01 What makes it unique
The Jay Flight 180LKW is the 17th-lightest of the 56 MY2027 Jay Flight floorplans this site carries from Jayco’s own 2027 model pages, with 16 plans below it and 39 above. Its 3,645 lbs dry and 4,950 lbs GVWR leave 1,305 lbs of cargo capacity — 26% of the loaded rating, which is the figure that actually decides what you can put in it.
Fresh water is the load most owners forget to count. The 30 gallon fresh tank weighs about 249 lbs full, which is 19% of this plan's 1,305 lbs of cargo capacity before a single bag goes in. Grey and black hold 20 and 20 gallons. Travelling with full fresh and empty waste tanks is the arrangement that leaves the most room for everything else.
It runs a single axle, as Jayco's own factory page for this floorplan reports.
How the 180LKW differs from the other 122 Jay Flight floorplans. Most distinctive first. Sibling pages may cover other model years than this one (2027). How these ranks are worked out.
- Black tank, 20 gal: shared with the 180LK; of 121, fourteen smaller and 105 larger, nearest the 130RDW, 154BH and twelve others (19.9 gal) and the 210QBW, 331BTS and 340RLK (32.5 gal).
- Grey tank, 20 gal: shared with the 180LK; of 118, seventeen smaller and 99 larger, nearest the 130BHW, 130RD and fourteen others (19.9 gal) and the 321BDS, 324BDS and five others (32.5 gal).
- Dry weight, 3,645 lb: 24th-lightest of 123, between the 178DBSW (3,615 lb) and the 178DBS (3,730 lb).
- GVWR, 4,950 lb: 25th-lowest of 123, between the 178DBS, 178DBSW and 180LK (4,800 lb) and the 197MB (4,995 lb).
- Dry tongue weight, 415 lb: shared with the 172DBW; of 122, 21 lighter and 99 heavier, nearest the 172DB (405 lb) and the 210QB (450 lb).
- Length, 22 ft 9 in: shared with the 180LK; of 123, 21 shorter and 100 longer, nearest the 172DB and 172DBW (22 ft 5 in) and the 178DBS, 178DBSW and two others (23 ft 7 in).
- Cargo capacity, 1,305 lb: 28th-smallest of 123, between the 295BHS (1,300 lb) and the 175FQW (1,310 lb).
- Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 26.4%: 28th-largest of 123, between the 28RLS (26.3%) and the 140TBW (26.7%).
- Fresh tank, 30 gal: shared with the 130BH, 130BHW and 23 others; of 123, one smaller and 96 larger, nearest the 183RB (20 gal) and the 242BHS, 263RBS and 295BHS (38 gal).
- Interior height, 6 ft 6 in: shared with the 130BH, 130BHW and 27 others; of 123, one lower and 92 taller, nearest the 183RB (6 ft 5 in) and the 40LSDL (6 ft 7 in).
- Sleeping capacity, 4: shared with the 130BH, 130BHW and 23 others; of 110, five smaller and 79 larger, nearest the 140TB, 140TBW and three others (2) and the 174BH, 212QB and four others (5).
- Dry tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 11.4%: shared with the 280BHK; of 122, 39 smaller and 81 larger, nearest the 184BS and 210QBW (11.3%) and the 170BHW, 224BH and three others (11.5%).
- Exterior height, 10 ft 2 in: shared with the 175FQW, 197MB and 270BHSW; of 109, 37 lower and 68 taller, nearest the 175BHW and 265TH (10 ft 1 in) and the 180LK, 197MBW and 225MLS (10 ft 3 in).
Next to the 178DBSW, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 180LKW is 30 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 150 lb higher, has 120 lb more cargo capacity, has a dry tongue weight 90 lb lighter, is 10 in shorter, stands 6 in taller, has a grey tank 20 gal smaller, has a black tank 20 gal smaller and sleeps four fewer; the two publish the same interior height and fresh tank.
