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The 4X4 tow car I am about to get, says it will tow up to 1500Kg.

How does that work when the Kerb Weight excluding the driver only weighs 1294Kg?

Thank you both.

The van is under the 85% kerb weight even without the driver and fuel. I wanted a car with extra oomph, but just wondered why the difference in kerb weight/tow weight.

Although I have the data on the weights for my new Dacia Duster 4X4, I do not, as yet, have any info on the tow ball nose weight and this is something I will need to find out.

My van's nose weight should be 76Kg.

Found the Towball nose weight for the Dacia on the Caravan Club website.

On mine, the weight is 75Kg.
The 7% nose weight of my van would be 76.09Kg.

So that all works out well.

The recommended noseweight is between 5% - 7% of the caravan MTPLM, so with the cars limit, you are OK with 75kg.

Good report about the Dacia in the 2013 towcar awards.

With my caravan, 7% would be 86kg my car noseweight limit is 75kg, so works out at just over 6%.