Can a Volkswagen Crafter tow
a Concept Caravans Ascot?
SY (RWD / 4MOTION) (2018), checked against the manufacturer's published figures.
Close to the limits
The Concept Caravans Ascot's published ATM of 2,910kg sits 90kg under the Volkswagen Crafter's 3,000kg braked towing rating.
- Braked towing ratingThe Volkswagen Crafter, manufacturer published
- 3,000kg
- Towball ratingThe Volkswagen Crafter, manufacturer published
- 150kg
- ATMThe Concept Caravans Ascot, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
- 2,910kg
- Ball weightThe Concept Caravans Ascot, manufacturer published
- 150kg
Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings.
Possible, but close to the limits
Loaded to its published ATM, the Concept Caravans Ascot uses all but 90kg of what the Volkswagen Crafter is rated to tow, so there is little room left for what you pack.
This is a guide off published figures, not a compliance check.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.
A towing rating on its own rarely settles a pairing. What decides it for the Volkswagen Crafter and the Concept Caravans Ascot is the published figures taken together: the weight the caravan carries when it is loaded, the weight it puts on the towball, and the combined limit the car holds for both of them at once.
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Volkswagen Crafter
SY (RWD / 4MOTION) (2018)
Concept Caravans Ascot
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Always check your compliance plate
Online databases use factory-standard specs. They don't know about your bullbar (adds weight), suspension upgrades (can change GCM), or how much you're carrying.
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 comes out of its payload, not just the driver.
- • Tow ball mass: this comes out of your car's payload, not just your towing limit.
Always weigh your rig fully loaded.
This pairing is inside the published ratings, with not much room left.
Improve your stability
The published weights sit close together here. A weight distribution hitch spreads some of the towball load onto the car's front axle, which is what the ball weight takes off it.
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Other caravans a Volkswagen Crafter can tow
Every van here sits inside this car's published ratings, or close to them.
- Concept Caravans Innovation2,880 kg ATMClose
- Coromal Caravans Adventure Seeker2,830 kg ATMClose
- Legend Caravans Legend Hybrid (Trackline 48V Standard)2,800 kg ATMClose
- Crusader Caravans Musketeer2,800 kg ATMClose
- Blue Sky Caravans Tundra2,700 kg ATMClose
- Blue Sky Caravans Ruby II / Back Door2,685 kg ATMClose
Other cars that can tow the Concept Caravans Ascot
Each one is rated for this caravan, or sits close to the limit.
- Toyota FortunerCrusade / GXL / GX, tows 3,100 kg brakedClose
- Toyota HiLuxRogue / SR5 / SR (2.8L Auto 4x4), tows 3,500 kg brakedComfortable
- Toyota LandCruiser100 Series (4.2L Turbo Diesel), tows 3,500 kg brakedComfortable
- Toyota Prado250 Series (New Gen), tows 3,500 kg brakedComfortable
- Toyota TundraLimited (Official Aus RHD), tows 4,500 kg brakedComfortable
- Ford EverestNext-Gen (V6 Platinum / Sport), tows 3,500 kg brakedComfortable
Treat this as a guide off published figures, not a compliance check.The legal numbers are the compliance plates on your car and the van, and 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. Yours has a history since then, and the plates on it are what that history gets measured against.