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Quote: Originally posted by buddybutweiser on 18/4/2012

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Thanks for the reply, you are right the kerb weight is 1429kg, my mistake, so am I correct in saying that the maximum I can safely tow is about 1100kg.

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Quote: Originally posted by buddybutweiser on 18/4/2012

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My CR-V is a petrol version unfortunately, luckily we have not yet purchased a caravan, so would i be ok to tow one that weighs 1200kg? There are 5 of us so we need to find the largest Caravan we can safely get away with. Our budget for the caravan is a miserable £1400

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Quote: Originally posted by neil and lena on 18/4/2012

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Quote: Originally posted by buddybutweiser on 18/4/2012My CR-V is a petrol version unfortunately, luckily we have not yet purchased a caravan, so would i be ok to tow one that weighs 1200kg? There are 5 of us so we need to find the largest Caravan we can safely get away with. Our budget for the caravan is a miserable £1400

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1200kg will be fine if that's the loaded weight of your van but as I pointed out earlier the CRVs up to 2004 have a low noseweight limit of 60kg which could limit your choice of van

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Quote: Originally posted by tango55 on 18/4/2012

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So if the kerbweight of your vehicle is 1200 kgs. then an 85% match would be a caravan with a laden weight of around 1020 kgs. which the caravan you mention is too heavy even at the unladen weight alone would be around 116% match. To tow a caravan with a laden weight of 1400 kgs. you would need a vehicle with a kerbweight of around 1650 kgs. which would then achieve around the 85% match.

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Take your honda to a weigh bridge it might actually weigh a lot more than you think.

You need to weigh the car empty with 90% fuel then and 75KG for driver, this will give you your true weight. you never know it maybe ok for the van your looking at.

My car comes in at more than 100 kgs than the brochure weight. The higher the car spec the heavier it is

Bessie