Jayco Jay Feather Air SL · 2025–202717BHSL

The Jayco Jay Feather Air SL 17BHSL is a 21' 3" travel trailer in the MY2027 Jay Feather Air SL roster. Jayco publishes a dry weight of 2,880 pounds against a 3,750-pound GVWR, and the two tie out exactly with the published 870-pound cargo carrying capacity — 2,880 + 870 = 3,750. 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 290 pounds, or 10% 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 870 pounds, 23% of GVWR — that is the ceiling for water, propane, cargo and any dealer-fitted equipment combined. Fresh water alone at 30 gallons is about 249 pounds when full.

Tanks are 30 gallons fresh, 20 grey and 20 black. Interior height is 6' 6" and the exterior measures 8' 0" wide. Jayco publishes two exterior heights for this floorplan: 9' 4" at the roofline and 10' 1" 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 17BHSL 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 17BHSL differs from the other 46 Jay Feather floorplans. Most distinctive first. Sibling pages may cover other model years than this one (2025–2027). How these ranks are worked out.

• Black tank, 20 gal: smallest of 47; next are the 15TBSL, 166FBS and eight others (30 gal).
• Dry weight, 2,880 lb: second-lightest of 47, between the 15TBSL (2,515 lb) and the 17RBSL (2,920 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 870 lb: second-smallest of 47, between the 17RBSL (830 lb) and the 15TBSL (985 lb).
• Dry tongue weight, 290 lb: second-lightest of 47, between the 15TBSL (230 lb) and the 17RBSL (310 lb).
• Dry tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 10.1%: third-smallest of 47, between the 15TBSL (9.1%) and the 27MK (10.2%).
• Exterior height, 9 ft 4 in: lowest of 47, level with the 17RBSL; next are the 15TBSL and 16DB (9 ft 5 in).
• GVWR, 3,750 lb: shared with the 17RBSL; of 47, one lower and 44 higher, nearest the 15TBSL (3,500 lb) and the 15MRB, 166FBS and five others (4,995 lb).
• Fresh tank, 30 gal: smallest of 47, level with the 15TBSL and 17RBSL; next are the 15MRB, 166FBS and 42 others (55 gal).
• Grey tank, 20 gal: smallest of 47, level with the 15TBSL and 17RBSL; next are the 166FBS, 171BH and five others (30 gal).
• Length, 21 ft 3 in: ninth-shortest of 47, between the 173MRB and 183FBS (20 ft 10 in) and the 18FBS (21 ft 4 in).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 23.2%: tenth-largest of 47, between the 16RB, 173MRB and 17FK (23.1%) and the 19MRK (24.7%).
• Sleeping capacity, 6: shared with the 21MBH, 24RL and five others; of 47, 23 smaller and sixteen larger, nearest the 171BH (5) and the 22BH and 23MBD (7).

Next to the 15TBSL (2026–2027 page), the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 17BHSL is 365 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 250 lb higher, has 115 lb less cargo capacity, has a dry tongue weight 60 lb heavier, is 3 ft 9 in longer, stands 1 in lower, has a black tank 10 gal smaller and sleeps four more; the two publish the same interior height, fresh tank and grey tank.

Next to the 17RBSL (2027 page), the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 17BHSL is 40 lb lighter by dry weight, has 40 lb more cargo capacity, has a dry tongue weight 20 lb lighter, is 4 in shorter, has a black tank 10 gal smaller and sleeps two more; the two publish the same GVWR, exterior height, interior height, fresh tank and grey tank.

This floorplan has a published factory record for 3 model years here, 2025 to 2027. The specification does not hold still: dry weight runs from 2,880 lb (2027) to 2,995 lb (2025); dry tongue weight runs from 250 lb (2026) to 355 lb (2025). The published tire size changes over the run (ST205/75R14D, then ST205/75R14'D'). 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 Air SL is the shortest roster inside the Jay Feather range; Jayco's own floorplan index titles it a lightweight travel trailer for adventure. It is a factory sub-roster of Jay Feather and is catalogued under the Jay Feather line hub. Published lengths and dry weights for every profiled plan are in the table below. The 17BHSL on this page is highlighted; every other profiled plan links to its own page.

A full 30-gallon fresh tank is about 249 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 29% of the 17BHSL’s 870 lb cargo capacity, leaving 621 lb (104 lb per rated berth). Across 47 Jay Feather floorplans the water share runs 23% to 43%, and 29 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Jay Feather 25RB at 29% and Jay Feather 31BH at 29%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).