Exterior Towing, the Lowdown on GCM,GVM,ATM,Tare etc

[Drover]

Found this most informative site again and have posted the link to answer a question which gets asked on here regularly.............http://www.withoutahitch.com.au/caravan/ask-expert-navigate-tow-vehicle-limits/#

and since most answers are usually not quite right and theres heaps of misinfomation about what you can tow, this should set it straight for those with a need......

 

[Clewsy]

excellent article,

articles like these is what got me to create the spreadsheet to add everything up and make sure the camel's back is okay and can carry the right amount of straws!!!

 

[Clewsy]

take two, fixed a couple of things in the sheet and added a column for the unladen / base vehicle to van ratio.

 

[Bellbirdweb]

take two, fixed a couple of things in the sheet and added a column for the unladen / base vehicle to van ratio.

Just started punching the numbers in for the 100 series - probably shouldnt

 

[mikerezny]

Hi @Drover, @Clewsy,
you encouraged me to go out and weigh all the things in our front boot. My slack and lazy approach was to guess it was 40kg.
Chairs, tables, stools, buckets, outside cooking gear, hammer, tomahawk, wood blocks, privacy screen for the off-side.

I wasn't far out: 41.2kg. Then I remembered I also never accounted for the solar panel, controller and cables that go in the external hatch: 4.5kg.

So, out of a 300kg allowance, I have max 85kg water, 9kg gas = 94kg, so only 206kg left, then take off the above front boot and solar,
I have only 160kg left for everything inside the Penguin. Almost 50% gone before I put anything inside.

Fortunately, I am reasonably sure we currently have no more than 60kg inside. Most unlikely to ever have more than 50kg of food. But even so, allowing for all that, I actually have only 50kg of float. About 45kg more if I travel with only half a tank of water.

cheers
Mike

 

[KECL]

Thanks for the spreadsheet @Clewsy (by the way same surname as me without the 'y').
Good article with clear info @Drover so thanks for the article.

 

[Drover]

Nicely done @Clewsy but like all these things requires me to somehow weigh all the stuff, wish the fairy godsheila could wave her wand for me......when I get home might see about it all, probably find with a steel tray and alloy canopy I cant put anything in it.