Next to the 178DBS (2026–2027 page), the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 180LKW is 85 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 150 lb higher, has 235 lb more cargo capacity, has a dry tongue weight 100 lb lighter, is 10 in shorter, stands 7 in taller, has a grey tank 19 gal smaller, has a black tank 19 gal smaller and sleeps four fewer; the two publish the same interior height and fresh tank.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 22' 9"
- Exterior width
- 8' 0"
- Exterior height
- 10' 2"
- Interior height
- 6' 6"
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight
- 3,645 lbs
- GVWR (published)
- 4,950 lbs
- Net cargo / payload (CCC)
- 1,305 lbs
- Dry tongue weight
- 415 lbs
- Hitch type
- Bumper Pull
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 30 gal
- Grey water
- 20 gal
- Black water
- 20 gal
- Refrigerator
- Not published
Layout & systems
- Sleeps
- 4
- Layout
- Loft-kitchen couples (western)
- Slides
- Not published
- Axles
- 1
- Awnings
- 13′
- Doors
- Not published
- A/C
- Not published
- Tires
- ST225/75R15'E'
How these published figures sit against the rest of the catalogue: travel trailer tongue weight by size; fresh, grey and black tank sizes; camper trailer size chart.
Federal tire recalls naming this size. NHTSA’s recall file names ST225/75R15 in 2 tire recalls: 14T015000 (Dynamic Tire Corp., 2014; make TOWMAX STR; model ST); 17T014000 (Triangle Tire USA, 2017; make TRIANGLE; model TR643). A tire recall covers only the brands, lines and DOT date codes it lists, and this page does not know which brand of tire this trailer was built with, so read the brand and DOT code on your own sidewalls before relying on this list. Only 242 of NHTSA’s 788 tire recalls name a size in their summary, so a size with no match is not a clean record (NHTSA recall file, read 12 Oct 2026).
* Marked rows are not published by the source for this floorplan, or the sources disagree. They are left blank rather than estimated from a sibling plan. Figures are base-unit as published for the 2027 model year; options change them. Confirm against the unit's own weight sticker before towing.
Drawn to scale
Weight budget
Size, with end view
Holding tanks
Axles, wheels and nose shape are schematic; not a floorplan. Data: dataset.
Towing it
Check your vehicle. Enter the ratings from your owner’s manual and the door-pillar placard.
Compares your figures with this page’s published GVWR (4,950 lb) and the upper loaded tongue estimate (742 lb, a rule of thumb). Your vehicle’s placard and the trailer’s own weight label govern.
Loaded range: 10–15% of GVWR on the tongue, a rule of thumb, not a measurement of this unit. No truck ratings or hitch classes (why; NHTSA, DOT HS 809 433).
03 Jay Flight floorplan family
All 56 MY2027 Jay Flight floorplans this site carries, ordered lightest to heaviest by published dry weight. Jayco markets 2027 as the line's 25th-anniversary year. Floorplans whose code ends in W are built at Jayco's western plant and carry their own published figures — they are not duplicates of the eastern build.
