Important Information
Important things to consider about caravan, trailer and vehicle weighing.
Useful Information and Things To Consider - reasons to weigh your caravan & car
- Did you know if your caravan or car are overweight your insurance may not pay in the event of an accident!
- The following are included in your weights and lower your payload:
Bullbars, canopies and fridges
Tradie equipment, tools and tool boxes
Passengers, fuel and water - Did you know your towball weight becomes part of your vehicles payload when connected to your trailer or caravan.
- Check your vehicle towbar and the vehicle owners manual to find the maximum towball mass allowed for your tow vehicle.
- Is your tow vehicle and caravan compatible with each other?
- Public weighbridges are not set up to provide detailed weight information to travel safe.
- With accurate weight details customers are better equipped to load and distribute load/weight in their caravan and vehicle.
Weight Terms Explained
Acronym | Name | Description |
GVM | Gross Vehicle Mass | Maximum weight of your towing vehicle when fully loaded |
GTM | Gross Trailer Mass | Actual permissible weight of your loaded caravan/trailer at any given point in time and hitched to your towing vehicle |
GCM | Gross Combined Weight | Total of vehicle and caravan/trailer |
TARE | Tare Weight | Total of dry weight as it leaves the factor with all accessories fitted |
TBM | Tow Ball Mass | The weight the caravan imposes on the tow vehicle |
ATM | Aggregate Trailer Mass | Total weight of the fully loaded caravan/trailer, when unhitched from the town vehicle |
BTC | Braked Towing Capacity | Maximum allowable weight that can be legally towed by the towing vehicle |
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