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Can a Ford Ranger Hybrid tow
a Modcon RV Cruiser 18 Island?

Sport 4x4 Double Cab Pick-Up (PHEV) (2025), checked against published figures.

Close to the limits

The Modcon RV Cruiser 18 Island's published ATM of 3,400kg sits 100kg under the Ford Ranger Hybrid's 3,500kg braked towing rating.

Braked towing ratingThe Ford Ranger Hybrid, manufacturer published
3,500kg
Towball ratingThe Ford Ranger Hybrid, our estimate at 10% of the braked towing rating
350kg
ATMThe Modcon RV Cruiser 18 Island, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
3,400kg

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 Modcon RV Cruiser 18 Island is 100kg inside what the Ford Ranger Hybrid is rated to tow.

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Important checks

  • This check used an estimated ball weight for the Modcon RV Cruiser 18 Island - 10% of its ATM rather than a published figure. Check the van's compliance plate before you rely on it.
  • The towball limit we hold for the Ford Ranger Hybrid is our estimate at 10% of the braked towing rating. Check the compliance plate or the owner's manual for the Ford Ranger Hybrid'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 Ford Ranger Hybrid's and the Modcon RV Cruiser 18 Island'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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Ford Ranger Hybrid

Sport 4x4 Double Cab Pick-Up (PHEV) (2025)

Specs apply to 2025+ models
Tow capacity3,500kg
Ball weight limitOur estimate at 10% of tow capacity350kg
GCM (car and van together)6,580kg

Modcon RV Cruiser 18 Island

Starting from $107,880

Modcon RV Cruiser 18 Island
ATM (max weight)3,400kg
Ball weightEstimated at 10% of ATM340kg

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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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.

Published specifications are the starting point. The numbers that decide anything are the ones your own loaded rig puts on the scales.