Jayco Jay Feather Micro · 2021–2025171BH

The Jayco Jay Feather Micro 171BH is a 20' 2" travel trailer in the MY2025 Jay Feather Micro roster. Jayco publishes a dry weight of 3,750 pounds against a 4,995-pound GVWR, and the two tie out exactly with the published 1,245-pound cargo carrying capacity — 3,750 + 1,245 = 4,995. 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 445 pounds, or 12% 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 1,245 pounds, 25% 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, 30 grey and 30 black. Interior height is 6' 6" and the exterior measures 7' 6" wide. Jayco publishes two exterior heights for this floorplan: 9' 10" at the roofline and 10' 6" 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 MY2025 171BH 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 171BH differs from the other 46 Jay Feather floorplans. Most distinctive first. Sibling pages may cover other model years than this one (2021–2025). How these ranks are worked out.

• Dry weight, 3,750 lb: fifth-lightest of 47, between the 15MRB (3,675 lb) and the 16FBS (3,810 lb).
• Dry tongue weight, 445 lb: ninth-lightest of 47, between the 16RB and 18FBS (440 lb) and the 166FBS (475 lb).
• Length, 20 ft 2 in: shared with the 15MRB and 16RB; of 47, three shorter and 41 longer, nearest the 166FBS and 16FBS (19 ft 7 in) and the 173MRB and 183FBS (20 ft 10 in).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 24.9%: shared with the 18RBF; of 47, 39 smaller and six larger, nearest the 19MRK (24.7%) and the 19MBS (25.4%).
• GVWR, 4,995 lb: shared with the 15MRB, 166FBS and four others; of 47, three lower and 37 higher, nearest the 17BHSL and 17RBSL (3,750 lb) and the 16FBS (5,150 lb).
• Grey tank, 30 gal: shared with the 166FBS, 173MRB and four others; of 47, three smaller and 37 larger, nearest the 15TBSL, 17BHSL and 17RBSL (20 gal) and the 18FBS, 21MBH and two others (30.5 gal).
• Cargo capacity, 1,245 lb: shared with the 199MBS; of 47, nine smaller and 36 larger, nearest the 30QB (1,235 lb) and the 17FK (1,270 lb).
• Black tank, 30 gal: shared with the 15TBSL, 166FBS and seven others; of 47, one smaller and 36 larger, nearest the 17BHSL (20 gal) and the 15MRB, 16RB and sixteen others (30.5 gal).
• Exterior height, 9 ft 10 in: shared with the 183FBS, 199MBS and four others; of 47, ten lower and 30 taller, nearest the 16RB and 173MRB (9 ft 9 in) and the 166FBS, 16FBS and five others (9 ft 11 in).
• Sleeping capacity, 5: 23rd-smallest of 47, between the 15MRB, 166FBS and twelve others (4) and the 17BHSL, 21MBH and six others (6).
• Dry tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 11.9%: shared with the 24RL; of 47, 26 smaller and nineteen larger, nearest the 30QB (11.6%) and the 166FBS, 21MML and 25RB (12.1%).

Next to the 15MRB (2025–2027 page), the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 171BH is 75 lb heavier by dry weight, has 75 lb less cargo capacity, has a dry tongue weight 35 lb heavier, stands 2 in taller, has a grey tank 8 gal smaller, has a black tank 0.5 gal smaller and sleeps one more; the two publish the same GVWR, length, interior height and fresh tank.

Next to the 16FBS (2026 page), the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 171BH is 60 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 155 lb lower, has 95 lb less cargo capacity, has a dry tongue weight 15 lb heavier, is 7 in longer, stands 1 in lower, has a grey tank 8 gal smaller, has a black tank 8 gal smaller and sleeps one more; the two publish the same interior height and fresh tank.

This floorplan has a published factory record for 5 model years here, 2021 to 2025. The specification does not hold still: dry weight runs from 3,735 lb (2024) to 3,930 lb (2022); dry tongue weight runs from 380 lb (2023) to 445 lb (2025). The published sleeping capacity changes across the years: 4-5 in 2021, 5 in 2022, up to 5 in 2023–2025. 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 Micro was the smallest roster Jayco built under the Jay Feather name. Jayco's own floorplan index publishes Micro plans for MY2023 through MY2025 and no later model year, so the figures on this page are the last ones Jayco published for this floorplan. It is a factory sub-roster and is catalogued under the Jay Feather line hub. The 171BH 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), 37% of the 171BH’s 1,245 lb cargo capacity, leaving 788 lb (158 lb per rated berth). Across 47 Jay Feather floorplans the water share runs 23% to 43%, and 6 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Jay Feather 199MBS at 37% and Jay Feather 30QB at 37%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).