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Post Info TOPIC: New to caravanning - Ford Everest towing CAravan query


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New to caravanning - Ford Everest towing CAravan query


I have a 2021 Everest Titanium, std with only nudge bar on front and airbags on rear aftermarket. I am looking at a new 2025 Supreme Classic Tourer 20K package. There are only myself and the better half travelling in the tow vehicle.. https://www.supremecaravans.com.au/20kseries-classic-tourer 

The weights for the van are 2584 tare, 3234 ATM, 192 ball weight

We travel pretty light but would really like to know roughly how much weight (stuff) we could potentially put in the tow vehicle and what we could put in the van. I do plan to get it weight checked when fully loaded so we are doing the right thing but i'm just looking for guidance and estimates right now


I've looked through the site and there is lots of information but  not exactly what i'm looking for 

Thanks and Happy Trails



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BurgerBob wrote:

I have a 2021 Everest Titanium, std with only nudge bar on front and airbags on rear aftermarket. I am looking at a new 2025 Supreme Classic Tourer 20K package. There are only myself and the better half travelling in the tow vehicle.. https://www.supremecaravans.com.au/20kseries-classic-tourer 

The weights for the van are 2584 tare, 3234 ATM, 192 ball weight

We travel pretty light but would really like to know roughly how much weight (stuff) we could potentially put in the tow vehicle and what we could put in the van. I do plan to get it weight checked when fully loaded so we are doing the right thing but i'm just looking for guidance and estimates right now


I've looked through the site and there is lots of information but  not exactly what i'm looking for 

Thanks and Happy Trails

 


 BurgerBob

If you are definitely getting this van (or any van you buy), I would pack with everything you would consider taking away (including clothes, food and odds & ends, fill gas bottles, fill water tanks.  Pack car with what you would consider putting in the car, fill fuel tank, and with the wife arrange to get it professionally weighed, and listen to what they tell you about your car and van weights and how you have packed your van. 

This in my opinion will give you a perfect insight about your van & car weights. 

Cheers and Good Luck



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If it's a 2 litre diesel Everest Titanium '21, towing capacity is 3100kg,

If ATM of van is plated at 3234 kg you cannot legally tow it.



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Hi Burger Bob

I doubt if anyone can give you an exact answer to your post, maybe short rough estimate.

Like Everytime we leave home on one of our 6 to 8 weeks trips, do I fill the 3 water tanks, 1 full gas bottle and second 3 kg of gas in the bottle.

We have 600 kgs of payload but never use it. Our tow vehicle, a dual cab with no canopy is also under weight and we do travel light but I did notice my book reading wife has about 12 books under the bed which she has assured me they will disappear at the next camp kitchen.

I have loaded the caravan using a washing basket then weighing everything on the bath scales and writing down the weights. After doing that before trips become very similar each time. Like when we travel overseas, one bag weighs 14 and the other 16 kilograms with very little variance.

Load the caravan up and go an it put over a licence weight bridge.



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The Travelling Dillberries wrote:

If it's a 2 litre diesel Everest Titanium '21, towing capacity is 3100kg,

If ATM of van is plated at 3234 kg you cannot legally tow it.


 Not correct.

The legal towing limit of the vehicle is the actual weight of the van, not the ATM.

Cheers,

Peter



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