2020 Highland RidgeMesa Ridge Conventional MR27BHS

Highland Ridge lists the 2020 Mesa Ridge Conventional MR27BHS at 6,255 lb dry, a GVWR of 8,500 lb, a net carrying capacity of 2,245 lb and a tongue weight of 775 lb. Its dry weight plus its carrying capacity comes to exactly its GVWR.

It is 11' 4" high. Highland Ridge prints its tanks as 48 gal fresh, 32.5 gal grey, 32.5 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 12 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 MR27BHS differs from the other fourteen Mesa Ridge Conventional floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Cargo capacity, 2,245 lb: largest of fifteen; next is the MR282BH (2,090 lb).
• Exterior height, 11 ft 4 in: tallest of fifteen; next is the MR282BH (11 ft 3 in).
• Tongue weight, 775 lb: third-heaviest of fifteen, between the MR26BHS (720 lb) and the MR32BHS (835 lb).
• Dry weight, 6,255 lb: fourth-heaviest of fifteen, between the MR26BHS (5,725 lb) and the MR282BH (6,410 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 26.4%: fourth-largest of fifteen, between the MR282BH (24.6%) and the MR26BH (27.2%).
• GVWR, 8,500 lb: shared with the MR282BH; of fifteen, eleven lower and two higher, nearest the MR26BHS (7,500 lb) and the MR27RLI (8,995 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 12.4%: shared with the MR26BH; of fifteen, nine smaller and four larger, nearest the MR20MB (11.7%) and the MR26BHS (12.6%).

Next to the MR26BHS, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the MR27BHS is 530 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 1,000 lb higher, has 470 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 55 lb heavier and stands 3 in taller; the two publish the same interior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Next to the MR282BH, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the MR27BHS is 155 lb lighter by dry weight, has 155 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 165 lb heavier, stands 1 in taller and has a grey tank 32.5 gal smaller; the two publish the same GVWR, interior height, fresh 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 48-gallon fresh tank is about 398 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 18% of the Mesa Ridge Conventional MR27BHS’s 2,245 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,847 lb. Across 15 Mesa Ridge Conventional floorplans the water share runs 18% to 37%, and this plan’s is the lowest. Nearest on that share: Mesa Ridge Conventional MR180BHS at 19%. 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.