Can a Land Rover Discovery 2 tow
a RP Caravans Wild Camper?
Td5 / V8 (1999), checked against the manufacturer's published figures.
Yes
The RP Caravans Wild Camper's published ATM of 3,000kg sits 500kg under the Land Rover Discovery 2's 3,500kg braked towing rating.
- Braked towing ratingThe Land Rover Discovery 2, manufacturer published
- 3,500kg
- Towball ratingThe Land Rover Discovery 2, manufacturer published
- 250kg
- ATMThe RP Caravans Wild Camper, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
- 3,000kg
- Ball weightThe RP Caravans Wild Camper, manufacturer published
- 180kg
Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings.
Yes, this pairing is inside the published ratings
The Discovery 2 has a towing capacity of 3,500kg, which comfortably handles the Wild Camper (3,000kg).
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.
A towing rating on its own rarely settles a pairing. What decides it for the Land Rover Discovery 2 and the RP Caravans Wild Camper is the published figures taken together: the weight the caravan carries when it is loaded, the weight it puts on the towball, and the combined limit the car holds for both of them at once.
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Land Rover Discovery 2
Td5 / V8 (1999)
RP Caravans Wild Camper
Price on application
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 works - now get the required safety gear
Since this pairing sits inside the published ratings, ensure you have the required safety gear. Mirrors and a brake controller are mandatory in Australia for this weight.
Towing mirrors
Legally required when the van is wider than your car
See options →Brake controllers
Mandatory for trailers over 750kg GTM
See options →Weight distribution hitch
Keeps the rig level and steering weight on the front axle
See options →Not sure which brake controller suits your car, or whether it already has one built in? Read the brake controller guide
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Other caravans a Land Rover Discovery 2 can tow
Every van here sits inside this car's published ratings, or close to them.
- Willow RV Conifer Series3,000 kg ATMComfortable
- Evernew Caravans RTX Edge3,000 kg ATMComfortable
- Kokoda Caravans XG Range3,000 kg ATMComfortable
- Snowy River Caravans SRH Hybrid Range3,000 kg ATMComfortable
- Crusader Caravans XCountry3,000 kg ATMComfortable
- Windsor RV Australia Rapid2,990 kg ATMComfortable
Other cars that can tow the RP Caravans Wild Camper
Each one is rated for this caravan, or sits close to the limit.
- Land Rover Discovery 3TDV6, tows 3,500 kg brakedComfortable
- Land Rover Discovery 4SDV6 / TDV6, tows 3,500 kg brakedComfortable
- Land Rover Range RoverP38 (4.6L V8 / 2.5L Diesel), tows 3,500 kg brakedComfortable
- Land Rover Range Rover SportL494 (SDV6 / SDV8), tows 3,500 kg brakedComfortable
- LDV D90Diesel Executive, tows 3,100 kg brakedClose
- LDV T60 MaxMax Pro / Luxe, tows 3,000 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.