2015 Jayco Jay Flight 28BHS Thermal and Elite Package

I am looking at the same trailer . There is not one near me so I am scouring the web for info. The Jayco websight says 5400+ lbs dry . I did find one video with the trailer loaded up with the options and he mentioned 6200 lbs. If you can find a unit to look at check the yellow sticker. My F 150 has the same tow capacity as you TV and when I get loaded up I may be too close for my taste. Of course the video could be wrong. Salesmen do make mistakes:B . Good luck with the hunt.

It will have a yellow sticker on the driver side showing actual weight as it sits on the lot with full LP.
You'll be fine with the Burb IMO though.

PAThwacker wrote:
I think I found the perfect jayco 28bhs. It has the impressive 90 gallon fresh water tank and thermal package. Perfect state park extended season camper. Should I pull the trigger?

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Don't forget that 90 gallons of water will add about 745 pounds of weight to your trailer.

Also Forest River trailers & 5th wheelers have a 2nd year warranty available for $150.
Happy trails,

Normally the water hogs burn through 30 gallons a day. With our 5000lb hybrid refilling fresh and dumping grey is a mid morning Saturday affair. I'd be eliminating the fw refill for sure.


I could dump sink water into black tank and leave the tote home. (Not likely)

The low tow rating on my specific sub is caused by the 3.73 gear ratio. The payload is quite large. Update the gear ratio and my sub could tow 10,000lbs or more

PAThwacker wrote:
The 28bhs is a light weight stick and tin. 5200lb dry. 7500 gvw.

Yeah...you should be OK if you start at 5200 lbs. and add even 1500 lbs. for gear (which may be on the high end), you still only come up to 6,700 lbs. And, I did notice that you have the 2500 Suburban.

Do check to see if the 5200 includes all the options you're getting. I can't see where any options would make a big difference, but worth checking.

PAThwacker wrote:
I think I found the perfect jayco 28bhs. It has the impressive 90 gallon fresh water tank and thermal package. Perfect state park extended season camper. Should I pull the trigger?

What is the Grey water capacity. I find we fill ours quicker than running out of fresh?


Markiemark

The 28bhs is a light weight stick and tin. Estimated@ 5200lb dry. 7200lb gvw.


The web unloaded weight is 4800lbs.

PAThwacker wrote:
My tow vehicle is a k2500 suburban.
2,305 pounds payload; 7,600lbs towing.

Please...don't classify me as one of the weight police!! That being said, you do realize how close you are going to be to maxing out your weight limit and/or payload capacity. When you add the optional gear to the trailer, do you have an actual dry weight of the trailer you are going to buy? If not, you want to see if that can be arranged.

Figure out how much weight that your DW and two daughters add up to, plus any gear that you carry in the tow vehicle and subtract that from your payload capacity. Then, figure your hitch weight (if 7000 lbs loaded, your looking at 700 to 1050 lbs. if figuring 10 to 15% of total weight for hitch weight).

If you are only going on short trips, you may be OK. If it were me (and I tend to be more cautious), I would be looking at something that would weigh less and allow for the gear that a family of 4 can take camping i.e. bikes and all the other stuff.

I know that with my Tundra, it would be easy to exceed the payload capacity before I would max out the 10K that it is rated to tow. Personally, I really wouldn't want to tow more the 7K with my truck with the type of long trips we take and for the fact that I want to keep the truck for quite a few years.

So, let me suggest that you proceed carefully as you don't want to end up with a trailer that is too heavy for your vehicle to handle comfortably and safely. Again...not saying your TV can't tow it...but do your homework first.

My tow vehicle is a k2500 suburban.
2,305 pounds payload; 7,600lbs towing.