01 What makes it unique
The Jay Flight 261BHS is the 19th-lightest of the 30 MY2027 floorplans Jayco publishes for the line, with 18 plans below it and 11 above. Its 5,975 lbs dry and 7,600 lbs GVWR leave 1,625 lbs of cargo capacity — 21% 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 52 gallon fresh tank weighs about 434 lbs full, which is 27% of this plan's 1,625 lbs of cargo capacity before a single bag goes in. Grey and black hold 39 and 39 gallons. Travelling with full fresh and empty waste tanks is the arrangement that leaves the most room for everything else.
The 261BHS carries the line's compact equipment tier — 8 cu ft refrigerator and 8,000 btu wall-mount a/c. It runs two axles. Jayco's own factory page for this floorplan settles that; the aggregator spec block reports one axle for it, which the factory contradicts. Where the two disagree the factory governs, and the discrepancy is set out in section 02.
Specifications by model year
This floorplan has a verified factory record for 3 model years here, 2025 to 2027, and the specification does not hold still. Across those years GVWR ranges from 7,500 lb in 2025 to 7,600 lb in 2026, a spread of 100 lb; dry weight ranges from 5,750 lb in 2025 to 5,975 lb in 2027, a spread of 225 lb; dry tongue weight ranges from 705 lb in 2026 to 745 lb in 2027, a spread of 40 lb. That is why each model year has its own page below, carrying only its own published figures. Nothing on a year page is copied across from a neighbouring year.
| Model year | Dry (UVW) | GVWR | Cargo (CCC) | Dry tongue | Sleeps | Tire size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,750 | 7,500 | 1,750 | 710 | 10 | ST205/75R14'D' |
| 2026 | 5,790 | 7,600 | 1,810 | 705 | 10 | ST205/75R14'D' |
| 2027 | 5,975 | 7,600 | 1,625 | 745 | 10 | ST205/75R14'D' |
Every row is that model year’s own record from Jayco’s model page for that year. One further model year is deliberately not published here: 2024 — Jayco’s own model page publishes an unloaded weight of 5,825 lb and a cargo capacity of 1,275 lb, which sum to 7,100 lb, against a published GVWR of 7,500 lb on the same page — a 400 lb gap. The 2024 brochure publishes the same unloaded weight and cargo capacity against a GVWR of 7,100 lb, which does tie out. Two factory surfaces disagree on a tow-safety figure, so no page is built for that year and neither figure is chosen. The record exists, and it is withheld because it cannot be published honestly rather than because it is missing. The figures in the tow-critical placard at the top of this page are the 2027 record from the source this catalogue originally profiled. On the weights, overall length and tire size, that record and Jayco’s own 2027 model page agree on every field both of them publish. Exterior height is not compared: Jayco publishes a bare height, a with-A/C height and a with-2nd-A/C height, and the single height row carried here cannot be matched to one of them, so no claim is made either way.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 30' 4"
- Exterior width
- 8' 0"
- Exterior height
- 11' 1"
- Interior height
- 6' 9"
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight
- 5,975 lbs
- GVWR (published)
- 7,600 lbs
- Net cargo / payload (CCC)
- 1,625 lbs
- Hitch / tongue weight
- 745 lbs
- Hitch type
- Bumper Pull
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 52 gal
- Grey water
- 39 gal
- Black water
- 39 gal
- Refrigerator
- 8 cu ft
Layout & systems
- Sleeps
- 10
- Layout
- Bunkhouse + slide, sleeps 10
- Slides
- 1
- Axles
- 2
- Awnings
- 1
- Doors
- 1
- A/C
- 8,000 BTU wall-mount A/C
- Tires
- ST205/75R14'D'
* 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
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 30 MY2027 Jay Flight floorplans, 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) | Layout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 175FQW | 22' 1" | 6 | 3,190 | 4,500 | Front-queen couples (western) |
