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1267kg  unladen, 1077kg  85%,   1100kg max tow. My guess is the Mayfly would be less than 1100kg fully laden but it could be close. You need to look for the fully laden weight in the handbook, or on a plate on the van. It must be less than 1100kg and ideally not more than 1077kg.

I used to tow about 600kg with a 1.4D Metro which was 52bhp max tow 460kg, non turbo. It got along fine on the motorway generally, but struggled on hills, but that was due to it being overloaded. I think yours will be better.

Oddly enough the HDI is the same max tow weight as the 1.9D; although I think the HDI will pull much better on hills. The max tow weight is the maximum weight it can pull away with on a 1 in 8 hill, so depends more on the strength of the clutch and how low 1st gear is, than the power of the engine.

The other thing to consider is that if this is a Berlingo van you are talking about, then you may run into some problems with campsites classing it as a commercial veichle, which quite a few of them will not allow on site.

Julia