Jayco · 2024–2027Jay Flight 261BHS

The Jay Flight 261BHS is the 40th-lightest of the 56 MY2027 Jay Flight floorplans this site carries from Jayco’s own 2027 model pages, with 39 plans below it and 16 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 432 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.

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.

How the 261BHS differs from the other 122 Jay Flight floorplans. Most distinctive first. Sibling pages may cover other model years than this one (2024–2027). How these ranks are worked out.

• Exterior height, 11 ft 1 in: 24th-tallest of 109, between the 200MKSW, 210QBW and six others (11 ft) and the 200MKS, 262RLSW and five others (11 ft 2 in).
• Sleeping capacity, 10: shared with the 250BH, 250BHW and seventeen others; of 110, 84 smaller and six larger, nearest the 264BH, 264BHW and three others (9) and the 321BDS, 324BDS and two others (11).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 21.4%: 43rd-smallest of 123, between the 212QB and 32TSBH (21.2%) and the 262RLS and 33RBTS (21.5%).
• Cargo capacity, 1,625 lb: shared with the 280RKS; of 123, 46 smaller and 75 larger, nearest the 225MLS and 270BHSW (1,620 lb) and the 285BHS (1,640 lb).
• Dry tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 12.5%: shared with the 280BHSW and 40DLFT; of 122, 71 smaller and 48 larger, nearest the 172DB and 263BHS (12.4%) and the 295BHS (12.6%).
• Dry weight, 5,975 lb: 55th-heaviest of 123, between the 267BHSW (5,905 lb) and the 263RBS and 267BHS (6,075 lb).
• Dry tongue weight, 745 lb: 58th-heaviest of 122, between the 270BHS (725 lb) and the 270BHSW (760 lb).
• Length, 30 ft 4 in: shared with the 265TH, 267BHS and 267BHSW; of 123, 64 shorter and 55 longer, nearest the 261BHSW (30 ft 3 in) and the 274BH (30 ft 7 in).
• GVWR, 7,600 lb: shared with the 261BHSW, 267BHS and 267BHSW; of 123, 62 lower and 57 higher, nearest the 236TH, 240RBSW and two others (7,500 lb) and the 265MWS and 265MWSW (7,700 lb).
• Grey tank, 39 gal: shared with the 140TB, 172DB and 48 others; of 118, 27 smaller and 40 larger, nearest the 21QB (33 gal) and the 130RDW, 172DBW and seventeen others (40 gal).
• Fresh tank, 52 gal: shared with the 200MKS, 210QB and 47 others; of 123, 31 smaller and 42 larger, nearest the 40LOFT (51 gal) and the 40FKDS (53 gal).

Next to the 267BHSW (2023–2025 page), the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 261BHS is 70 lb heavier by dry weight, has 70 lb less cargo capacity, has a dry tongue weight 45 lb lighter, stands 8 in taller and has a fresh tank 24 gal smaller; the two publish the same GVWR, length, interior height, grey tank, black tank and sleeping capacity.

Next to the 263RBS (2023 page), the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 261BHS is 100 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 100 lb higher, has 200 lb more cargo capacity, has a dry tongue weight 25 lb heavier, is 3 in longer, stands 9 in taller, has a fresh tank 14 gal larger, has a grey tank 39 gal smaller and sleeps five more; the two publish the same interior height and black tank.

This floorplan has a published factory record for 4 model years here, 2024 to 2027. The specification does not hold still: GVWR runs from 7,500 lb (2025) to 7,600 lb (2027); dry weight runs from 5,750 lb (2025) to 5,975 lb (2027); dry tongue weight runs from 685 lb (2024) to 745 lb (2027). 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.

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.

A full 52-gallon fresh tank is about 432 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 1,193 lb (119 lb per rated berth). Across 123 Jay Flight floorplans the water share runs 13% to 47%, and 59 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Jay Flight 285BHS at 26% and Jay Flight 280RKS at 27%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).