Jayco Jay Flight Swift Trailer "factory" trailer weights
As noted in another thread, I got my camper leaktech tested today. So I had time to kill on their lot and boy did they get some inventory, business must be good.
These trailer were loaded pretty good like most standard Jay Flight models with dual door fridge, oven and the such. Most had power awning and tongue jacks.
Here's the factory weights (not brochure weights):
Floorplan 294BHS = 6175 lbs
Floorplan 287BHBE = 6235 lbs
Floorplan 281BHS = 5270 lbs
Floorplan 267BHS = 5670 lbs
Floorplan 264BH = 4740 lbs
I was excited to see the 267BHS as this floorplan is something I thought I'd like. I was wrong. I still like the 281BHS and 264BH floorplans better. The reason is mainly just 2, which slightly different floorplans better.
1st, the foot of the bed is pushed directly on a center wall. The queen bed is 74" long, and a bit shorter than the longer 76" bunks. When sleeping on the double bed (lower bunk), it was right at the limit for me. Losing 2" of foot length would be uncomfortable. Now my trailer, the Jay Flight 26BH is the same floorplan as the Swift 264BH floorplan. Our wall is about 2' away from the foot of the bed allowing my feet to slightly overhang which is alright as it's still more comfortable than the 76" long lower double size bunk bed.
2nd, the sofa is really short. After seeing it in person, I see now that only 2 people can sit on it. We usually have at least 3 needing to sit on the sofa so someone would have to sit on the less comfortable standard dinette. U dinettes are more comfortable when sitting in the corner. We had one in our previous pop up.
So while there's more open space, the queen sleeping and sofa sitting areas are much more cramped. Kind of defeats the extra space and length.
If you are shorter and skinnier people than us this model should work good for you.
Just bringing all of this up for those looking for a new camper. This is information I wish I had previously, even if it confirmed that the right camper for us, is what we had bought.
These trailer were loaded pretty good like most standard Jay Flight models with dual door fridge, oven and the such. Most had power awning and tongue jacks.
Here's the factory weights (not brochure weights):
Floorplan 294BHS = 6175 lbs
Floorplan 287BHBE = 6235 lbs
Floorplan 281BHS = 5270 lbs
Floorplan 267BHS = 5670 lbs
Floorplan 264BH = 4740 lbs
I was excited to see the 267BHS as this floorplan is something I thought I'd like. I was wrong. I still like the 281BHS and 264BH floorplans better. The reason is mainly just 2, which slightly different floorplans better.
1st, the foot of the bed is pushed directly on a center wall. The queen bed is 74" long, and a bit shorter than the longer 76" bunks. When sleeping on the double bed (lower bunk), it was right at the limit for me. Losing 2" of foot length would be uncomfortable. Now my trailer, the Jay Flight 26BH is the same floorplan as the Swift 264BH floorplan. Our wall is about 2' away from the foot of the bed allowing my feet to slightly overhang which is alright as it's still more comfortable than the 76" long lower double size bunk bed.
2nd, the sofa is really short. After seeing it in person, I see now that only 2 people can sit on it. We usually have at least 3 needing to sit on the sofa so someone would have to sit on the less comfortable standard dinette. U dinettes are more comfortable when sitting in the corner. We had one in our previous pop up.
So while there's more open space, the queen sleeping and sofa sitting areas are much more cramped. Kind of defeats the extra space and length.
If you are shorter and skinnier people than us this model should work good for you.
Just bringing all of this up for those looking for a new camper. This is information I wish I had previously, even if it confirmed that the right camper for us, is what we had bought.
