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Can a Chevrolet Silverado tow
a Retreat Caravans Macquarie?

1500 (LTZ / ZR2) (2019), checked against the manufacturer's published figures.

Yes

The Retreat Caravans Macquarie's published ATM of 3,500kg sits 1,000kg under the Chevrolet Silverado's 4,500kg braked towing rating.

Braked towing ratingThe Chevrolet Silverado, manufacturer published
4,500kg
Towball ratingThe Chevrolet Silverado, manufacturer published
450kg
ATMThe Retreat Caravans Macquarie, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
3,500kg
Ball weightThe Retreat Caravans Macquarie, manufacturer published
278kg

Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings.

Yes, this pairing is inside the published ratings

The Silverado has a towing capacity of 4,500kg, which comfortably handles the Macquarie (3,500kg).

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.

That comparison uses the Chevrolet Silverado's and the Retreat Caravans Macquarie's own manufacturer figures, with nothing estimated that we could look up instead. Where a figure is an estimate rather than a published number, the page says so beside it.

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Chevrolet Silverado

1500 (LTZ / ZR2) (2019)

Specs apply to 2019+ models
Tow capacity4,500kg
Ball weight limit450kg
GCM7,160kg

Retreat Caravans Macquarie

Starting from $99,950

Macquarie
ATM (max weight)3,500kg
Ball weight278kg
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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 works - now get the required safety gear

Since this pairing sits inside the published ratings, ensure you have the required safety gear. Mirrors and a brake controller are mandatory in Australia for this weight.

Towing mirrors

Legally required when the van is wider than your car

See options →

Brake controllers

Mandatory for trailers over 750kg GTM

See options →

Weight distribution hitch

Keeps the rig level and steering weight on the front axle

See options →

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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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.