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Can a BYD Shark 6 tow
a Windsor RV Australia Wild?

Premium AWD PHEV (2024), checked against published figures.

Close to the limits

The Windsor RV Australia Wild's published ATM of 2,500kg exactly matches the BYD Shark 6's braked towing rating.

Braked towing ratingThe BYD Shark 6, manufacturer published
2,500kg
Towball ratingThe BYD Shark 6, our estimate at 10% of the braked towing rating
250kg
ATMThe Windsor RV Australia Wild, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
2,500kg
Ball weightThe Windsor RV Australia Wild, manufacturer published
190kg

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

Inside the published limits, and close to them

At its published ATM, the Windsor RV Australia Wild sits exactly on what the BYD Shark 6 is rated to tow, with no margin left.

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Important checks

  • Towing meaningfully reduces an electric vehicle's driving range, so plan the BYD Shark 6's charging stops with that in mind.
  • 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.

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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The figures above are the BYD Shark 6's and the Windsor RV Australia Wild's as their makers publish them. Loaded weight goes against the braked towing rating, and ball weight against the towball rating.

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BYD Shark 6

Premium AWD PHEV (2024)

Specs apply to 2024-2025 models
Tow capacity2,500kg
Ball weight limitOur estimate at 10% of tow capacity250kg
GCM (car and van together)5,500kg

Windsor RV Australia Wild

Price on application

Windsor RV Australia Wild
ATM (max weight)2,500kg
Ball weight190kg

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.

Where the plate is and how to read it

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 Windsor RV Australia Wild puts about 2,310kg on its wheels, and Australian law needs a controller above 2,000kg GTM (Gross Trailer Mass).

    How to choose one

Figures come from the makers' published specs for this exact pairing.

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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.