Jayco Pinnacle · 2020–202436SSWS

The Pinnacle 36SSWS 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 36SSWS, 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 15' 1" 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 17,650-pound GVWR on a 14,735-pound dry weight, 2,915 pounds of published cargo capacity, a 2,915-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, 10 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 36SSWS 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.

• Length, 40 ft: shortest of eight; next is the 38KPTS (41 ft).
• Cargo capacity, 2,915 lb: fourth-smallest of twelve, between the 39DSDB (2,840 lb) and the 39FLOK (2,930 lb).
• GVWR, 17,650 lb: fifth-lowest of thirteen, between the 36FBTS (17,500 lb) and the 38KPTS (17,700 lb).
• Dry weight, 14,735 lb: sixth-lightest of thirteen, between the 38KPTS (14,535 lb) and the 37MDQS (15,315 lb).
• Dry pin weight, 2,915 lb: sixth-lightest of thirteen, between the 38FLGS (2,900 lb) and the 38FBRK (2,940 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 16.5%: shared with the 38FLGS; of twelve, four smaller and six larger, nearest the 38FLWS (16%) and the 39FBRL (16.7%).
• Dry pin weight as a share of dry weight, 19.8%: shared with the 32RLTS; of thirteen, seven smaller and four larger, nearest the 38KPTS (19.7%) and the 39FBRL (20.1%).
• Black tank, 50 gal: shared with the 32RLTS, 36KPTS 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 38KPTS (2025–2026 page), the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 36SSWS is 200 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 50 lb lower, has 250 lb less cargo capacity, has a dry pin weight 45 lb heavier, is 1 ft shorter and stands 9 in lower; the two publish the same fresh tank, grey tank, black tank and sleeping capacity.

Next to the 37MDQS (2020–2025 page), the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 36SSWS is 580 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 750 lb lower, has 170 lb less cargo capacity, has a dry pin weight 185 lb lighter, is 1 ft 8 in shorter, stands 1 in taller and sleeps four fewer; the two publish the same interior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

This floorplan has a published factory record for 5 model years here, 2020 to 2024. The specification does not hold still: GVWR runs from 16,750 lb (2020) to 17,650 lb (2024); dry weight runs from 13,910 lb (2020) to 14,735 lb (2024); dry pin weight runs from 2,915 lb (2024) to 3,287 lb (2020). The published tire size changes over the run (ST255/85R16'E', then 215/75R17.5'H'). The published sleeping capacity changes across the years: 4 - 5 in 2020, 3-4 in 2021, 3-5 in 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 10 of the published fields between the 2023 and 2024 36SSWS. 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), 21% of the 36SSWS’s 2,915 lb cargo capacity, leaving 2,292 lb (573 lb per rated berth). Across 13 Pinnacle floorplans the water share runs 19% to 26%, and 3 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Pinnacle 39FLOK at 21% and Pinnacle 39DSDB at 22%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.3).