Can a Mercedes-Benz G-Class tow
an Olympic Caravans Marathon?
G300 CDI Professional (2010), checked against the manufacturer's published figures.
Close to the limits
The Olympic Caravans Marathon's published ATM of 2,490kg sits 650kg 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 Olympic Caravans Marathon 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 Olympic Caravans Marathon, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
- 2,490kg
Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings.
Possible, but close to the limits
At an estimated ball weight of 249kg, which is 10% of ATM rather than a published figure, the Olympic Caravans Marathon would put 109kg 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.
Published figures are where a trip in the Mercedes-Benz G-Class with the Olympic Caravans Marathon 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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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.
- Crusader Caravans CRV2,200 kg ATMClose
- Coromal Caravans Soul Seeker2,420 kg ATMComfortable
- Coromal Caravans Thrill Seeker2,390 kg ATMComfortable
- Australian Off Road Odyssey2,300 kg ATMComfortable
- Olympic Caravans Sprinter2,140 kg ATMComfortable
- Australian Off Road Odyssey Signature2,000 kg ATMComfortable
Other cars that can tow the Olympic Caravans Marathon
Each one is rated for this caravan, or sits close to the limit.
- Mercedes-Benz G-ClassG63 AMG / G400d, tows 3,500 kg brakedComfortable
- Mercedes-Benz GL-ClassX164 (GL320 / GL450), tows 3,500 kg brakedComfortable
- Mercedes-Benz GLEW166 (250d / 350d), tows 3,500 kg brakedComfortable
- Mercedes-Benz M-ClassW164 (ML320 / ML350 CDI), tows 3,500 kg brakedComfortable
- Mercedes-Benz V-ClassV250d, tows 2,500 kg brakedClose
- Mercedes-Benz X-ClassX250d (4-Cyl), tows 3,500 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.
Where the published weights sit close together, how you pack changes what the scales say. Heavy items ride best low down and over the caravan's axles, and whatever sits on the towball is carried by the car rather than by the van.