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Can a LDV T60 Max tow
a Silver Valley Caravans Buckland?

Max Pro / Luxe (2021), checked against the manufacturer's published figures.

Close to the limits

The Silver Valley Caravans Buckland's published ATM of 2,900kg sits 100kg under the LDV T60 Max's 3,000kg braked towing rating.

Braked towing ratingThe LDV T60 Max, manufacturer published
3,000kg
Towball ratingThe LDV T60 Max, manufacturer published
300kg
ATMThe Silver Valley Caravans Buckland, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
2,900kg
Ball weightThe Silver Valley Caravans Buckland, manufacturer published
160kg

Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings.

Possible, but close to the limits

Loaded to its published ATM, the Silver Valley Caravans Buckland uses all but 100kg of what the LDV T60 Max 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.

Published figures are where a trip in the LDV T60 Max with the Silver Valley Caravans Buckland starts, not where it ends. What you pack, and what is already bolted to the car, moves the real numbers from the day you hitch up.

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LDV T60 Max

Max Pro / Luxe (2021)

Specs apply to 2021-2021 models
Tow capacity3,000kg
Ball weight limit300kg
GCM6,050kg

Silver Valley Caravans Buckland

Price on application

Buckland
ATM (max weight)2,900kg
Ball weight160kg

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.

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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.