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2026 HeartlandProwler 2103MKS

The compact couples Prowler — a 24-foot-7 single-slide mid-kitchen plan for up to four, on the full tandem equipment set at 4,935 pounds dry with a $29,393 Base MSRP.

Tow-Critical Data — as built, MY2026

4,935lb
Dry Weight
6,500lb
GVWR
1,565lb
Payload
24ft
Length
Sleeps up to 4 1-slide · Queen bed Built by · Heartland RV (Jayco) Construction · TrussXL roof · integrated A-frame Base MSRP · $29,393

01 What makes it unique

The 2103MKS is drawn for two people who cook: the galley holds the middle of the trailer and the single slide opens the living space beside it, with the factory rating sleeping for up to four and a 17-foot awning outside. It is the shortest tandem Prowler with a slide — the plan for couples who want the open floor without the length.

Equipment is the full dual-axle set: the 13,500-BTU roof air conditioner (15,000-BTU optional), a 30,000-BTU furnace, two LP bottles, the 52/39/39 tank group, tankless water heater, the 8-cubic-foot 12-volt refrigerator, TrussXL roof under the lifetime-warranty PVC membrane and MORryde steps, on tandem 3,500-pound axles with 14-inch Load Range D rubber. The printed 6,500-pound GVWR equals the 4,935-pound dry weight plus 1,565-pound cargo capacity exactly.

At a 570-pound tongue and under 5,000 pounds dry, the tow math suits well-equipped mid-size trucks. Couples who want the Murphy-bed take on the same size should read the 2201MDS; those trading up for living room should read the 2601RLS — with its weight caveat.

02 Full specifications

Dimensions

Exterior length
24' 7"
Exterior width
8' 0"
Exterior height
10' 5"
Interior height
6' 9"

Weights

Dry / unit base weight
4,935 lbs
GVWR (max loaded)
6,500 lbs
Net cargo / payload (CCC)
1,565 lbs
Dry tongue weight
570 lbs

Capacities

Fresh water
52 gal
Grey water
39 gal
Black water
39 gal
Refrigerator
8 cu ft (12V)

Construction

A-frame
Integrated into the chassis
Roof
TrussXL 4,500-lb truss · PVC membrane (limited lifetime)
Steps
MORryde StepAbove
Solar
PowerUp prep (200W option on tandem plans)

Running gear

Axles (factory)
2 x 3,500
Hitch
Bumper Pull · dry tongue 570 lb
Tires
ST205/75R14'D'
LP
Two 20-lb bottles

Galley & systems

Refrigerator
8 cu ft 12V
A/C
13,500 BTU roof (15K & 2nd A/C options)
Water heater
Tankless
Furnace
30,000 BTU

Sleeping & layout

Sleeps
Up to 4 (factory)
Primary bed
Queen bed
Layout
Mid-kitchen couples plan — galley amidships with the single slide opening the living area, front bedroom, 17-foot awning
Awnings & entries
1 · 17′ · 1 entry (RVUSA)

Verified specs, drawn to scale

Original graphics built from this floorplan’s own verified figures.

Loaded weight budget

Loaded weight budget for the Prowler 2103MKSHorizontal bar. Dry weight 4,935 pounds, then cargo capacity 1,565 pounds, against a GVWR of 6,500 pounds. Dry tongue weight 570 pounds on the same scale.GVWR 6,500 lbsDry 4,935 lbsCargo capacity 1,565 lbsDry tongue weight 570 lbs — same scale
Drawn from this page’s published figures. The bar runs from empty to GVWR: the dark band is dry weight, the light band is everything you are allowed to add — water, propane, batteries and gear all come out of it.

Size, drawn to scale

Scale outline of the Prowler 2103MKSScale outline of the Prowler 2103MKS. Overall length 24' 7", overall height 10' 5", overall width 8' 0". 2 axles as published.end view8' 0"24' 7" overall length10' 5"
Overall length and height are drawn true to scale from the published figures, and the end view uses the same scale. Axle count is as published; axle position, wheel size and the nose profile are schematic. This is a size drawing, not a floorplan, and not a claim about body shape.

Holding tanks

Holding tank capacities for the Prowler 2103MKSHolding tank capacities: fresh 52 gallons, grey 39 gallons, black 39 gallons.Fresh52 galGrey39 galBlack39 gal
Published tank capacities on one scale. A full fresh tank is about 434 lbs of water — roughly 28% of this plan’s 1,565 lb cargo capacity, before you load anything else.

