Can an Audi Q8 tow
a Track Trailer Trakmaster Explorer?
50 TDI / 55 TFSI (2018), checked against published figures.
Yes
The Track Trailer Trakmaster Explorer's published ATM of 2,850kg sits 650kg under the Audi Q8's 3,500kg braked towing rating.
- Braked towing ratingThe Audi Q8, manufacturer published
- 3,500kg
- Towball ratingThe Audi Q8, our estimate at 10% of the braked towing rating
- 350kg
- ATMThe Track Trailer Trakmaster Explorer, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
- 2,850kg
- Ball weightThe Track Trailer Trakmaster Explorer, manufacturer published
- 175kg
Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings, apart from the towball rating, which is our estimate.
Yes, this pairing is inside the published ratings
The Q8 is rated to tow 3,500kg. The Trakmaster Explorer weighs 2,850kg at its published ATM, which leaves 650kg under the rating.
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Important checks
- The towball limit we hold for the Audi Q8 is our estimate at 10% of the braked towing rating. Check the compliance plate or the owner's manual for the Audi Q8's own figure before you rely on this check.
This is a guide off the makers' published figures.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.
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Published figures describe the Audi Q8 and the Track Trailer Trakmaster Explorer as they left the factory. What you pack, and what is already bolted to the car, moves the real numbers from the day you hitch up.
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Audi Q8
50 TDI / 55 TFSI (2018)
Track Trailer Trakmaster Explorer
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Always check your compliance plate
Online databases use factory-standard specs. They do not know about the bullbar on your car, a suspension upgrade, or how much you are carrying. Each one changes your real limits.
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, including the driver, comes out of its payload.
- • Ball weight: the weight the van puts on the towball comes out of your car's payload as well as its towing limit.
Work out what this van is allowed to carry, then check the figures before you pack it.
Always weigh your rig fully loaded.
This pairing works - now get the safety gear
At this weight, Australian law requires towing mirrors and a brake controller. Check you have both before the first trip.
Towing mirrors
Legally required when the van is wider than your car
See towing mirrors on Amazon.com.au →Brake controllers
Mandatory for trailers over 750kg GTM (Gross Trailer Mass)
See brake controllers on Amazon.com.au →Weight distribution hitch
Keeps the rig level and steering weight on the front axle
See weight distribution hitches on Amazon.com.au →Not sure which brake controller suits your car, or whether it already has one built in? Read the brake controller guide
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What towing this pair needs
A brake controller in the car. Coupled up, the Track Trailer Trakmaster Explorer puts about 2,675kg on its wheels, and Australian law needs a controller above 2,000kg GTM (Gross Trailer Mass).
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Figures come from the makers' published specs for this exact pairing.
This is a guide off the makers' published figures.The legal numbers are the compliance plates on your car and the van. 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.
Where the published weights sit close together, how you pack changes what the scales say. Heavy items ride best low down and over the caravan's axles, and whatever sits on the towball is carried by the car rather than by the van.