| Floorplan | Length | Sleeps | Dry (lb) | GVWR (lb) | Cargo (lb) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 130BHW | 16' 1" | 4 | 2,450 | 3,500 | 1,050 |
| 130BH | 16' 1" | 4 | 2,460 | 3,500 | 1,040 |
| 130RDW | 16' 1" | 4 | 2,530 | 3,500 | 970 |
| 140TBW | 17' 6" | 2 | 2,565 | 3,500 | 935 |
| 170BHW | 21' 3" | 4 | 2,880 | 3,750 | 870 |
| 170FQW | 21' 5" | 4 | 2,940 | 3,850 | 910 |
| 170BH | 21' 3" | 6 | 3,000 | 3,750 | 750 |
| 170FQ | 21' 5" | 4 | 3,060 | 3,850 | 790 |
| 172DBW | 22' 5" | 6 | 3,180 | 3,995 | 815 |
| 175FQW | 22' 1" | 4 | 3,190 | 4,500 | 1,310 |
| 175BHW | 22' 3" | 6 | 3,260 | 4,600 | 1,340 |
| 175FQ | 22' 1" | 4 | 3,260 | 4,500 | 1,240 |
| 172DB | 22' 5" | 6 | 3,270 | 3,995 | 725 |
| 175BH | 22' 3" | 6 | 3,285 | 4,600 | 1,315 |
| 180LK | 22' 9" | 4 | 3,555 | 4,800 | 1,245 |
| 178DBSW | 23' 7" | 8 | 3,615 | 4,800 | 1,185 |
| 180LKW | 22' 9" | 4 | 3,645 | 4,950 | 1,305 |
| 178DBS | 23' 7" | 8 | 3,730 | 4,800 | 1,070 |
| 197MBW | 23' 7" | 8 | 3,900 | 5,150 | 1,250 |
| 197MB | 23' 7" | 8 | 3,965 | 4,995 | 1,030 |
| 250BHW | 27' 7" | 10 | 4,100 | 6,000 | 1,900 |
| 250BH | 27' 7" | 10 | 4,200 | 6,000 | 1,800 |
| 211MBW | 24' 6" | 8 | 4,265 | 6,300 | 2,035 |
| 210QB | 25' 8" | 6 | 4,275 | 6,000 | 1,725 |
| 210QBW | 25' 8" | 6 | 4,420 | 6,200 | 1,780 |
| 260BH | 29' 5" | 8 | 4,750 | 6,500 | 1,750 |
| 200MKSW | 24' 7" | 2 | 4,840 | 6,500 | 1,660 |
| 260BHW | 29' 5" | 10 | 4,905 | 6,800 | 1,895 |
| 200MKS | 24' 7" | 2 | 4,965 | 6,500 | 1,535 |
| 225MLSW | 27' 1" | 6 | 5,220 | 6,995 | 1,775 |
| 265TH | 30' 4" | 4 | 5,260 | 8,500 | 3,240 |
| 230FBS | 25' 10" | 4 | 5,265 | 7,000 | 1,735 |
| 225MLS | 27' 1" | 4 | 5,280 | 6,900 | 1,620 |
| 270BHSW | 31' 10" | 10 | 5,380 | 7,000 | 1,620 |
| 245BHSW | 28' 7" | 6 | 5,460 | 7,000 | 1,540 |
| 245BHS | 28' 7" | 8 | 5,555 | 7,200 | 1,645 |
| 270BHS | 31' 10" | 10 | 5,590 | 7,000 | 1,410 |
| 261BHSW | 30' 3" | 10 | 5,765 | 7,600 | 1,835 |
| 265MWS | 29' 10" | 6 | 5,770 | 7,700 | 1,930 |
| 261BHS | 30' 4" | 10 | 5,975 | 7,600 | 1,625 |
| 262RLS | 31' 1" | 6 | 6,205 | 7,900 | 1,695 |
| 263BHSW | 32' 7" | 10 | 6,250 | 8,200 | 1,950 |
| 262RLSW | 31' 1" | 6 | 6,290 | 8,100 | 1,810 |
| 280BHSW | 34' 1" | 10 | 6,310 | 8,500 | 2,190 |
| 263BHS | 32' 6" | 10 | 6,335 | 8,200 | 1,865 |
| 280BHS | 34' 1" | 10 | 6,515 | 8,500 | 1,985 |
| 335BHS | 37' 7" | 10 | 6,925 | 9,000 | 2,075 |
| 295TBS | 36' 10" | 9 | 7,180 | 9,300 | 2,120 |
| 270MKS | 33' 4" | 4 | 7,260 | 9,300 | 2,040 |
| 330TBS | 37' 7" | 10 | 7,280 | 9,300 | 2,020 |
| 290RLS | 34' 9" | 6 | 7,575 | 9,600 | 2,025 |
| 321BDS | 36' 4" | 11 | 7,810 | 9,800 | 1,990 |
| 333BTS | 37' 10" | 11 | 8,375 | 10,500 | 2,125 |
| 380DQS | 40' 4" | 8 | 8,430 | 10,500 | 2,070 |
| 325BHT | 38' 4" | 11 | 8,475 | 10,600 | 2,125 |
| 334RTS | 37' 10" | 8 | 8,655 | 10,600 | 1,945 |
Layout descriptions are decoded from Jayco's own floorplan-code suffixes (BH bunkhouse, MB Murphy bed, RLS rear living, QB queen bed, TBS two-bedroom slide, and so on). They describe the code, not a measured interior: this site publishes no interior dimensions for this line and therefore no floorplan diagrams.
