Can a Toyota Fortuner tow
a Mars Campers Venus 17HR?
Crusade 2.8L diesel automatic (2021), checked against published figures.
Close to the limits
The Mars Campers Venus 17HR's published ATM of 3,050kg sits 50kg under the Toyota Fortuner's 3,100kg braked towing rating.
- Braked towing ratingThe Toyota Fortuner, manufacturer published
- 3,100kg
- Towball ratingThe Toyota Fortuner, our estimate at 10% of the braked towing rating
- 310kg
- ATMThe Mars Campers Venus 17HR, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
- 3,050kg
- Ball weightThe Mars Campers Venus 17HR, manufacturer published
- 220kg
Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings, apart from the towball rating, which is our estimate.
Inside the published limits, and close to them
At its published ATM the Mars Campers Venus 17HR is 50kg inside what the Toyota Fortuner is rated to tow.
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Important checks
- The towball limit we hold for the Toyota Fortuner is our estimate at 10% of the braked towing rating. Check the compliance plate or the owner's manual for the Toyota Fortuner's own figure before you rely on this check.
- We could not run the GCM check for this pairing - that is the combined weight of the loaded car and caravan together. The Toyota Fortuner'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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Towing weights are enforced against the plates on the two vehicles. The comparison above puts the Mars Campers Venus 17HR's published weights next to the Toyota Fortuner's published ratings, so you know which numbers to look for on those plates.
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Toyota Fortuner
Crusade 2.8L diesel automatic (2021)
Mars Campers Venus 17HR
Starting from $72,000
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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What towing this pair needs
A brake controller in the car. Coupled up, the Mars Campers Venus 17HR puts about 2,830kg on its wheels, and Australian law needs a controller above 2,000kg GTM (Gross Trailer Mass).
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Figures come from the makers' published specs for this exact pairing.
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.