Jayco Jay Feather SL · 2026–202726BHSL

The Jayco Jay Feather SL 26BHSL is a 30' 5" travel trailer in the MY2027 Jay Feather SL roster. Jayco publishes a dry weight of 5,555 pounds against a 7,200-pound GVWR, and the two tie out exactly with the published 1,645-pound cargo carrying capacity — 5,555 + 1,645 = 7,200. 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 680 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 1,645 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, 38 grey and 38 black. Interior height is 6' 6" and the exterior measures 8' 0" wide. Jayco publishes two exterior heights for this floorplan: 9' 10" at the roofline and 10' 9" 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 26BHSL 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 26BHSL differs from the other 46 Jay Feather floorplans. Most distinctive first. Sibling pages may cover other model years than this one (2026–2027). How these ranks are worked out.

• Sleeping capacity, 10: largest of 47, level with the 29BHB, 29QBH and two others; next are the 27BHB and 30QB (9).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 22.8%: fifteenth-largest of 47, between the 28RB (22.5%) and the 18MBH (22.9%).
• Cargo capacity, 1,645 lb: shared with the 24FK; of 47, 34 smaller and eleven larger, nearest the 23RK (1,620 lb) and the 26RL (1,670 lb).
• Dry tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 12.2%: sixteenth-largest of 47, between the 166FBS, 21MML and 25RB (12.1%) and the 32RL (12.6%).
• Dry tongue weight, 680 lb: seventeenth-heaviest of 47, between the 24RL (675 lb) and the 27MK (705 lb).
• Length, 30 ft 5 in: seventeenth-longest of 47, between the 25RB and 25RLSL (30 ft 1 in) and the 26RL (31 ft 4 in).
• Black tank, 38 gal: shared with the 16DB, 16FBS and ten others; of 47, 31 smaller and three larger, nearest the 22RB (34 gal) and the 23MBD and 29RL (40 gal).
• Exterior height, 9 ft 10 in: shared with the 171BH, 183FBS 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).
• Dry weight, 5,555 lb: 22nd-lightest of 47, between the 21MBH (5,450 lb) and the 22BH (5,565 lb).
• GVWR, 7,200 lb: 24th-lowest of 47, between the 22RB and 24RL (7,000 lb) and the 23RK (7,400 lb).
• Grey tank, 38 gal: shared with the 15MRB, 16DB and seven others; of 47, fourteen smaller and 23 larger, nearest the 18FBS, 21MBH and two others (30.5 gal) and the 17FK (40 gal).

Next to the 21MBH (2024–2026 page), the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 26BHSL is 105 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 205 lb higher, has 100 lb more cargo capacity, has a dry tongue weight 80 lb heavier, is 3 ft 9 in longer, stands 1 in lower, has a grey tank 7.5 gal larger, has a black tank 7.5 gal larger and sleeps four more; the two publish the same interior height and fresh tank.

Next to the 22BH (2023 page), the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 26BHSL is 10 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 300 lb lower, has 290 lb less cargo capacity, has a dry tongue weight 70 lb heavier, is 1 ft 7 in longer, stands 2 in lower, has a grey tank 23 gal smaller, has a black tank 7.5 gal larger and sleeps three more; the two publish the same interior height and fresh tank.

This floorplan has a published factory record for 2 model years here, 2026 to 2027. The specification does not hold still: dry weight runs from 5,555 lb (2027) to 5,675 lb (2026); dry tongue weight runs from 680 lb (2027) to 765 lb (2026). 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 SL is a lightweight roster inside the Jay Feather range, sitting between Air SL and the core Jay Feather plans on published length and dry weight. It is a factory sub-roster and is catalogued under the Jay Feather line hub. The 26BHSL 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), 28% of the 26BHSL’s 1,645 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,188 lb (119 lb per rated berth). Across 47 Jay Feather floorplans the water share runs 23% to 43%, and 33 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Jay Feather 24FK at 28% and Jay Feather 23RK at 28%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).