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Can a Ford Falcon tow
a Goldstream RV 1500 Remote Series?

XR6 Turbo (FG, heavy-duty tow pack, automatic) (2008), checked against published figures.

Close to the limits

The Goldstream RV 1500 Remote Series's published ATM of 2,300kg exactly matches the Ford Falcon's braked towing rating.

Braked towing ratingThe Ford Falcon, manufacturer published
2,300kg
Towball ratingThe Ford Falcon, our estimate at 10% of the braked towing rating
230kg
ATMThe Goldstream RV 1500 Remote Series, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
2,300kg
Ball weightThe Goldstream RV 1500 Remote Series, manufacturer published
185kg

Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings, apart from the towball rating, which is our estimate, checked 24 January 2026.

Inside the published limits, and close to them

Loaded to its published ATM, the Goldstream RV 1500 Remote Series takes up the whole of the Ford Falcon's towing rating, with nothing spare.

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Important checks

  • The towball limit we hold for the Ford Falcon is our estimate at 10% of the braked towing rating. Check the compliance plate or the owner's manual for the Ford Falcon'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 Ford Falcon'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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Towing weights are enforced against the plates on the two vehicles. The comparison above puts the Goldstream RV 1500 Remote Series's published weights next to the Ford Falcon's published ratings, so you know which numbers to look for on those plates.

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Ford Falcon

XR6 Turbo (FG, heavy-duty tow pack, automatic) (2008)

Specs apply to 2008+ models
Tow capacity2,300kg
Ball weight limitOur estimate at 10% of tow capacity230kg

Goldstream RV 1500 Remote Series

Price on application

Goldstream RV 1500 Remote Series
ATM (max weight)2,300kg
Ball weight185kg

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 Goldstream RV 1500 Remote Series puts about 2,115kg 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.