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Can a Land Rover Range Rover Sport tow
a Jayco Australia Adventurer 48V?

L494 (SDV6 / SDV8) (2013), checked against the manufacturer's published figures.

Close to the limits

The Jayco Australia Adventurer 48V's published ATM of 3,221kg sits 279kg under the Land Rover Range Rover Sport's 3,500kg braked towing rating.

Braked towing ratingThe Land Rover Range Rover Sport, manufacturer published
3,500kg
Towball ratingThe Land Rover Range Rover Sport, manufacturer published
350kg
ATMThe Jayco Australia Adventurer 48V, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
3,221kg
Ball weightThe Jayco Australia Adventurer 48V, manufacturer published
228kg

Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings.

Possible, but close to the limits

Loaded to its published ATM, the Jayco Australia Adventurer 48V uses all but 279kg of what the Land Rover Range Rover Sport is rated to tow, so there is little room left for what you pack.

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.

The figures above are the Land Rover Range Rover Sport's and the Jayco Australia Adventurer 48V's as their makers publish them, set against each other the same way an inspector would: loaded weight against braked towing rating, ball weight against towball rating.

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Land Rover Range Rover Sport

L494 (SDV6 / SDV8) (2013)

Specs apply to 2013-2022 models
Tow capacity3,500kg
Ball weight limit350kg
GCM6,600kg

Jayco Australia Adventurer 48V

Starting from $103,285

Adventurer 48V
ATM (max weight)3,221kg
Ball weight228kg
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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.

Where to get it weighed, and what the ticket tells you.

This pairing is inside the published ratings, with not much room left.

Improve your stability

The published weights sit close together here. A weight distribution hitch spreads some of the towball load onto the car's front axle, which is what the ball weight takes off it.

Shop weight distribution hitches

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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.