These graphics are generated from the same verified record that builds the table above, and are published under this site’s own licence — nothing here is traced from, or derived from, a manufacturer drawing or photo. Where a figure is not published for this plan, the graphic that would need it is omitted rather than estimated. The full record is in the published dataset.

What it takes to tow this

Built from this floorplan’s verified weights. We publish the trailer side only.

Minimum tow rating your vehicle needs6,500 lb
Published dry tongue weight570 lb
Loaded tongue weight, typical range650–975 lb
Minimum receiver hitch capacity6,500 lb towed / 975 lb tongue
The tongue weight above is dry. It is the figure the manufacturer publishes for an empty trailer. Loaded — with water, propane, batteries and your gear — it runs higher, which is why the range row uses loaded weight. Sizing your truck off the dry number under-budgets your payload.
The arithmetic that actually binds. Open your driver’s door and read the payload figure on the yellow-and-white sticker — that number is specific to your truck as built. Subtract from it: loaded tongue weight (use the range above), every passenger, everything in the bed and cab, and the weight-distributing hitch itself where one is used. What is left is your margin. Payload, not tow rating, is what most half-ton owners run out of first.

We do not publish tow ratings for specific trucks. A single model can vary by thousands of pounds depending on engine, axle ratio, cab, drivetrain and package — the only authoritative figure is the one on your own door jamb. Loaded tongue percentages are industry convention for travel trailers (10–15% of loaded weight), not a measurement of this unit. Hitch classes are not used here as a rating: SAE J684 covers trailers to 10,000 lb GVWR and does not define Class V, and capacity boundaries differ between manufacturers — read the rating stamped on your hitch.

03 Prowler floorplan family

Heartland's Prowler line — the value family of the fall-2025 Heartland relaunch under Jayco: twenty-one 2026 floorplans from a 16-foot micro bunk to a 37-foot-10 triple-slide rear-living flagship, every one on an integrated A-frame chassis with a TrussXL 4,500-pound roof truss under a limited-lifetime PVC membrane, a tankless water heater, an 8-cubic-foot 12-volt refrigerator and MORryde StepAbove steps standard, with the light single-axle plans wearing the Lynx Edition badge. Eight plans are profiled in depth; the full roster including catalogued plans lives on the Prowler hub with verified weights.

FloorplanNominalSleepsNotable
1300BH17 ft3Micro Lynx bunk compact — catalogued on the hub (weight pattern flagged)
1700BH21 ft5Lynx single-axle bunkhouse — the $16,718 price headline
1700DB21 ft5Lynx single-axle double-bed compact — catalogued on the hub
1700RB21 ft3Lynx single-axle rear-bath couples compact — catalogued on the hub
1702DBS23 ft6Lynx single-axle double-bed slide — catalogued on the hub
1800BH22 ft5Single-axle bunkhouse — catalogued on the hub
1800QB22 ft5Single-axle queen-bed plan — catalogued on the hub (CCC misprint flagged)
1802MBS24 ft6Murphy-bed slide compact — the only single-axle slide
2000MB24 ft4Wide-body Murphy compact — catalogued on the hub
2100QB26 ft8No-slide eight-sleeper — tandem value without slide upkeep
2103MKS25 ft4Mid-kitchen slide couples plan — the compact-tandem sweet spot
2201MDS27 ft4Tandem Murphy-bed slide plan — premium compact couples pick
2500BH28 ft8Tandem bunkhouse — catalogued on the hub
2600BH29 ft8Big slide-free bunkhouse — eight berths, no slide upkeep
2601RLS31 ft6Rear-living slide, dual entry — published weights flagged
2602BHS31 ft10Volume bunkhouse with outdoor kitchen — the most-listed Prowler
2702BHS33 ft10Bunkhouse slide with outdoor kitchen — catalogued on the hub
2801RLD33 ft6Rear-living dual-entry — catalogued (weights flagged, no MSRP)
2802BHS33 ft10Bunkhouse slide — catalogued on the hub
3202DSB36 ft10Dual-entry bunkhouse with outdoor kitchen — catalogued on the hub
3301RLT38 ft6Triple-slide rear-living flagship — catalogued on the hub

