forward layout keeps cooking out of the sleeping area and makes the kitchen the social hub — the 24FK’s defining trait.
Twin slides open 26 feet
Two slide-outs widen both the kitchen and bedroom, so a sub-27-foot trailer lives much larger for two.
Step-up build, light weight
Norco® Z-frame, laminated walls and an 11 cu ft 12V fridge at 5,855 lb dry — features without family-trailer bulk.
Sleeps two only
The front-kitchen layout means no bunks and no extra berths — right for couples, wrong for families.
05 How it compares
Shorter and lighter with a Murphy bed and rear kitchen — the compact couples’ pick if the defined bedroom isn’t needed.
A rear-living couples’ coach with a front queen — trades the front kitchen for a dedicated rear lounge.
A premium rear-living couples’ trailer — more finish and price than the Feather.