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Can a Mazda BT-50 tow
a Highclere Caravans Chateau 20'1?

BOSS Dual Cab Pickup 4x4 3.0L (2020), checked against the manufacturer's published figures.

Close to the limits

The Highclere Caravans Chateau 20'1's published ATM of 3,200kg sits 300kg under the Mazda BT-50's 3,500kg braked towing rating.

Braked towing ratingThe Mazda BT-50, manufacturer published
3,500kg
Towball ratingThe Mazda BT-50, manufacturer published
350kg
ATMThe Highclere Caravans Chateau 20'1, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
3,200kg
Ball weightThe Highclere Caravans Chateau 20'1, manufacturer published
190kg

Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings.

Inside the published limits, and close to them

The Mazda BT-50's braked towing rating is 300kg above what the Highclere Caravans Chateau 20'1 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 Highclere Caravans Chateau 20'1's published weights next to the Mazda BT-50's published ratings, so you know which numbers to look for on those plates.

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Mazda BT-50

BOSS Dual Cab Pickup 4x4 3.0L (2020)

Specs apply to 2020+ models
Tow capacity3,500kg
Ball weight limit350kg
GCM (car and van together)6,000kg

Highclere Caravans Chateau 20'1

Price on application

Highclere Caravans Chateau 20'1
ATM (max weight)3,200kg
Ball weight190kg

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 Highclere Caravans Chateau 20'1 puts about 3,010kg 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.

Published specifications are the starting point. The numbers that decide anything are the ones your own loaded rig puts on the scales.