01 What makes it unique
The Transcend Xplor 21RLX is on Grand Design’s 2027 Transcend Xplor roster. Grand Design’s own floorplan page lists it at 25 ft 10 in long, 11 ft tall and 8 ft wide, on two axles with no slide-out listed, sleeping 3.
The weights are Grand Design’s: an unloaded vehicle weight of 4,978 lb, a GVWR of 6,995 lb and a tongue weight of 700 lb. Grand Design publishes no cargo carrying capacity for it, so this page does not print one and does not compute one. Tanks are 56 gal fresh, 78 gal grey and 39 gal black.
Grand Design’s page names the 20MKX and 25RLE as comparison floorplans. The published tongue weight is the figure to check first against a tow vehicle; the loaded figure will be higher.
How the 21RLX differs from the other nine Transcend Xplor floorplans. Most distinctive first. Each rank counts only the siblings that publish that field, and a figure most of them share is left out. Not every one of these pages covers the same model years as this one (2027); each figure is the one its own page prints, so a rank compares pages, not one model year.
- Sleeping capacity, 3: smallest of ten; next are the 20MKX and 22RBX (4).
- Dry weight, 4,978 lb: second-lightest of ten, between the 19BHX (4,961 lb) and the 20MKX (5,250 lb).
- Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 14.1%: second-largest of ten, between the 27DBX (10.5%) and the 19BHX (15.8%).
- Length, 25 ft 10 in: second-shortest of ten, between the 20MKX (24 ft 11 in) and the 19BHX (26 ft 3 in).
- Tongue weight, 700 lb: third-heaviest of ten, between the 26BHX (635 lb) and the 27DBX (714 lb).
Next to the 19BHX, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 21RLX is 17 lb heavier by dry weight, has a tongue weight 82 lb lighter, is 5 in shorter and sleeps four fewer; the two publish the same GVWR, exterior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.
Next to the 20MKX, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 21RLX is 272 lb lighter by dry weight, has a tongue weight 210 lb heavier, is 11 in longer, has a grey tank 39 gal larger and sleeps one fewer; the two publish the same GVWR, exterior height, fresh tank and black tank.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 25' 10"
- Exterior height
- 11'
- Exterior width
- 8' 0"
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
- 4,978 lbs
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 6,995 lbs
- Net cargo / payload
- Not published by Grand Design
- Hitch / tongue weight
- 700 lbs
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 56 gal
- Grey water
- 78 gal
- Black water
- 39 gal
- Refrigerator
- 10 cu ft
Construction
- Construction
- Traditional (Grand Design’s term)
- Insulation (R-value)
- Walls R-9 · Floor R-11 · Roof R-40 · Slide-outs R-9
Running gear
- Axles
- 2
- Hitch
- Bumper pull
- Tire size
- ST205/75R15LRD
- GAWR, as Grand Design lists it
- 7,000 lbs
- Solar
- 600W Universal Solar Prep (standard feature, as Grand Design lists it)
Galley & systems
- Refrigerator
- 10 cu ft
- A/C
- 15,000 BTU
- Furnace
- 20,000 BTU
- Water heater
- Tankless
- Shower
- 27 x 36 in
Sleeping & layout
- Sleeps
- 3
- Slides
- Not published by Grand Design
- Awnings
- 1
- Standard bed
- 60 x 80 in
How these published figures sit against the rest of the catalogue: travel trailer tongue weight by size; fresh, grey and black tank sizes; camper trailer size chart.
Drawn to scale
Size, with end view
Holding tanks
Axles, wheels and nose shape are schematic; not a floorplan. Data: dataset.
Towing it
Check your vehicle. Enter the ratings from your owner’s manual and the door-pillar placard.
Compares your figures with this page’s published GVWR (6,995 lb) and the upper loaded tongue estimate (1,049 lb, a rule of thumb). Your vehicle’s placard and the trailer’s own weight label govern.
Loaded range: 10–15% of GVWR on the tongue, a rule of thumb, not a measurement of this unit. No truck ratings or hitch classes (why; NHTSA, DOT HS 809 433). The range starts at the published figure, because loaded is never lighter than that.
03 The Transcend Xplor floorplan family
Transcend Xplor is Grand Design's value / entry travel trailer — bumper-pull towables and a cross-shop against Jayco's Jay Flight SLX, Forest River's Salem / Wildwood and Aurora, Keystone's Passport and the Winnebago Micro Minnie. Every current floorplan on Grand Design’s roster has its own page here. The 21RLX on this page is highlighted.
| Floorplan | Nominal | Sleeps | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20MKX | 24 ft | 4 | Murphy bed, mid kitchen (plan-code suffix); 2027 page, 1 slide, sleeps 4 |
| 21RLX | 25 ft | 3 | Rear living (plan-code suffix); 2027 page, sleeps 3 |
| 19BHX | 26 ft | 7 | Bunkhouse (plan-code suffix); 2027 page, sleeps 7 |
| 22RBX | 26 ft | 4 | Full rear bath, front bedroom — couples |
| 23BHX | 26 ft | 7 | Double bunks, dual entry — lightest bunkhouse |
| 25MLX | 29 ft | 6 | Front queen, rear living — couples / small family |
| 24BHX | 29 ft | 8 | Bunkhouse (plan-code suffix); 2027 page, sleeps 8 |
| 26BHX | 30 ft | 8 | Front bedroom, double bunks — family bunkhouse |
| 26RBX | 31 ft | 6 | Full rear bath, theater seating — couples |
| 27DBX | 31 ft | 6 | Double-over-double bunks, U-dinette — flagship family |
The 21RLX on this page carries Grand Design’s own 2027 figures; the other rows link to each floorplan’s page, where its own record and source are given.
