Can a Volkswagen Crafter tow
a Kedron Caravans CP5 Compact?
SY (RWD / 4MOTION) (2018), checked against the manufacturer's published figures.
Close to the limits
The Kedron Caravans CP5 Compact's published ATM of 3,000kg exactly matches the Volkswagen Crafter's braked towing rating.
At a ball weight of 10% of ATM, which is an estimate rather than a published figure, the Kedron Caravans CP5 Compact would sit above the Volkswagen Crafter's 150kg towball rating. Ask the manufacturer for the published ball weight.
- Braked towing ratingThe Volkswagen Crafter, manufacturer published
- 3,000kg
- Towball ratingThe Volkswagen Crafter, manufacturer published
- 150kg
- ATMThe Kedron Caravans CP5 Compact, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
- 3,000kg
Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings.
Possible, but close to the limits
Loaded to its published ATM, the Kedron Caravans CP5 Compact uses all but 0kg of what the Volkswagen Crafter is rated to tow, so there is little room left for what you pack.
Important checks
- At an estimated ball weight of 300kg, which is 10% of ATM rather than a published figure, the Kedron Caravans CP5 Compact would put 150kg more on the towball than the Volkswagen Crafter is rated to carry.
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.
Towing weights are enforced against the plates on the vehicles, never against a brochure. What the comparison above gives you is the Kedron Caravans CP5 Compact's published weights next to the Volkswagen Crafter's published ratings, so you know which numbers to look for on the plates themselves.
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Volkswagen Crafter
SY (RWD / 4MOTION) (2018)
Kedron Caravans CP5 Compact
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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.
Other cars that can tow the Kedron Caravans CP5 Compact
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.
Where the published weights sit close together, how you pack changes what the scales say. Heavy items ride best low down and over the caravan's axles, and whatever sits on the towball is carried by the car rather than by the van.