2023 Highland RidgeMesa Ridge S-Lite 261BH

Highland Ridge lists the 2023 Mesa Ridge S-Lite 261BH at 5,845 lb dry, a GVWR of 7,500 lb, a net carrying capacity of 1,655 lb and a tongue weight of 840 lb. Its dry weight plus its carrying capacity comes to exactly its GVWR.

It is 30' 8" 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 5 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 261BH differs from the other six Mesa Ridge S-Lite floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Tongue weight, 840 lb: heaviest of seven; next is the 262RL (830 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 14.4%: largest of seven; next is the 262RL (13.8%).
• Cargo capacity, 1,655 lb: second-largest of seven, between the 242RL (1,540 lb) and the 241BH (1,715 lb).
• Dry weight, 5,845 lb: third-heaviest of seven, between the 241BH (5,685 lb) and the 262RL (6,015 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 22.1%: third-largest of seven, between the 242RL (22%) and the 241BH (23.2%).
• Length, 30 ft 8 in: third-longest of seven, between the 241BH (29 ft 8 in) and the 252RB (30 ft 9 in).
• GVWR, 7,500 lb: highest of seven, level with the 252RB; next is the 241BH (7,400 lb).

Next to the 241BH, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 261BH is 160 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 100 lb higher, has 60 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 170 lb heavier, is 1 ft longer and has a grey tank 29 gal smaller; the two publish the same exterior height, interior height, fresh tank and black tank.

Next to the 262RL, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 261BH is 170 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 250 lb higher, has 420 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 10 lb heavier and is 11 in shorter; the two publish the same exterior height, interior height, fresh tank, grey 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), 26% of the Mesa Ridge S-Lite 261BH’s 1,655 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,232 lb. Across 7 Mesa Ridge S-Lite floorplans the water share runs 25% to 34%, and 5 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Mesa Ridge S-Lite 241BH at 25% and Mesa Ridge S-Lite 242RL at 27%. 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 261BH from 2023. The maker’s own documents for earlier model years also list the 261BH, 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.