Can a Toyota Prado tow
an Olympic Caravans Marathon?
VX Petrol (120 Series) (2008), 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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The figures above are the Toyota Prado's and the Olympic Caravans Marathon's as their makers publish them. Loaded weight goes against the braked towing rating, and ball weight against the towball rating.
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Toyota Prado
VX Petrol (120 Series) (2008)
Olympic Caravans Marathon
Starting from $65,990
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.
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.
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.