Can a Toyota 4Runner N130 tow
a Hip Campers Companion?
The Toyota 4Runner N130 (V6 / Diesel) (1990) is rated to tow 1,500kg braked.
Companion: Close to the limits
See the 47 caravans this Toyota 4Runner can tow →Inside the published limits, and close to them
The Hip Campers Companion's published ATM of 1,500kg exactly matches the Toyota 4Runner's braked towing rating.
- Braked towing rating
- 1,500kg
- The 4Runner, manufacturer published
- Towball rating
- 150kg
- The 4Runner, our estimate at 10% of the braked towing rating
- ATM
- 1,500kg
- The Companion, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
Important checks
- This check used an estimated ball weight for the Hip Campers Companion - 10% of its ATM rather than a published figure. Check the van's compliance plate before you rely on it.
- The towball limit we hold for the Toyota 4Runner is our estimate at 10% of the braked towing rating. Check the compliance plate or the owner's manual for the Toyota 4Runner's own figure before you rely on this check.
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.
Before you tow
Published figures describe the Toyota 4Runner and the Hip Campers Companion as they left the factory. What you pack, and what is already bolted to the car, moves the real numbers from the day you hitch up.
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.
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.
Toyota 4Runner
N130 (V6 / Diesel) (1990)
Hip Campers Companion
Starting from $21,500
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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.