04 Reading these numbers
Cargo capacity in context
GVWR minus dry weight is 1,305 lbs on this plan, 26% of the loaded rating. Across the 56 MY2027 Jay Flight floorplans this site carries, the same figure runs from 18% to 38%. Dry weight is a base-unit number: options, batteries and a full propane bottle all come out of the cargo figure, not the dry one.
Eastern and western builds differ
Jayco builds this floorplan at two plants and publishes separate figures for each. The 180LKW is 90 lbs heavier dry than the 180LK (3,645 vs 3,555), and the fresh tank differs too (30 gal vs 55 gal). Neither number is a typo for the other — check which build a given unit is.
What this page does not publish
Every figure on this page is from Jayco’s own 2027 model page for this floorplan, tongue weight, tire size and axle count included. Jayco publishes no room-by-room interior dimensions, which is why this page carries no floorplan diagram.
05 How it compares
3,555 lbs dry against this plan's 3,645, 22' 9" of length, sleeps 4, from $26,168. The nearest lighter floorplan in the MY2027 line.
3,900 lbs dry, 5,150 lbs GVWR, sleeps 8, from $29,318. The nearest heavier floorplan — 255 lbs more trailer than this one.
The same floorplan from Jayco's other plant: 3,555 lbs dry, 4,800 lbs GVWR, 55 gal fresh, from $26,168.
06 Loading it for a trip
A full 30-gallon fresh tank is about 249 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 19% of the Jay Flight 180LKW’s 1,305 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,056 lb (264 lb per rated berth). Across 123 Jay Flight floorplans the water share runs 13% to 47%, and 115 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Jay Flight 175FQW at 19% and Jay Flight 197MBW at 20%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).
07 Where this floorplan sits
Closest sibling: the Jay Flight 180LK, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 4 of the 9 fields both publish (this plan first): dry weight 3,645 lb vs 3,555 lb; GVWR 4,950 lb vs 4,800 lb; cargo capacity 1,305 lb vs 1,245 lb; hitch weight 415 lb vs 370 lb. They match on length, sleeps, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.
| Jay Flight plans | This plan | Position, low to high | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| GVWR (lb) | 4,950 | 25 of 123 | 3,500–14,500 |
| Dry weight (lb) | 3,645 | 24 of 123 | 2,450–12,430 |
| Cargo capacity (lb) | 1,305 | 28 of 123 | 725–3,240 |
| Hitch weight (lb) | 415 | 22–23 of 123 | 220–10,105 |
| Length | 22 ft 9 in | 22–23 of 123 | 16 ft 1 in–42 ft 0 in |
| Fresh tank (gal) | 30 | 2–27 of 123 | 20–90 |
| Grey tank (gal) | 20 | 18–19 of 123 | 19–117 |
| Black tank (gal) | 20 | 15–16 of 123 | 19.9–78 |
| Sleeps | 4 | 6–32 of 123 | 2–14 |
Either side of it by GVWR: Jay Flight 180LK is 150 lb lighter (4,800 lb GVWR); Jay Flight 197MB is 45 lb heavier (4,995 lb GVWR).
