Can a Mercedes-Benz X-Class tow
a Willow RV Ironbark Series?
X250d (4-Cyl) (2018), checked against the manufacturer's published figures.
Close to the limits
The Willow RV Ironbark Series's published ATM of 3,450kg sits 50kg under the Mercedes-Benz X-Class's 3,500kg braked towing rating.
- Braked towing ratingThe Mercedes-Benz X-Class, manufacturer published
- 3,500kg
- Towball ratingThe Mercedes-Benz X-Class, manufacturer published
- 350kg
- ATMThe Willow RV Ironbark Series, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
- 3,450kg
- Ball weightThe Willow RV Ironbark Series, manufacturer published
- 213kg
Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings.
Possible, but close to the limits
Loaded to its published ATM, the Willow RV Ironbark Series uses all but 50kg of what the Mercedes-Benz X-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.
That comparison uses the Mercedes-Benz X-Class's and the Willow RV Ironbark Series'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 X-Class
X250d (4-Cyl) (2018)
Willow RV Ironbark Series
Starting from $109,990
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 X-Class can tow
Every van here sits inside this car's published ratings, or close to them.
Other cars that can tow the Willow RV Ironbark Series
Each one is rated for this caravan, or sits close to the limit.
- Mercedes-Benz X-ClassX350d (V6), tows 3,500 kg brakedClose
- Toyota HiLuxRogue / SR5 / SR (2.8L Auto 4x4), tows 3,500 kg brakedClose
- Toyota LandCruiser100 Series (4.2L Turbo Diesel), tows 3,500 kg brakedClose
- Toyota Prado250 Series (New Gen), tows 3,500 kg brakedClose
- Toyota TundraLimited (Official Aus RHD), tows 4,500 kg brakedComfortable
- Ford EverestNext-Gen (V6 Platinum / Sport), tows 3,500 kg brakedClose
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.