Can a BYD Shark 6 tow
a Dreamhaven Caravans 21 Series Family Tourline?
Performance (2026), checked against published figures.
Close to the limits
The Dreamhaven Caravans 21 Series Family Tourline's published ATM of 3,200kg sits 300kg under the BYD Shark 6's 3,500kg braked towing rating.
- Braked towing ratingThe BYD Shark 6, manufacturer published
- 3,500kg
- Towball ratingThe BYD Shark 6, our estimate at 10% of the braked towing rating
- 350kg
- ATMThe Dreamhaven Caravans 21 Series Family Tourline, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
- 3,200kg
- Ball weightThe Dreamhaven Caravans 21 Series Family Tourline, manufacturer published
- 191kg
Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings, apart from the towball rating, which is our estimate.
Inside the published limits, and close to them
The Dreamhaven Caravans 21 Series Family Tourline at its published ATM comes within 300kg of the BYD Shark 6's braked towing rating.
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Important checks
- The towball limit we hold for the BYD Shark 6 is our estimate at 10% of the braked towing rating. Check the compliance plate or the owner's manual for the BYD Shark 6's own figure before you rely on this check.
- We could not run the GCM check for this pairing - that is the combined weight of the loaded car and caravan together. The BYD Shark 6's compliance plate or owner's manual carries its GCM figure.
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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Three published figures decide it for the BYD Shark 6 and the Dreamhaven Caravans 21 Series Family Tourline: the caravan's weight fully loaded, the weight it puts on the towball, and the combined limit the car holds for the two together.
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BYD Shark 6
Performance (2026)
Dreamhaven Caravans 21 Series Family Tourline
Starting from $77,290
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 is inside the published ratings, with not much room left.
Gear for a van close to your limits
The published weights sit close together here. A weight distribution hitch moves some of the towball load onto the car's front axle, which is where the ball weight takes it from.
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What towing this pair needs
A brake controller in the car. Coupled up, the Dreamhaven Caravans 21 Series Family Tourline puts about 3,009kg 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.