Can a Toyota Prado tow
a Mars Campers 22 Premium?
GXL (5-seat) (250 Series) (2024), checked against published figures.
No
The Mars Campers 22 Premium's published ATM of 4,000kg is 500kg above the Toyota Prado's 3,500kg braked towing rating.
- Braked towing ratingThe Toyota Prado, manufacturer published
- 3,500kg
- Towball ratingThe Toyota Prado, our estimate at 10% of the braked towing rating
- 350kg
- ATMThe Mars Campers 22 Premium, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
- 4,000kg
- Ball weightThe Mars Campers 22 Premium, manufacturer published
- 280kg
Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings, apart from the towball rating, which is our estimate.
No - this pairing is outside the published ratings
The Mars Campers 22 Premium at its published ATM is 500kg heavier than the Toyota Prado is rated to tow.
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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. Weigh the loaded rig at a public weighbridge to know for sure, then read the ticket.
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Three published figures decide it for the Toyota Prado and the Mars Campers 22 Premium: the caravan's weight fully loaded, the weight it puts on the towball, and the combined limit the car holds for the two together.
Toyota Prado
GXL (5-seat) (250 Series) (2024)
Mars Campers 22 Premium
Starting from $88,990
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.
The answer above is a No on the published figures.
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What towing this pair needs
A brake controller in the car. Coupled up, the Mars Campers 22 Premium puts about 3,720kg on its wheels, and Australian law needs a controller above 2,000kg GTM (Gross Trailer Mass).
How to choose one →A weight distribution hitch is worth pricing. The Mars Campers 22 Premium's ball weight is 280kg.
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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.
Published specifications are the starting point. The numbers that decide anything are the ones your own loaded rig puts on the scales.