| Nearest Jay Flight siblings | Length | Sleeps | Dry (lb) | GVWR (lb) | CCC (lb) | Hitch (lb) | Fresh (gal) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Flight 180LKW | 22 ft 9 in | 4 | 3,645 | 4,950 | 1,305 | 415 | 30 |
| Jay Flight 180LK | 22 ft 9 in | 4 | 3,555 | 4,800 | 1,245 | 370 | 30 |
| Jay Flight 175FQW | 22 ft 1 in | 4 | 3,190 | 4,500 | 1,310 | 345 | 30 |
| Jay Flight 175FQ | 22 ft 1 in | 4 | 3,260 | 4,500 | 1,240 | 305 | 30 |
| Jay Flight 175BH | 22 ft 3 in | 6 | 3,285 | 4,600 | 1,315 | 340 | 30 |
| Jay Flight 175BHW | 22 ft 3 in | 6 | 3,260 | 4,600 | 1,340 | 345 | 30 |
All 123 Jay Flight floorplans: Jay Flight line hub.
| Other lines, nearest by GVWR | GVWR (lb) | Dry (lb) | Sleeps | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Flight 180LKW | 4,950 | 3,645 | 4 | 22 ft 9 in |
| IBEX 16MKS | 4,925 | 4,013 | — | 20 ft 6 in |
| Viking 18DBS | 4,915 | 4,114 | — | 23 ft 0 in |
| Colt 18MBS | 4,995 | 4,045 | 8 | 23 ft 7 in |
| Jay Feather 15MRB | 4,995 | 3,675 | 4 | 20 ft 2 in |
| Prowler 1802MBS | 4,995 | 4,045 | 6 | 23 ft 7 in |
| Cherokee Wolf Pup Black Label 14CCWBL | 4,999 | 3,594 | — | 19 ft 3 in |
Against the Jay Flight 180LKW: the IBEX 16MKS is 25 lb lighter and 2 ft shorter; the Viking 18DBS is 35 lb lighter; the Colt 18MBS is 45 lb heavier and sleeps 4 more.
08 Common questions about the Jay Flight 180LKW
How much does the Jay Flight 180LKW weigh?
3,645 lb dry; 4,950 lb GVWR, the most it may weigh loaded.
How much can the Jay Flight 180LKW carry?
1,305 lb, 26% of its GVWR (median across 855 travel trailers here: 23%). A full fresh tank uses 249 lb of it.
What is the tongue weight of the Jay Flight 180LKW?
415 lb dry, 11% of the dry weight (median across 1,205 travel trailers here: 12%).
What size tow vehicle does the Jay Flight 180LKW need?
A tow rating of at least 4,950 lb, plus payload for the loaded tongue weight, passengers and cargo.
How many people does the Jay Flight 180LKW sleep?
It is rated to sleep 4. 91 of the 123 Jay Flight floorplans that publish a count sleep more.
What are the tank capacities on the Jay Flight 180LKW?
Fresh 30, grey 20, black 20 gallons. Off hookups, fresh water runs out first.
How long is the Jay Flight 180LKW?
22' 9" overall, tongue or pin box included.
From the figures above.
09 What this page publishes, and what it does not
15 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the Jay Flight 180LKW. Not published: slide count, refrigerator, air conditioning.
Sourcing rules: methodology.
10 Manuals & documents
Sources: jayco.com (linked below); the full source note is at the foot of the page.
11 NHTSA safety record
NHTSA holds 25 recall campaigns and 75 owner complaints (model years 2005 on) against the Jay Flight line (a recall and a complaint are not the same thing).
What to look at on a used one. Across the 75 complaints filed on this line the most-reported components are equipment (43%), unknown or other (13%) and electrical system (11%).
Recall coverage here is not complete, and complaints are owners’ unverified reports (how this record is built). Check a specific VIN at NHTSA before you buy. Full tables are on the Jay Flight line page.