Jayco Jay Flight SLX · 2025–2026287BHSW

The Jayco Jay Flight SLX 287BHSW is a 34' 4" travel trailer in the MY2026 Jay Flight SLX roster. Jayco publishes a dry weight of 6,005 pounds against a 7,950-pound GVWR, and the two tie out exactly with the published 1,945-pound cargo carrying capacity — 6,005 + 1,945 = 7,950. 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 770 pounds, or 13% 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 1,945 pounds, 24% of GVWR — that is the ceiling for water, propane, cargo and any dealer-fitted equipment combined. Fresh water alone at 76 gallons is about 631 pounds when full.

Tanks are 76 gallons fresh, 39 grey and 39 black. Interior height is 6' 9" and the exterior measures 8' 0" wide. Jayco publishes two exterior heights for this floorplan: 10' 6" at the roofline and 11' 0" 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 MY2026 287BHSW 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 287BHSW differs from the other 35 Jay Flight SLX floorplans. Most distinctive first. Sibling pages may cover other model years than this one (2025–2026). How these ranks are worked out.

• Cargo capacity, 1,945 lb: fourth-largest of 35, between the 265BHS (1,870 lb) and the 280FKS (2,035 lb).
• Dry tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 12.8%: fifth-largest of 36, between the 324BDS (12.3%) and the 286BHSW (13.3%).
• Dry tongue weight, 770 lb: seventh-heaviest of 36, between the 287BHS (745 lb) and the 294QBS (780 lb).
• Fresh tank, 76 gal: largest of 35, level with the 265BHSW, 284BHSW and 286BHSW; next are the 211MB, 265BHS and four others (52 gal).
• Sleeping capacity, 10: largest of eighteen, level with the 265BHS, 284BHSW and 287BHS; next are the 265BHSW and 286BHSW (8).
• Length, 34 ft 4 in: shared with the 287BHS; of 36, 31 shorter and three longer, nearest the 280FKS (33 ft 10 in) and the 294QBS (35 ft 5 in).
• Exterior height, 10 ft 6 in: shared with the 265BHS; of sixteen, eleven lower and three taller, nearest the 265BHSW, 284BHSW and 287BHS (10 ft 5 in) and the 280FKS and 290RKS (10 ft 7 in).
• Dry weight, 6,005 lb: tenth-heaviest of 36, between the 265RLS (5,960 lb) and the 265BHS (6,030 lb).
• GVWR, 7,950 lb: shared with the 287BHS; of 36, 27 lower and seven higher, nearest the 265BHS (7,900 lb) and the 284BHS and 284BHSW (8,200 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 24.5%: shared with the 195RBW; of 35, 23 smaller and ten larger, nearest the 232RB (23.9%) and the 154BH (24.6%).
• Grey tank, 39 gal: shared with the 211MB, 224BH and eleven others; of 36, thirteen smaller and nine larger, nearest the 212QB (33 gal) and the 265BHSW (40 gal).

Next to the 265RLS (2018 page), the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 287BHSW is 45 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 950 lb higher, has 905 lb more cargo capacity, has a dry tongue weight 90 lb heavier, is 3 ft 5 in longer and has a fresh tank 32 gal larger; the two publish the same interior height and grey tank.

Next to the 265BHS, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 287BHSW is 25 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 50 lb higher, has 75 lb more cargo capacity, has a dry tongue weight 95 lb heavier, is 3 ft 6 in longer, has a fresh tank 24 gal larger and has a grey tank 39 gal smaller; the two publish the same exterior height, interior height, black tank and sleeping capacity.

This floorplan has a published factory record for 2 model years here, 2025 to 2026. The specification does not hold still: GVWR runs from 7,900 lb (2025) to 7,950 lb (2026); dry weight runs from 6,005 lb (2026) to 6,030 lb (2025); dry tongue weight runs from 740 lb (2025) to 770 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 Flight SLX was Jayco's value travel-trailer range through MY2026, spanning single-axle compacts to family bunkhouses. For MY2027 Jayco folded the range into the Jay Flight name, so floorplans that carried on into 2027 are catalogued under that badge and the plans profiled here are the ones SLX published and Jay Flight did not. Western builds carry a W suffix. The 287BHSW on this page is highlighted; every other profiled plan links to its own page.

A full 76-gallon fresh tank is about 631 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 32% of the 287BHSW’s 1,945 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,314 lb (131 lb per rated berth). Across 34 Jay Flight SLX floorplans the water share runs 18% to 39%, and 5 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Jay Flight SLX 212QB at 31% and Jay Flight SLX 237RBS at 34%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).