Caravan Payload Calculator
Payload is ATM (Aggregate Trailer Mass) minus tare, the weight of everything you load into the van. Pick a range to prefill its real numbers and see what is left after water and gear.
1. Your caravan
Both numbers are on the van's compliance plate - see our plate guide. Prefilled figures are each range's entry floorplan, so use the plate on the van you are buying.
2. What's coming with you
Tick what you actually carry. Each weight is an estimate, so weigh anything you are unsure of.
3. Your car (optional)
Add the car and you also get the ball download, the car's own weight limit, and the limit for the pair.Skip it and the van answer above still stands.
Vehicle Lookup
Counted at 80kg each, an estimate.
Bags, tools, dog, fridge, roof rack and anything bolted on since new.
Kerb weight, GVM and GCM are on the car's plate or in the owner's manual - see our plate guide. Your car is kept on this device so the other tools can use it.
Your payload budget
Pick a range or enter ATM and tare to see your payload.
Payload decides what you can carry, not size
Two vans with the same 3,500kg ATM can differ by hundreds of kilos of payload, because one is built heavier. A van with 350kg of payload is full after water and gas.
Next step: check your car can pull it with the tow calculator, or read weights explained.
Every term on this page is defined in the caravan glossary.