2020 Highland RidgeMesa Ridge Conventional MR171RD

Highland Ridge lists the 2020 Mesa Ridge Conventional MR171RD at 3,445 lb dry, a GVWR of 4,500 lb, a net carrying capacity of 1,055 lb and a tongue weight of 395 lb. Its dry weight plus its carrying capacity comes to exactly its GVWR.

It is 10' 2" high. Highland Ridge prints its tanks as 26 gal fresh, 19.9 gal grey, 19.9 gal black.

Among the 15 Mesa Ridge Conventional floorplans Highland Ridge’s Mesa Ridge Conventional brochure (filed under 2020 on its own site; the brochure prints no year) lists with a published dry weight, it is number 1 from the lightest, in a range from 3,445 lb (Mesa Ridge Conventional MR171RD) to 7,600 lb (Mesa Ridge Conventional MR32BHS). Every figure in that comparison is Highland Ridge’s, for the same model year.

Every number on this page was read on 5 Nov 2026 from Highland Ridge’s Mesa Ridge Conventional brochure (filed under 2020 on its own site; the brochure prints no year); model year 2020 comes from where the maker files it on its own site, not from the document’s text.

How the MR171RD differs from the other fourteen Mesa Ridge Conventional floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Dry weight, 3,445 lb: lightest of fifteen; next are the MR182RB and MR19BH (3,515 lb).
• GVWR, 4,500 lb: third-lowest of fifteen, between the MR19BH (4,450 lb) and the MR180BHS (4,900 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 1,055 lb: third-smallest of fifteen, between the MR19BH (935 lb) and the MR20MB (1,065 lb).
• Tongue weight, 395 lb: fourth-lightest of fifteen, between the MR180BHS (375 lb) and the MR20FBS (400 lb).
• Exterior height, 10 ft 2 in: lowest of fifteen, level with the MR182RB; next is the MR180BHS (10 ft 3 in).
• Grey tank, 19.9 gal: smallest of fifteen, level with the MR180BHS and MR182RB; next are the MR19BH, MR20FBS and seven others (32.5 gal).
• Black tank, 19.9 gal: smallest of fifteen, level with the MR180BHS and MR182RB; next are the MR19BH, MR20FBS and ten others (32.5 gal).
• Fresh tank, 26 gal: smallest of fifteen, level with the MR180BHS, MR182RB and MR19BH; next are the MR20FBS, MR20MB and nine others (48 gal).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 23.4%: eighth-smallest of fifteen, between the MR21RBS (21.4%) and the MR26BHS (23.7%).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 11.5%: eighth-smallest of fifteen, between the MR32BHS (11%) and the MR20MB (11.7%).

Next to the MR182RB, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the MR171RD is 70 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 250 lb higher, has 320 lb more cargo capacity and has a tongue weight 50 lb heavier; the two publish the same exterior height, interior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Highland Ridge’s Mesa Ridge Conventional brochure (filed under 2020 on its own site; the brochure prints no year) lists 15 Mesa Ridge Conventional floorplans; every one with a printed weight has a page here.

A full 26-gallon fresh tank is about 216 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 20% of the Mesa Ridge Conventional MR171RD’s 1,055 lb cargo capacity, leaving 839 lb. Across 15 Mesa Ridge Conventional floorplans the water share runs 18% to 37%, and 11 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Mesa Ridge Conventional MR282BH at 19% and Mesa Ridge Conventional MR27RLI at 22%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).

The maker’s own owner’s manual for each model year on this page, linked where the maker publishes it. Each link goes to the maker’s file, labelled as the maker labels it; a year with no manual of its own is not filled from another year.