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Can an Audi Q7 tow
a Freebirds Caravans Beach Wave 20.6?

V12 TDI (2009), checked figure by figure.

Close to the limits

The Freebirds Caravans Beach Wave 20.6's published ATM of 3,200kg sits 300kg under the Audi Q7's 3,500kg braked towing rating.

Braked towing ratingThe Audi Q7, manufacturer published
3,500kg
Towball ratingThe Audi Q7, our estimate at 10% of the braked towing rating
350kg
ATMThe Freebirds Caravans Beach Wave 20.6, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
3,200kg
Ball weightThe Freebirds Caravans Beach Wave 20.6, manufacturer published
170kg

Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings, apart from the towball rating, which is our estimate.

Possible, but close to the limits

Loaded to its published ATM, the Freebirds Caravans Beach Wave 20.6 uses all but 300kg of what the Audi Q7 is rated to tow, so there is little room left for what you pack.

This is a guide off published figures, not a compliance check.The legal numbers are the compliance plates on your car and the van. Weigh the loaded rig at a public weighbridge to know for sure, then read the ticket.

A towing rating on its own rarely settles a pairing. What decides it for the Audi Q7 and the Freebirds Caravans Beach Wave 20.6 is the published figures taken together: the weight the caravan carries when it is loaded, the weight it puts on the towball, and the combined limit the car holds for both of them at once.

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Audi Q7

V12 TDI (2009)

Specs apply to 2009-2012 models
Tow capacity3,500kg
Ball weight limitOur estimate at 10% of tow capacity350kg
GCM6,800kg

Freebirds Caravans Beach Wave 20.6

Price on application

Beach Wave 20.6
ATM (max weight)3,200kg
Ball weight170kg
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Always check your compliance plate

Online databases use factory-standard specs. They don't know about your bullbar (adds weight), suspension upgrades (can change GCM), or how much you're carrying.

How to find it

Open your passenger or driver door. Look for a silver or black metal plate riveted to the pillar. This plate overrides everything you read online.

Why the numbers move once you load up

The figure most often left out of the sum is payload, which is everything you add after the vehicles leave the factory.

  • • Bullbar and winch: both add weight to the front of the car, and it comes out of your payload.
  • • Passengers: everyone in the car comes out of its payload, not just the driver.
  • • Tow ball mass: this comes out of your car's payload, not just your towing limit.

Always weigh your rig fully loaded.

Where to get it weighed, and what the ticket tells you.

This pairing is inside the published ratings, with not much room left.

Improve your stability

The published weights sit close together here. A weight distribution hitch spreads some of the towball load onto the car's front axle, which is what the ball weight takes off it.

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Treat this as a guide off published figures, not a compliance check.The legal numbers are the compliance plates on your car and the van, and where we do not hold a published ball weight we estimate it at 10% of ATM.Weigh the loaded rig at a public weighbridge to know for sure, then read the ticket.

Every figure here describes the two vehicles as they left the factory. Yours has a history since then, and the plates on it are what that history gets measured against.