Can a Land Rover Defender 130 tow
a Blue Sky Caravans Ruby II / Back Door?
The Land Rover Defender 130 - P300 (petrol MHEV) (2022) is rated to tow 3,000kg braked.
Its towball limit is 120kg.
Ruby II / Back Door: Close to the limits
See the 171 caravans this Land Rover Defender can tow →Inside the published limits, and close to them
The Blue Sky Caravans Ruby II / Back Door's published ATM of 2,685kg sits 315kg under the Land Rover Defender's 3,000kg braked towing rating.
The Blue Sky Caravans Ruby II / Back Door would sit above the Land Rover Defender's 120kg towball rating at a ball weight of 10% of ATM. That is our estimate, not a published figure. Ask the manufacturer for theirs.
- Braked towing rating
- 3,000kg
- The Defender, manufacturer published
- Towball rating
- 120kg
- The Defender, manufacturer published
- ATM
- 2,685kg
- The Ruby II / Back Door, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
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 a van close to your limits
This pairing is inside the published ratings, with not much room left.
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. Some car makers advise against one, or approve only their own. Check your handbook before you buy one.
Before you tow
Three published figures decide it for the Land Rover Defender and the Blue Sky Caravans Ruby II / Back Door: the caravan's weight fully loaded, the weight it puts on the towball, and the combined limit the car holds for the two together.
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.
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.
Learn to tow on a course
An instructor can teach you to hitch up, reverse and handle a loaded van before your first trip.
- Tow-EdNSW, ACT, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria
A nationally recognised one-day towing course, in your own car and van or a hired trailer.
- RACQMount Cotton, south of Brisbane
A caravan workshop on a closed course, with a weight check of your rig.
- RAASouth Australia, at a place you choose
Safe caravan and trailer use, taught in your own rig.
- RACPerth, WA
Tow Safe sessions on reversing and hitching, with the car and van supplied.
Land Rover Defender
130 - P300 (petrol MHEV) (2022)
Blue Sky Caravans Ruby II / Back Door
Price on application
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These are factory figures for a standard vehicle. A bullbar, a winch, a second battery or a full water tank all come out of what you have left to carry.