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Can a Hyundai Santa Fe tow
a Bluewater Campers Tasman?

Diesel AWD (2021), checked against the manufacturer's published figures.

Close to the limits

The Bluewater Campers Tasman's published ATM of 2,400kg sits 100kg under the Hyundai Santa Fe's 2,500kg braked towing rating.

Braked towing ratingThe Hyundai Santa Fe, manufacturer published
2,500kg
Towball ratingThe Hyundai Santa Fe, manufacturer published
200kg
ATMThe Bluewater Campers Tasman, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
2,400kg
Ball weightThe Bluewater Campers Tasman, manufacturer published
125kg

Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings.

Inside the published limits, and close to them

The Hyundai Santa Fe is rated to tow 100kg more than the Bluewater Campers Tasman weighs at its published ATM.

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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. 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 Bluewater Campers Tasman's published weights next to the Hyundai Santa Fe's published ratings, so you know which numbers to look for on those plates.

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Hyundai Santa Fe

Diesel AWD (2021)

Specs apply to 2021-2024 models
Tow capacity2,500kg
Ball weight limit200kg
GCM (car and van together)5,130kg

Bluewater Campers Tasman

Price on application

Bluewater Campers Tasman
ATM (max weight)2,400kg
Ball weight125kg

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 Bluewater Campers Tasman puts about 2,275kg 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.