Jayco Pinnacle · 2020–202436KPTS

The Pinnacle 36KPTS is one of Jayco's Pinnacle coaches, the flagship of the Jayco towable lineup, above the North Point and Eagle fifth wheels. This page covers one model year of it — the 2024 36KPTS, exactly as Jayco published it — because the numbers that decide whether your truck can pull this trailer are not the same from one year to the next. Jayco publishes it at 8' 6" wide closed and 13' 6" with the slide-outs run out for the 2024 model year, which is the measurement that matters for a site pitch as well as for the road.

For the 2024 model year Jayco published a 17,350-pound GVWR on a 14,270-pound dry weight, 3,080 pounds of published cargo capacity, a 2,780-pound dry pin weight. Check the loaded pin against the truck's payload and rear-axle ratings rather than against the tow rating alone. The 2024 coach left the factory on 215/75R17.5'H' tyres; the load range in that code is part of the axle rating and a replacement set has to match it.

Against the 2023 build of the same floorplan, 9 published fields moved. The full comparison is in section 02, and it is drawn from two separate verified factory records rather than from one record and an assumption about the other.

A 2024 coach is close to current as of 2026, but section 05 still applies: check it against its build date rather than its model year. Jayco commonly builds a model year well before the calendar year turns, and the tyre date codes have to be read against the build month, not the badge.

How the 36KPTS differs from the other twelve Pinnacle floorplans. Most distinctive first. Sibling pages may cover other model years than this one (2020–2024). How these ranks are worked out.

• GVWR, 17,350 lb: third-lowest of thirteen, between the 38FLWS (16,995 lb) and the 36FBTS (17,500 lb).
• Dry pin weight, 2,780 lb: third-lightest of thirteen, between the 32RLTS (2,705 lb) and the 38KPTS (2,870 lb).
• Length, 41 ft 1 in: third-shortest of eight, between the 38KPTS (41 ft) and the 37MDQS (41 ft 8 in).
• Cargo capacity, 3,080 lb: fifth-largest of twelve, between the 38FLGS (3,045 lb) and the 37MDQS (3,085 lb).
• Dry weight, 14,270 lb: shared with the 36FBTS; of thirteen, one lighter and ten heavier, nearest the 32RLTS (13,645 lb) and the 38FLWS (14,275 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 17.8%: shared with the 32RLTS; of twelve, eight smaller and two larger, nearest the 37MDQS (16.8%) and the 38KPTS (17.9%).
• Dry pin weight as a share of dry weight, 19.5%: shared with the 39FLOK; of thirteen, four smaller and seven larger, nearest the 39DSDB (19.4%) and the 38KPTS (19.7%).
• Black tank, 50 gal: shared with the 32RLTS, 36SSWS and three others; of thirteen, one smaller and six larger, nearest the 38FLWS (37 gal) and the 38FLGS and 39FLOK (74 gal).
• Exterior height, 12 ft 7 in: shared with the 32RLTS, 36FBTS and three others; of twelve, two lower and four taller, nearest the 37MDQS (12 ft 6 in) and the 39FBRL (12 ft 8 in).

Next to the 32RLTS (2020–2027 page), the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 36KPTS is 625 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 750 lb higher, has 125 lb more cargo capacity and has a dry pin weight 75 lb heavier; the two publish the same exterior height, interior height, fresh tank, grey tank, black tank and sleeping capacity.

Next to the 36FBTS (2020–2027 page), the floorplan with the same dry weight, the 36KPTS has a GVWR 150 lb lower, has 150 lb less cargo capacity, has a dry pin weight 240 lb heavier and has a black tank 37 gal smaller; the two publish the same dry weight, exterior height, interior height, fresh tank, grey tank and sleeping capacity.

Next to the 38FLWS (2020 page), the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 36KPTS is 5 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 355 lb higher, has 360 lb more cargo capacity, has a dry pin weight 1,445 lb lighter, has 1 in more interior height, has a fresh tank 10 gal smaller and has a black tank 13 gal larger.

This floorplan has a published factory record for 5 model years here, 2020 to 2024. The specification does not hold still: GVWR runs from 16,500 lb (2020) to 17,350 lb (2024); dry weight runs from 13,540 lb (2021) to 14,270 lb (2024); dry pin weight runs from 2,690 lb (2023) to 2,920 lb (2022). The published tire size changes over the run (ST255/85R16'E', then 215/75R17.5'H'). The published sleeping capacity changes across the years: 3 - 4 in 2020, 3-4 in 2021–2022, up to 6 in 2023, up to 4 in 2024. 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.

Jayco changed 9 of the published fields between the 2023 and 2024 36KPTS. Every figure in both columns is that model year's own factory record — nothing here is carried across from the other year.

A full 75-gallon fresh tank is about 622 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.2), 20% of the 36KPTS’s 3,080 lb cargo capacity, leaving 2,458 lb (614 lb per rated berth). Across 13 Pinnacle floorplans the water share runs 19% to 26%, and 7 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Pinnacle 37MDQS at 20% and Pinnacle 38FLGS at 20%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.3).