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Can a Toyota Prado tow
an Olympic Caravans Marathon?

GX Petrol (150 Series, pre-MY18) (2009), checked against published figures.

Close to the limits

The Olympic Caravans Marathon's published ATM of 2,490kg sits 10kg under the Toyota Prado's 2,500kg braked towing rating.

Braked towing ratingThe Toyota Prado, manufacturer published
2,500kg
Towball ratingThe Toyota Prado, our estimate at 10% of the braked towing rating
250kg
ATMThe Olympic Caravans Marathon, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
2,490kg

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

Inside the published limits, and close to them

Loaded to its published ATM, the Olympic Caravans Marathon leaves 10kg of margin under what the Toyota Prado is rated to tow.

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Important checks

  • This check used an estimated ball weight for the Olympic Caravans Marathon - 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 Prado is our estimate at 10% of the braked towing rating. Check the compliance plate or the owner's manual for the Toyota Prado'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 Prado'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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Three published figures decide it for the Toyota Prado and the Olympic Caravans Marathon: the caravan's weight fully loaded, the weight it puts on the towball, and the combined limit the car holds for the two together.

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Toyota Prado

GX Petrol (150 Series, pre-MY18) (2009)

Specs apply to 2009+ models
Tow capacity2,500kg
Ball weight limitOur estimate at 10% of tow capacity250kg

Olympic Caravans Marathon

Starting from $65,990

Olympic Caravans Marathon
ATM (max weight)2,490kg
Ball weightEstimated at 10% of ATM249kg
What ATM and ball weight mean
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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.

Published specifications are the starting point. The numbers that decide anything are the ones your own loaded rig puts on the scales.