The Prowler roster splits into two build classes: single-axle compacts (the 1300–1800-series plus the 1802MBS — an 8,000-BTU wall air conditioner, one 20-lb LP bottle) and tandem-axle full-size plans (13,500-BTU roof air, two bottles, with 15,000-BTU and second-A/C-plus-50-amp options). The light plans wear Heartland's Lynx Edition badge — a trim identity, not a separate line. This is a published-GVWR-clean line on the factory pages for every profiled plan except the 2601RLS, whose published set does not sum and is flagged on its page. RVUSA's MSRPs run roughly $375–$525 below the current factory Base MSRP (stale records, logged; the 3301RLT gap is $9,525) and West-edition twins are excluded. Always confirm against the unit's weight sticker before towing.

04 What owners & reviewers report

The shortest tandem slide plan

Open-floor living in the most compact dual-axle footprint the line draws — easier sites, easier storage.

Platinum Package decision

The optional Platinum Package adds fiberglass sidewalls, an electric fireplace and aluminum rims — the appearance-and-comfort upgrade to price against the base metal-sided build.

Four berths by design

A couples plan first; families should read the 2602BHS or the no-slide 2100QB and 2600BH.

SOURCING — ownership notes to be expanded with cited threads from owner communities & forums per the data plan

05 How it compares

↑ Step up
Prowler 2601RLS

The rear-living move — six feet more trailer and a second entry, with a published weight set that does not reconcile (flagged on its page).

↓ Step down
Prowler 1802MBS

The single-axle slide plan — 890 pounds lighter with the Murphy bed and the wall-mount air as the trades.

↔ Cross-shop
Springdale / Coleman mid-20s slide plans

The value single-slide couples field — the 2103MKS counter is the tankless water heater and published factory pricing.

06 Loading it for a trip

This floorplan carries its water comfortably. A full 52-gallon fresh tank is roughly 28% of the 1,565-pound cargo capacity, leaving the Prowler 2103MKS with a usable gear budget even when you tow full.

Weight budgetFigureWhat it means
Cargo capacity as published (CCC)1,565 lbEverything you add: gear, water, propane, batteries, food, people’s belongings.
Fresh tank filled (52 gal × 8.34 lb)−434 lbWater is the heaviest thing most owners add, and it is added first.
Cargo budget left with a full fresh tank1,131 lb28% of this plan’s capacity is spent before a single bag is loaded.
Per sleeping position, water aboard283 lbA rough share of what is left across the 4 berths this plan sleeps.

The published dry tongue weight of 570 pounds is 12% of the 4,935-pound dry weight, which sits inside the 10–15% band usually quoted for stable towing. It is still a dry figure: loading the front pass-through and the fresh tank both push it up.

Nothing above changes the ceiling. Loaded to its 6,500-pound GVWR the Prowler 2103MKS is towing 1,565 pounds more than its 4,935-pound dry figure, and that is the number your vehicle has to be rated for — not the brochure weight.

Tank balance is generous here: 52 gallons of fresh against 39 grey and 39 black, so waste capacity keeps pace with supply and the fresh tank is the constraint that ends a dry stay.

07 Where this floorplan sits

Ranked by GVWR, the Prowler 2103MKS sits 4 of 8 in the Prowler line: 6,500 pounds against a line that runs from 3,950 to 7,900 pounds. That position is the useful thing to know, because the plans immediately either side of it are the real alternatives.

Either side of it in the same line: Prowler 2100QB is 500 pounds lighter at 6,000 lb GVWR; and Prowler 2600BH matches it exactly at 6,500 lb GVWR.

1 other Prowler plan shares this floorplan’s 6,500 lb GVWR, so the ranking above separates plans that tow to the same ceiling. On a shared chassis the figure that actually differs between them is cargo capacity and where the weight sits, not the rating.

Comparable travel trailersGVWR (lb)Dry (lb)SleepsLength
Prowler 2103MKS6,5004,935424 ft 7 in
Bullet 2140BH6,5004,335825 ft 4 in
Hideout 230BH6,5004,776927 ft 6 in
Jay Feather 21MML6,5005,085325 ft 5 in
Jay Flight 200MKS6,5004,965224 ft 7 in
North Trail 210MB6,5005,100425 ft 5 in
Springdale 2300BH6,5004,724927 ft 6 in

Against the Prowler 2103MKS: the Bullet 2140BH sleeps 4 more; the Hideout 230BH is 3 ft longer and sleeps 5 more; the Jay Feather 21MML sleeps 1 fewer. Those are differences in the published numbers only — what they cost, how they are built and how they live are separate questions each of those pages answers on its own terms.

