Can a Chevrolet Silverado tow
a Lotus Caravans Off Grid?
1500 (Performax Conversion) (2007), checked against the manufacturer's published figures.
Yes
The Lotus Caravans Off Grid's published ATM of 4,000kg sits 500kg 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 Lotus Caravans Off Grid, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
- 4,000kg
- Ball weightThe Lotus Caravans Off Grid, manufacturer published
- 255kg
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 Off Grid (4,000kg).
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 Chevrolet Silverado and the Lotus Caravans Off Grid 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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Chevrolet Silverado
1500 (Performax Conversion) (2007)
Lotus Caravans Off Grid
Starting from $164,650
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.
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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Other caravans a Chevrolet Silverado can tow
Every van here sits inside this car's published ratings, or close to them.
Other cars that can tow the Lotus Caravans Off Grid
Each one is rated for this caravan, or sits close to the limit.
- Chevrolet Silverado2500 HD (HMS Conversion), tows 5,890 kg brakedComfortable
- Chevrolet Silverado1500 (LTZ / ZR2), tows 4,500 kg brakedComfortable
- Toyota TundraLimited (Official Aus RHD), tows 4,500 kg brakedComfortable
- Ford F-150Lariat / Raptor (Grey Import), tows 4,500 kg brakedComfortable
- Ford F-350RN (7.3L Diesel), tows 4,500 kg brakedComfortable
- Isuzu N-SeriesNPR 45-155 Tradepack, tows 4,500 kg brakedComfortable
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.
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.