04 Notes on this floorplan
Grand Design’s 2027 figures
UVW 4,978 lb, GVWR 6,995 lb and tongue 700 lb, as Grand Design lists them.
No cargo figure published
Grand Design prints no cargo carrying capacity for the 21RLX; read the cargo label on the unit itself.
Check the loaded tongue
The published tongue weight grows with cargo — weigh loaded and check your tow vehicle’s ratings.
05 How it compares
Named on Grand Design’s 21RLX page as a comparison floorplan: UVW 5,250 lb, GVWR 6,995 lb (Grand Design, 2027).
Every current Transcend Xplor floorplan side by side.
07 Where this floorplan sits
Closest sibling: the Transcend Xplor 19BHX, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 4 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): length 25 ft 10 in vs 26 ft 3 in; sleeps 3 vs 7; dry weight 4,978 lb vs 4,961 lb; hitch weight 700 lb vs 782 lb. They match on GVWR, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.
| Transcend Xplor plans | This plan | Position, low to high | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| GVWR (lb) | 6,995 | 1–6 of 10 | 6,995–9,724 |
| Dry weight (lb) | 4,978 | 2 of 10 | 4,961–6,820 |
| Hitch weight (lb) | 700 | 8 of 10 | 490–782 |
| Length | 25 ft 10 in | 2 of 10 | 24 ft 11 in–31 ft 9 in |
| Grey tank (gal) | 78 | 4–10 of 10 | 39–78 |
| Black tank (gal) | 39 | 1–9 of 10 | 39–57 |
| Sleeps | 3 | 1 of 10 | 3–8 |
Either side of it by GVWR: Transcend Xplor 20MKX matches it at 6,995 lb GVWR; Transcend Xplor 22RBX matches it at 6,995 lb GVWR.
| Nearest Transcend Xplor siblings | Length | Sleeps | Dry (lb) | GVWR (lb) | CCC (lb) | Hitch (lb) | Fresh (gal) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transcend Xplor 21RLX | 25 ft 10 in | 3 | 4,978 | 6,995 | — | 700 | 56 |
| Transcend Xplor 19BHX | 26 ft 3 in | 7 | 4,961 | 6,995 | — | 782 | 56 |
| Transcend Xplor 22RBX | 26 ft 10 in | 4 | 5,749 | 6,995 | 1,246 | 573 | 56 |
| Transcend Xplor 24BHX | 29 ft 11 in | 8 | 5,756 | 6,995 | — | 583 | 56 |
| Transcend Xplor 26RBX | 31 ft 6 in | 6 | 6,147 | 7,695 | 1,548 | 627 | 56 |
| Transcend Xplor 20MKX | 24 ft 11 in | 4 | 5,250 | 6,995 | — | 490 | 56 |
All 10 Transcend Xplor floorplans: Transcend Xplor line hub.
| Other lines, nearest by GVWR | GVWR (lb) | Dry (lb) | Sleeps | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21RLX | 6,995 | 4,978 | 3 | 25 ft 10 in |
| Imagine XLS 22BHE | 6,995 | 5,698 | 5 | 25 ft 4 in |
| Jay Feather 21MBH | 6,995 | 5,450 | 6 | 26 ft 8 in |
| Jay Flight 225MLSW | 6,995 | 5,220 | 6 | 27 ft 1 in |
| Range Lite 220DBM | 6,995 | 5,550 | — | 26 ft 8 in |
| Coachmen Apex Ultra-Lite X-Series 24RBX | 7,000 | 5,507 | — | 29 ft 1 in |
| Jay Flight SLX 235RKS | 7,000 | 5,505 | 2 | 27 ft 11 in |
Against the 21RLX: the Imagine XLS 22BHE sleeps 2 more; the Jay Feather 21MBH sleeps 3 more; the Jay Flight 225MLSW is 1 ft longer and sleeps 3 more.
08 Common questions about the 21RLX
How much does the 21RLX weigh?
4,978 lb dry; 6,995 lb GVWR, the most it may weigh loaded.
What is the tongue weight of the 21RLX?
700 lb as published, 14% of the dry weight (median across 1,227 travel trailers here: 12%).
What size tow vehicle does the 21RLX need?
A tow rating of at least 6,995 lb, plus payload for the loaded tongue weight, passengers and cargo.
How many people does the 21RLX sleep?
It is rated to sleep 3. 9 of the 10 Transcend Xplor floorplans that publish a count sleep more.
What are the tank capacities on the 21RLX?
Fresh 56, grey 78, black 39 gallons. Off hookups, fresh water runs out first.
How long is the 21RLX?
25' 10" overall, tongue or pin box included.
From the figures above.
09 What this page publishes, and what it does not
15 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 21RLX. Not published: cargo capacity (CCC), interior height, slide count.
Sourcing rules: methodology.
10 Manuals & documents
Sources: granddesignrv.com (linked below); the full source note is at the foot of the page.
11 NHTSA safety record
NHTSA holds 9 recall campaigns and 10 owner complaints (model years 2005 on) against the Transcend Xplor line. They are counted separately: a recall is a confirmed defect with a remedy, a complaint one owner’s unverified account.
What to look at on a used one. Across the 10 complaints filed on this line the most-reported components are structure (30%), unknown or other (20%) and electrical system (10%).
Recall coverage here is not complete, and complaints are owners’ unverified reports (how this record is built). Check a specific VIN at NHTSA before you buy. Full tables are on the Transcend Xplor line page.