Can a Toyota RAV4 tow
an Avan Campers Caravans & Motorhomes Aspire 400 Series Pop Top?
XA20 5-door 4WD manual (2000), checked against published figures.
Close to the limits
The Avan Campers Caravans & Motorhomes Aspire 400 Series Pop Top's published ATM of 1,500kg exactly matches the Toyota RAV4's braked towing rating.
The Toyota RAV4's 3,190kg GCM leaves 1,690kg with the Avan Campers Caravans & Motorhomes Aspire 400 Series Pop Top loaded to its ATM. That covers the car itself, its passengers and everything in it.
- Braked towing ratingThe Toyota RAV4, manufacturer published
- 1,500kg
- Towball ratingThe Toyota RAV4, our estimate at 10% of the braked towing rating
- 150kg
- ATMThe Avan Campers Caravans & Motorhomes Aspire 400 Series Pop Top, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
- 1,500kg
- Ball weightThe Avan Campers Caravans & Motorhomes Aspire 400 Series Pop Top, manufacturer published
- 140kg
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 Avan Campers Caravans & Motorhomes Aspire 400 Series Pop Top sits exactly on what the Toyota RAV4 is rated to tow, with no margin left.
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Important checks
- The Toyota RAV4's published kerb weight leaves 392kg under the GCM with the Avan Campers Caravans & Motorhomes Aspire 400 Series Pop Top at its ATM. That figure has to cover everyone in the car and everything you pack.
- The towball limit we hold for the Toyota RAV4 is our estimate at 10% of the braked towing rating. Check the compliance plate or the owner's manual for the Toyota RAV4's own figure before you rely on this check.
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 Avan Campers Caravans & Motorhomes Aspire 400 Series Pop Top's published weights next to the Toyota RAV4's published ratings, so you know which numbers to look for on those plates.
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Toyota RAV4
XA20 5-door 4WD manual (2000)
Avan Campers Caravans & Motorhomes Aspire 400 Series Pop Top
Price on application
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.
Published specifications are the starting point. The numbers that decide anything are the ones your own loaded rig puts on the scales.