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Can a Mercedes-Benz G-Class tow
a Crusader Caravans CRV?

G300 CDI Professional (2010), checked against the manufacturer's published figures.

Close to the limits

The Crusader Caravans CRV's published ATM of 2,200kg sits 940kg 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 Crusader Caravans CRV 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 Crusader Caravans CRV, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
2,200kg

Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings.

Possible, but close to the limits

At an estimated ball weight of 220kg, which is 10% of ATM rather than a published figure, the Crusader Caravans CRV would put 80kg 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.

That comparison uses the Mercedes-Benz G-Class's and the Crusader Caravans CRV's own manufacturer figures, with nothing estimated that we could look up instead. Where a figure is an estimate rather than a published number, the page says so beside it.

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Mercedes-Benz G-Class

G300 CDI Professional (2010)

Specs apply to 2010-2019 models
Tow capacity3,140kg
Ball weight limit140kg
GCM6,700kg

Crusader Caravans CRV

Starting from $59,372

CRV
ATM (max weight)2,200kg
Ball weightEstimated at 10% of ATM220kg
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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.

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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.