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GCM checker

Check your loaded vehicle and caravan against your vehicle's gross combination mass (GCM), and your vehicle against its GVM once the caravan is hitched.

Enter your weights

Use weighbridge figures for your loaded vehicle and caravan, not brochure weights. Weigh each one unhitched, packed the way you travel.

In your owner's manual
In your owner's manual or on the compliance plate
Weighbridge, caravan unhitched, with people, fuel and gear
Weighbridge, unhitched
Measured with a tow ball scale
5,400 kgcombined, of your 6,000 kg GCM
600 kgunder your GCM
3,060 kgvehicle with tow ball weight, of your 3,200 kg GVM

Within your GCM, and your vehicle stays within its GVM with the caravan hitched.

This is a starting point, not a legal check. Your vehicle's towing capacity and tow ball limit also apply: check them with the tow checker. Check your state's towing rules too.