2023 Highland RidgeMesa Ridge S-Lite 242RL

Highland Ridge lists the 2023 Mesa Ridge S-Lite 242RL at 5,460 lb dry, a GVWR of 7,000 lb, a net carrying capacity of 1,540 lb and a tongue weight of 655 lb. Its dry weight plus its carrying capacity comes to exactly its GVWR.

It is 28' 10" long and 11' 1" high. Highland Ridge prints its tanks as 51 gal fresh, 29 gal grey, 29 gal black.

Among the 7 Mesa Ridge S-Lite floorplans Highland Ridge’s 2023 Mesa Ridge S-Lite brochure lists with a published dry weight, it is number 3 from the lightest, in a range from 4,880 lb (Mesa Ridge S-Lite 212FB) to 6,155 lb (Mesa Ridge S-Lite 252RB). 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 2023 Mesa Ridge S-Lite brochure, the maker’s own dated document for model year 2023.

How the 242RL differs from the other six Mesa Ridge S-Lite floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Dry weight, 5,460 lb: third-lightest of seven, between the 225CK (5,090 lb) and the 241BH (5,685 lb).
• GVWR, 7,000 lb: third-lowest of seven, between the 225CK (6,500 lb) and the 262RL (7,250 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 1,540 lb: third-largest of seven, between the 212FB (1,520 lb) and the 261BH (1,655 lb).
• Tongue weight, 655 lb: third-lightest of seven, between the 225CK (550 lb) and the 241BH (670 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 12%: third-largest of seven, between the 241BH (11.8%) and the 262RL (13.8%).
• Length, 28 ft 10 in: third-shortest of seven, between the 225CK (27 ft 4 in) and the 241BH (29 ft 8 in).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 22%: fourth-smallest of seven, between the 225CK (21.7%) and the 261BH (22.1%).

Next to the 225CK, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 242RL is 370 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 500 lb higher, has 130 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 105 lb heavier, is 1 ft 6 in longer and stands 1 in taller; the two publish the same interior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Next to the 241BH, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 242RL is 225 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 400 lb lower, has 175 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 15 lb lighter, is 10 in shorter and has a grey tank 29 gal smaller; the two publish the same exterior height, interior height, fresh tank and black tank.

Highland Ridge’s 2023 Mesa Ridge S-Lite brochure lists 7 Mesa Ridge S-Lite floorplans; every one with a printed weight has a page here.

A full 51-gallon fresh tank is about 423 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 27% of the Mesa Ridge S-Lite 242RL’s 1,540 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,117 lb. Across 7 Mesa Ridge S-Lite floorplans the water share runs 25% to 34%, and 4 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Mesa Ridge S-Lite 261BH at 26% and Mesa Ridge S-Lite 212FB at 28%. 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.

The record at the top of this page is the 242RL from 2023. The maker’s own documents for earlier model years also list the 242RL, and that year is printed here: 2022. The figures change from year to year, so check the year on the trailer’s own label. A field a year’s brochure does not print reads “Not published” and is never filled from another year.