Those are the nearest travel trailers from other lines by weight — one per line, picked by proximity on that figure and nothing else. They are listed so the same tow vehicle can be checked against real alternatives, not because they are equivalent inside; layout, build and price diverge sharply across that group.

For scale, the Prowler floorplans profiled here run 3,010 to 6,715 pounds dry and 21 to 31 feet of exterior length across 8 plans. Where a floorplan falls in that spread usually says more about which vehicle can tow it, and which site it fits, than the layout name does.

Every profiled floorplan in this line, with the full weight table, is on the Prowler line hub.

08 Common questions about the Prowler 2103MKS

How much does the Prowler 2103MKS weigh?

It leaves the factory at 4,935 pounds dry, and its manufacturer-set loaded ceiling (GVWR) is 6,500 pounds. Real towing weight lands between the two and depends entirely on what you load. Use the GVWR when matching a tow vehicle; the dry figure is only useful for comparing floorplans against each other.

How much can the Prowler 2103MKS carry?

Cargo carrying capacity is 1,565 pounds. That is the whole budget: water, propane, batteries, gear and everything you bring. Filling the 52-gallon fresh tank uses about 434 pounds of that.

What is the tongue weight of the Prowler 2103MKS?

The published dry tongue weight is 570 pounds. It is measured empty; loaded, it runs higher, and it comes out of your tow vehicle’s payload rather than its tow rating.

What size tow vehicle does the Prowler 2103MKS need?

Your vehicle needs a tow rating of at least 6,500 pounds — this floorplan’s GVWR — and enough payload left over for the hitch load, passengers and anything in the bed. This site does not publish tow ratings for specific vehicles, because one truck model varies by thousands of pounds across engine, axle ratio, cab and package. The figure that governs is the payload sticker on your own door jamb.

How many people does the Prowler 2103MKS sleep?

It is rated to sleep 4. Rated sleeping positions include convertible furniture, so count the beds against how you actually travel rather than against the number.

What are the tank capacities on the Prowler 2103MKS?

Fresh 52 gallons, grey 39 gallons, black 39 gallons. Tank sizes set how long the floorplan can sit away from hookups, and the smallest of the three is what ends the stay.

How long is the Prowler 2103MKS?

Exterior length is 24' 7". Measure against your site length and your storage before committing — the exterior figure is the one that has to fit, and it includes the tongue or pin box.

Every figure in these answers is read from this page’s verified specification table. Where the manufacturer publishes nothing, the question is not answered rather than estimated.

09 What this page publishes, and what it does not

This catalog tracks 18 specification fields per floorplan. Named sources publish 16 of them for the Prowler 2103MKS. The rest are not shown, because the alternative is reading a figure across from a sibling floorplan or from what the segment usually does — and a number nobody published is worth less than an admitted gap.

Not published for this floorplan: slide count, awning. If you find one of these in a manufacturer document for this plan, it belongs on this page.

The completeness figure at the foot of this page (95%) measures the same thing on the full field set: it is a measurement of how much this floorplan’s manufacturer publishes, not of how much research went into the page.

How every figure here was sourced and checked is set out on the methodology page.

11 NHTSA safety record

This floorplan belongs to the Prowler line, and NHTSA holds 15 recall campaigns and 2 owner complaints against that line. They are separate records and are not added together — a recall is a manufacturer-confirmed defect with a remedy; a complaint is one owner’s account, which NHTSA does not verify.

Too few reports to show a pattern. 2 complaints have been filed on this line — not enough to say what fails most often. They cover equipment and structure.

Recall coverage is not complete — our harvest of NHTSA’s recall API ran 1,556 queries, of which 0 failed and 242 returned an explicit zero. A line can still be under-reported where NHTSA files a roster under a parent name, or where a match rests on the wording of the recall rather than its model field. Complaints come from the complete bulk file but are unverified and self-selected: a high count tracks how many units a line sold at least as much as how well it was built. Check a specific VIN at NHTSA before you buy. Full tables are on the Prowler line page.