2025 Jayco Jay Feather Micro183FBS

The Jayco Jay Feather Micro 183FBS is a 20' 10" travel trailer in the MY2025 Jay Feather Micro roster. Jayco publishes a dry weight of 3,930 pounds against a 4,995-pound GVWR, and the two tie out exactly with the published 1,065-pound cargo carrying capacity — 3,930 + 1,065 = 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 405 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 1,065 pounds, 21% 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 8' 5" wide. Jayco publishes two exterior heights for this floorplan: 9' 10" at the roofline and 10' 7" 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 183FBS 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 183FBS differs from the other 46 Jay Feather floorplans. Most distinctive first. Sibling pages may cover other model years than this one (2025). How these ranks are worked out.

• Cargo capacity, 1,065 lb: fourth-smallest of 47, between the 15TBSL (985 lb) and the 166FBS (1,070 lb).
• Dry tongue weight, 405 lb: fourth-lightest of 47, between the 17RBSL (310 lb) and the 15MRB (410 lb).
• Dry tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 10.3%: shared with the 29QBH; of 47, four smaller and 41 larger, nearest the 27MK (10.2%) and the 18RBF and 25RLSL (10.5%).
• Dry weight, 3,930 lb: eleventh-lightest of 47, between the 166FBS (3,925 lb) and the 16DB (4,055 lb).
• Length, 20 ft 10 in: shared with the 173MRB; 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 173MRB, 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).
• 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).
• Exterior height, 9 ft 10 in: shared with the 171BH, 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).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 21.3%: shared with the 25RB; of 47, eighteen smaller and 27 larger, nearest the 25BH and 27BH (20.9%) and the 166FBS (21.4%).

Next to the 166FBS (2021–2025 page), the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 183FBS is 5 lb heavier by dry weight, has 5 lb less cargo capacity, has a dry tongue weight 70 lb lighter, is 1 ft 3 in longer, stands 1 in lower and sleeps one fewer; the two publish the same GVWR, interior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Next to the 16DB (2026–2027 page), the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 183FBS is 125 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 505 lb lower, has 380 lb less cargo capacity, has a dry tongue weight 115 lb lighter, is 2 ft 1 in shorter, stands 5 in taller, has a grey tank 8 gal smaller, has a black tank 8 gal smaller and sleeps five fewer; the two publish the same interior height and fresh tank.

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 183FBS 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), 43% of the 183FBS’s 1,065 lb cargo capacity, leaving 608 lb (203 lb per rated berth). Across 47 Jay Feather floorplans the water share runs 23% to 43%, and this plan’s is the highest. Nearest on that share: Jay Feather 166FBS at 43%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).