| 175BHW | 22' 3" | 6 | 3,260 | 4,600 | Bunkhouse (western) |
| 175BH | 22' 3" | 6 | 3,285 | 4,600 | Bunkhouse |
| 180LK | 22' 9" | 4 | 3,555 | 4,800 | Loft-kitchen couples |
| 180LKW | 22' 9" | 4 | 3,645 | 4,950 | Loft-kitchen couples (western) |
| 197MBW | 23' 7" | 8 | 3,900 | 5,150 | Murphy-bed couples (western) |
| 197MB | 23' 7" | 8 | 3,965 | 4,995 | Murphy-bed couples |
| 210QB | 25' 8" | 6 | 4,275 | 6,000 | Rear-queen couples |
| 210QBW | 25' 8" | 6 | 4,420 | 6,200 | Rear-queen couples (western) |
| 260BH | 29' 5" | 8 | 4,750 | 6,500 | Bunkhouse |
| 200MKSW | 24' 7" | 2 | 4,840 | 6,500 | Mid-kitchen couples (western) |
| 260BHW | 29' 5" | 10 | 4,905 | 6,800 | Bunkhouse (western) |
| 200MKS | 24' 7" | 2 | 4,965 | 6,500 | Mid-kitchen couples |
| 225MLSW | 27' 1" | 6 | 5,220 | 6,995 | Mid-living slide (western) |
| 245BHSW | 28' 7" | 6 | 5,460 | 7,000 | Bunkhouse + slide (western) |
| 245BHS | 28' 7" | 8 | 5,555 | 7,200 | Bunkhouse + slide |
| 261BHSW | 30' 3" | 10 | 5,765 | 7,600 | Bunkhouse + slide (western) |
| 265MWS | 29' 10" | 6 | 5,770 | 7,700 | Mid-wardrobe slide |
| 261BHS | 30' 4" | 10 | 5,975 | 7,600 | Bunkhouse + slide, sleeps 10 |
| 262RLS | 31' 1" | 6 | 6,205 | 7,900 | Rear-living couples |
| 263BHSW | 32' 7" | 10 | 6,250 | 8,200 | Bunkhouse + slide (western) |
| 262RLSW | 31' 1" | 6 | 6,290 | 8,100 | Rear-living couples (western) |
| 295TBS | 36' 10" | 9 | 7,180 | 9,300 | Two-bedroom slide |
| 330TBS | 37' 7" | 10 | 7,280 | 9,300 | Two-bedroom slide |
| 290RLS | 34' 9" | 6 | 7,575 | 9,600 | Rear-living, twin slide |
| 321BDS | 36' 4" | 11 | 7,810 | 9,800 | Bunk + dinette, twin slide |
| 333BTS | 37' 10" | 11 | 8,375 | 10,500 | Bunk family, sleeps 11 |
| 380DQS | 40' 4" | 8 | 8,430 | 10,500 | Double-queen, twin slide |
| 325BHT | 38' 4" | 11 | 8,475 | 10,600 | Triple-slide bunkhouse |
| 334RTS | 37' 10" | 8 | 8,655 | 10,600 | Rear twin, triple slide |
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 1,625 lbs on this plan, 21% of the loaded rating. Across the 30 MY2027 floorplans that share the line, the same figure runs from 18% to 29%. 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.
Axle count — aggregator data corrected
The RVUSA structured spec block lists one axle for this floorplan. Jayco's own factory page for the 261BHS lists it as a 2-axle unit, and its mandatory equipment package is the double-axle package. Factory data outranks aggregator data here, so this page publishes 2. The discrepancy is recorded rather than quietly dropped: anyone cross-checking against that aggregator will see one axle and should not trust it on this line.
Eastern and western builds differ
Jayco builds this floorplan at two plants and publishes separate figures for each. The 261BHS is 210 lbs heavier dry than the 261BHSW (5,975 vs 5,765), and the fresh tank differs too (52 gal vs 76 gal). Neither number is a typo for the other — check which build a given unit is.
A different trailer shares this floorplan code
The MY2026 Jay Flight SLX also lists a 261BHS, and it is not this trailer: it is published at a different dry weight. If you arrived looking for the SLX unit, it has its own entry on this site.
What this page does not publish
Tongue weight, tire size and axle count on this page come from Jayco’s own factory page for this floorplan, not from the aggregator record behind the rest of the table — RVUSA publishes hitch type only, which is "Bumper Pull" on all 30 MY2027 floorplans, and no tire size at all. Interior room-by-room dimensions are still not published by either source, which is why this page carries no floorplan diagram.
05 How it compares
5,770 lbs dry against this plan's 5,975, 29' 10" of length, sleeps 6, from $41,393. The nearest lighter floorplan in the MY2027 line.
6,205 lbs dry, 7,900 lbs GVWR, sleeps 6, from $41,031. The nearest heavier floorplan — 230 lbs more trailer than this one.
The same floorplan from Jayco's other plant: 5,765 lbs dry, 7,600 lbs GVWR, 76 gal fresh, from $38,406.
