Jayco Jay Feather Micro · 2022–2025173MRB

The Jayco Jay Feather Micro 173MRB is a 20' 10" travel trailer in the MY2025 Jay Feather Micro roster. Jayco publishes a dry weight of 3,840 pounds against a 4,995-pound GVWR, and the two tie out exactly with the published 1,155-pound cargo carrying capacity — 3,840 + 1,155 = 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 490 pounds, or 13% 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 1,155 pounds, 23% 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' 9" at the roofline and 10' 5" 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 173MRB 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 173MRB differs from the other 46 Jay Feather floorplans. Most distinctive first. Sibling pages may cover other model years than this one (2022–2025). How these ranks are worked out.

• Dry weight, 3,840 lb: shared with the 16RB; of 47, six lighter and 39 heavier, nearest the 16FBS (3,810 lb) and the 18FBS (3,880 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 1,155 lb: shared with the 16RB; of 47, six smaller and 39 larger, nearest the 18FBS (1,115 lb) and the 30QB (1,235 lb).
• Length, 20 ft 10 in: shared with the 183FBS; of 47, six shorter and 39 longer, nearest the 15MRB, 16RB and 171BH (20 ft 2 in) and the 17BHSL (21 ft 3 in).
• Sleeping capacity, 3: shared with the 183FBS, 18FBS and two others; of 47, three smaller and 39 larger, nearest the 15TBSL, 19MRK and 24FK (2) and the 15MRB, 166FBS and twelve others (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).
• Exterior height, 9 ft 9 in: shared with the 16RB; of 47, eight lower and 37 taller, nearest the 15MRB and 19MBS (9 ft 8 in) and the 171BH, 183FBS and five others (9 ft 10 in).
• Grey tank, 30 gal: shared with the 166FBS, 171BH 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).
• 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).
• Dry tongue weight, 490 lb: shared with the 18RBF; of 47, ten lighter and 35 heavier, nearest the 166FBS (475 lb) and the 16DB (520 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 23.1%: shared with the 16RB and 17FK; of 47, 34 smaller and ten larger, nearest the 18MBH (22.9%) and the 17BHSL (23.2%).
• Dry tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 12.8%: shared with the 16DB; of 47, 33 smaller and twelve larger, nearest the 32RL (12.6%) and the 27BH and 32QBH (12.9%).

Next to the 16FBS (2026 page), the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 173MRB is 30 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 155 lb lower, has 185 lb less cargo capacity, has a dry tongue weight 60 lb heavier, is 1 ft 3 in longer, stands 2 in lower, has a grey tank 8 gal smaller, has a black tank 8 gal smaller and sleeps one fewer; the two publish the same interior height and fresh tank.

Next to the 16RB (2025–2027 page), the floorplan with the same dry weight, the 173MRB has a dry tongue weight 50 lb heavier, is 8 in longer, has a grey tank 8 gal smaller, has a black tank 0.5 gal smaller and sleeps one fewer; the two publish the same dry weight, GVWR, cargo capacity, exterior height, interior height and fresh tank.

Next to the 18FBS (2026–2027 page), the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 173MRB is 40 lb lighter by dry weight, has 40 lb more cargo capacity, has a dry tongue weight 50 lb heavier, is 6 in shorter, stands 3 in taller, has a grey tank 0.5 gal smaller and has a black tank 0.5 gal smaller; the two publish the same GVWR, interior height, fresh tank and sleeping capacity.

This floorplan has a published factory record for 4 model years here, 2022 to 2025. The specification does not hold still: dry weight runs from 3,840 lb (2025) to 3,980 lb (2023); dry tongue weight runs from 410 lb (2022) to 490 lb (2025). The published sleeping capacity changes across the years: 3 in 2022, up to 3 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 173MRB 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), 40% of the 173MRB’s 1,155 lb cargo capacity, leaving 698 lb (233 lb per rated berth). Across 47 Jay Feather floorplans the water share runs 23% to 43%, and 3 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Jay Feather 16RB at 40% and Jay Feather 18FBS at 41%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).