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Can a Mercedes-Benz M-Class tow
a Roadstar Caravans Safari Tamer?

W164 (ML320 / ML350 CDI) (2005), checked against the manufacturer's published figures.

Close to the limits

The Roadstar Caravans Safari Tamer's published ATM of 3,500kg exactly matches the Mercedes-Benz M-Class's braked towing rating.

Braked towing ratingThe Mercedes-Benz M-Class, manufacturer published
3,500kg
Towball ratingThe Mercedes-Benz M-Class, manufacturer published
350kg
ATMThe Roadstar Caravans Safari Tamer, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
3,500kg
Ball weightThe Roadstar Caravans Safari Tamer, manufacturer published
220kg

Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings.

Possible, but close to the limits

Loaded to its published ATM, the Roadstar Caravans Safari Tamer uses all but 0kg of what the Mercedes-Benz M-Class is rated to tow, so there is little room left for what you pack.

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.

A towing rating on its own rarely settles a pairing. What decides it for the Mercedes-Benz M-Class and the Roadstar Caravans Safari Tamer is the published figures taken together: the weight the caravan carries when it is loaded, the weight it puts on the towball, and the combined limit the car holds for both of them at once.

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Mercedes-Benz M-Class

W164 (ML320 / ML350 CDI) (2005)

Specs apply to 2005-2011 models
Tow capacity3,500kg
Ball weight limit350kg
GCM6,450kg

Roadstar Caravans Safari Tamer

Price on application

Safari Tamer
ATM (max weight)3,500kg
Ball weight220kg
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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.

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.