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Can a Toyota Fortuner tow
a Crusader Caravans Musketeer?

GX 2.8L diesel automatic (2021), checked against published figures.

Close to the limits

The Crusader Caravans Musketeer's published ATM of 2,800kg sits 300kg 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 Crusader Caravans Musketeer, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
2,800kg

Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings, apart from the towball rating, which is our estimate.

Inside the published limits, and close to them

The Toyota Fortuner's braked towing rating is 300kg above what the Crusader Caravans Musketeer weighs at its published ATM.

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Important checks

  • This check used an estimated ball weight for the Crusader Caravans Musketeer - 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 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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Published figures describe the Toyota Fortuner and the Crusader Caravans Musketeer 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.

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Toyota Fortuner

GX 2.8L diesel automatic (2021)

Specs apply to 2021+ models
Tow capacity3,100kg
Ball weight limitOur estimate at 10% of tow capacity310kg

Crusader Caravans Musketeer

Starting from $99,297

Crusader Caravans Musketeer
ATM (max weight)2,800kg
Ball weightEstimated at 10% of ATM280kg

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.

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.

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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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.

These are factory figures for a standard vehicle. A bullbar, a winch, a second battery or a full water tank all come out of what you have left to carry.