Can a Mercedes-Benz GLS tow
a JAWA Off Road Campers Eclipse?
X167 GLS 63 AMG (2020), checked against the manufacturer's published figures.
Close to the limits
The JAWA Off Road Campers Eclipse's published ATM of 3,500kg exactly matches the Mercedes-Benz GLS's braked towing rating.
The JAWA Off Road Campers Eclipse would sit above the Mercedes-Benz GLS's 280kg towball rating at a ball weight of 10% of ATM. That is our estimate, not a published figure. Ask the manufacturer for theirs.
- Braked towing ratingThe Mercedes-Benz GLS, manufacturer published
- 3,500kg
- Towball ratingThe Mercedes-Benz GLS, manufacturer published
- 280kg
- ATMThe JAWA Off Road Campers Eclipse, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
- 3,500kg
Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings.
Inside the published limits, and close to them
At its published ATM, the JAWA Off Road Campers Eclipse sits exactly on what the Mercedes-Benz GLS is rated to tow, with no margin left.
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Important checks
- The JAWA Off Road Campers Eclipse would put 70kg more on the towball than the Mercedes-Benz GLS is rated to carry. That uses an estimated ball weight of 350kg, which is 10% of ATM rather than a published figure.
- We could not run the GCM check for this pairing - that is the combined weight of the loaded car and caravan together. The Mercedes-Benz GLS's compliance plate or owner's manual carries its GCM figure.
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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That comparison uses the Mercedes-Benz GLS's and the JAWA Off Road Campers Eclipse's own manufacturer figures. Where a figure is our estimate rather than a published number, the page says so beside it.
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Mercedes-Benz GLS
X167 GLS 63 AMG (2020)
JAWA Off Road Campers Eclipse
Starting from $99,500
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.
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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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.
Every figure here describes the two vehicles as they left the factory. Anything fitted since then changes the numbers, and the plates on your own car and van are the ones that count.