Can a Mercedes-Benz G-Class tow
a Blue Sky Caravans Ruby II / Back Door?
G300 CDI Professional (2010), checked against the manufacturer's published figures.
Close to the limits
The Blue Sky Caravans Ruby II / Back Door's published ATM of 2,685kg sits 455kg under the Mercedes-Benz G-Class's 3,140kg braked towing rating.
At a ball weight of 10% of ATM, which is an estimate rather than a published figure, the Blue Sky Caravans Ruby II / Back Door would sit above the Mercedes-Benz G-Class's 140kg towball rating. Ask the manufacturer for the published ball weight.
- Braked towing ratingThe Mercedes-Benz G-Class, manufacturer published
- 3,140kg
- Towball ratingThe Mercedes-Benz G-Class, manufacturer published
- 140kg
- ATMThe Blue Sky Caravans Ruby II / Back Door, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
- 2,685kg
Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings.
Possible, but close to the limits
At an estimated ball weight of 269kg, which is 10% of ATM rather than a published figure, the Blue Sky Caravans Ruby II / Back Door would put 129kg more on the towball than the Mercedes-Benz G-Class is rated to carry.
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 Mercedes-Benz G-Class's and the Blue Sky Caravans Ruby II / Back Door'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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Mercedes-Benz G-Class
G300 CDI Professional (2010)
Blue Sky Caravans Ruby II / Back Door
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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.
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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Other caravans a Mercedes-Benz G-Class can tow
Every van here sits inside this car's published ratings, or close to them.
Other cars that can tow the Blue Sky Caravans Ruby II / Back Door
Each one is rated for this caravan, or sits close to the limit.
- Mercedes-Benz G-ClassG63 AMG / G400d, tows 3,500 kg brakedComfortable
- Toyota FortunerCrusade / GXL / GX, tows 3,100 kg brakedComfortable
- Toyota HiLuxRogue / SR5 / SR (2.8L Auto 4x4), tows 3,500 kg brakedComfortable
- Toyota LandCruiser100 Series (4.2L Turbo Diesel), tows 3,500 kg brakedComfortable
- Toyota Prado250 Series (New Gen), tows 3,500 kg brakedComfortable
- Toyota TundraLimited (Official Aus RHD), tows 4,500 kg brakedComfortable
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.