Can a Chevrolet Silverado tow
a Retreat Caravans ERV?
1500 (Performax Conversion) (2007), checked against the manufacturer's published figures.
Close to the limits
The Retreat Caravans ERV's published ATM of 4,400kg sits 100kg 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 ERV, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
- 4,400kg
- Ball weightThe Retreat Caravans ERV, manufacturer published
- 334kg
Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings.
Possible, but close to the limits
Loaded to its published ATM, the Retreat Caravans ERV uses all but 100kg of what the Chevrolet Silverado is rated to tow, so there is little room left for what you pack.
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.
Published figures are where a trip in the Chevrolet Silverado with the Retreat Caravans ERV starts, not where it ends. 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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Chevrolet Silverado
1500 (Performax Conversion) (2007)
Retreat Caravans ERV
Starting from $199,990
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 is inside the published ratings, with not much room left.
Improve your stability
The published weights sit close together here. A weight distribution hitch spreads some of the towball load onto the car's front axle, which is what the ball weight takes off it.
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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 Retreat Caravans ERV
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 brakedClose
- Toyota TundraLimited (Official Aus RHD), tows 4,500 kg brakedClose
- Ford F-150Lariat / Raptor (Grey Import), tows 4,500 kg brakedClose
- Ford F-350RN (7.3L Diesel), tows 4,500 kg brakedClose
- Isuzu N-SeriesNPR 45-155 Tradepack, tows 4,500 kg brakedClose
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.