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Can a Renault Master RWD / FWD tow
a Snowy River Caravans SRP Pop Top Range?

The Renault Master RWD / FWD (2011) is rated to tow 2,500kg braked.
Its towball limit is 200kg.

SRP Pop Top Range: Close to the limits

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Inside the published limits, and close to them

The Snowy River Caravans SRP Pop Top Range's published ATM of 2,500kg exactly matches the Renault Master's braked towing rating.

Braked towing rating
2,500kg
The Master, manufacturer published
Towball rating
200kg
The Master, manufacturer published
ATM
2,500kg
The SRP Pop Top Range, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
Ball weight
164kg
The SRP Pop Top Range, manufacturer published

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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Towing a van close to your limits

This pairing is inside the published ratings, with not much room left.

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. Some car makers advise against one, or approve only their own. Check your handbook before you buy one.

What towing this pair needs

  • A brake controller in the car. Coupled up, the Snowy River Caravans SRP Pop Top Range puts about 2,336kg on its wheels, and Australian law needs a controller above 2,000kg GTM (Gross Trailer Mass).

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  • A weight distribution hitch is worth pricing. The Snowy River Caravans SRP Pop Top Range's 164kg ball weight uses 82% of the Renault Master's 200kg towball limit.

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Figures come from the makers' published specs for this exact pairing.

Before you tow

Towing weights are enforced against the plates on the two vehicles. The comparison above puts the Snowy River Caravans SRP Pop Top Range's published weights next to the Renault Master's published ratings, so you know which numbers to look for on those plates.

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.

Where the plate is and how to read it

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.

Learn to tow on a course

An instructor can teach you to hitch up, reverse and handle a loaded van before your first trip.

  • Tow-EdNSW, ACT, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria

    A nationally recognised one-day towing course, in your own car and van or a hired trailer.

  • RACQMount Cotton, south of Brisbane

    A caravan workshop on a closed course, with a weight check of your rig.

  • RAASouth Australia, at a place you choose

    Safe caravan and trailer use, taught in your own rig.

  • RACPerth, WA

    Tow Safe sessions on reversing and hitching, with the car and van supplied.

Renault Master

RWD / FWD (2011)

Specs apply to 2011-2024 models
Tow capacity2,500kg
Ball weight limit200kg
GCM (car and van together)5,500kg

Snowy River Caravans SRP Pop Top Range

Starting from $54,990

Snowy River Caravans SRP Pop Top Range
ATM (max weight)2,500kg
Ball weight164kg

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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.