06 Loading it for a trip
A full 52-gallon fresh tank is about 434 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 27% of the Jay Flight 261BHS’s 1,625 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,191 lb (119 lb per rated berth). Across 117 Jay Flight floorplans the water share runs 13% to 47%, and 52 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Jay Flight 280RKS at 27% and Jay Flight 140TBW at 27%. 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 267BHS, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 3 of the 9 fields both publish (this plan first): dry weight 5,975 lb vs 6,075 lb; cargo capacity 1,625 lb vs 1,525 lb; dry hitch weight 745 lb vs 770 lb. They match on length, sleeps, GVWR, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.
| Jay Flight plans | This plan | Position, low to high | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| GVWR (lb) | 7,600 | 62–66 of 117 | 3,500–14,500 |
| Dry weight (lb) | 5,975 | 69 of 117 | 2,450–12,430 |
| Cargo capacity (lb) | 1,625 | 50–51 of 117 | 725–3,240 |
| Dry hitch weight (lb) | 745 | 65–66 of 117 | 220–10,105 |
| Length | 30 ft 4 in | 64–67 of 117 | 16 ft 1 in–42 ft 0 in |
| Fresh tank (gal) | 52 | 33–84 of 117 | 20–84 |
| Grey tank (gal) | 39 | 27–74 of 117 | 19–117 |
| Black tank (gal) | 39 | 22–96 of 117 | 20–78 |
| Sleeps | 10 | 88–111 of 117 | 2–14 |
Either side of it by GVWR: Jay Flight 263RBS is 100 lb lighter (7,500 lb GVWR); Jay Flight 261BHSW matches it at 7,600 lb GVWR.
| Nearest Jay Flight siblings | Length | Sleeps | Dry (lb) | GVWR (lb) | CCC (lb) | Hitch (lb) | Fresh (gal) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Flight 261BHS | 30 ft 4 in | 10 | 5,975 | 7,600 | 1,625 | 745 | 52 |
| Jay Flight 267BHS | 30 ft 4 in | 10 | 6,075 | 7,600 | 1,525 | 770 | 52 |
| Jay Flight 287BHS | 34 ft 4 in | 10 | 6,230 | 7,950 | 1,720 | 745 | 52 |
| Jay Flight 270BHS | 31 ft 10 in | 10 | 5,590 | 7,000 | 1,410 | 725 | 52 |
| Jay Flight 263BHS | 32 ft 6 in | 10 | 6,335 | 8,200 | 1,865 | 785 | 52 |
| Jay Flight 284BHS | 33 ft 7 in | 10 | 6,365 | 7,950 | 1,585 | 880 | 52 |
All 117 Jay Flight floorplans: Jay Flight line hub.
| Other lines, nearest by GVWR | GVWR (lb) | Dry (lb) | Sleeps | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Flight 261BHS | 7,600 | 5,975 | 10 | 30 ft 4 in |
| Coachmen Apex Ultra-Lite 242BARV | 7,600 | 5,772 | 4 | 28 ft 10 in |
| Campsite Ultra 19KB | 7,600 | 5,158 | — | 22 ft 4 in |
| Classic Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian LE 28RB | 7,600 | 6,800 | 4 | 28 ft 2 in |
| Colt 26DBS | 7,600 | 5,815 | — | 30 ft 4 in |
| Flying Cloud 27FB | 7,600 | 5,950 | 5 | 28 ft 2 in |
| Coachmen Freedom Express Ultra Lite 22MLS | 7,600 | 5,602 | 4 | 26 ft 10 in |
Against the Jay Flight 261BHS: the Coachmen Apex Ultra-Lite 242BARV is 2 ft shorter and sleeps 6 fewer; the Campsite Ultra 19KB is 8 ft shorter; the Classic Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian LE 28RB is 2 ft shorter and sleeps 6 fewer.
08 Common questions about the Jay Flight 261BHS
How much does the Jay Flight 261BHS weigh?
5,975 lb dry; 7,600 lb GVWR, the most it may weigh loaded.
How much can the Jay Flight 261BHS carry?
1,625 lb, 21% of its GVWR (median across 958 travel trailers here: 23%). A full fresh tank uses 434 lb of it.
What is the tongue weight of the Jay Flight 261BHS?
745 lb dry, 12% of the dry weight (median across 1,156 travel trailers here: 12%).
What size tow vehicle does the Jay Flight 261BHS need?
A tow rating of at least 7,600 lb, plus payload for the loaded tongue weight, passengers and cargo.
How many people does the Jay Flight 261BHS sleep?
It is rated to sleep 10. 6 of the 117 Jay Flight floorplans that publish a count sleep more.
What are the tank capacities on the Jay Flight 261BHS?
Fresh 52, grey 39, black 39 gallons. Off hookups, fresh water runs out first.
How long is the Jay Flight 261BHS?
30' 4" overall, tongue or pin box included.
From the figures above.
09 What this page publishes, and what it does not
18 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the Jay Flight 261BHS. Every tracked field is published.
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 80 owner complaints against the Jay Flight line. They are counted separately: a recall is a confirmed defect with a remedy, a complaint one owner’s unverified account.
What to look at on a used one. Across the 80 complaints filed on this line the most-reported components are equipment (42%), unknown or other (12%) and structure (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.