Mazda BT-50 Tech Drive
What can my vehicle tow?
Mazda BT-50 Tech Drive
What can my vehicle tow?
Get to know these numbers before hitching up and heading off.
The Mazda BT-50 boasts some impressive figures and one of them is its maximum towing capacity, which is 3,500 kilograms with a braked trailer.
But there are some important weight-related numbers to consider before connecting any trailer and driving away.
In this video, Mark from Mazda Australia and Chris from Snowy River Caravans refer to some of the essential weight figures that you should know before towing something heavy, like an off-road ‘van.
In Australia, the towing capacities for the 2025 Mazda BT-50 ute range are:
- Unbraked trailer: 750 kg
- Braked trailer: 3,500 kg
- Maximum tow ball download: 350 kg
Other important towing-related weights you need to consider include:
Gross Vehicle Mass (GVM): The total permissible weight of the vehicle, including occupants, fuel and cargo. The tow ball download weight is included in the GVM figure, which means towing a heavy trailer will reduce the amount of payload available in the vehicle.
Gross Combined Mass (GCM): The total permissible combined weight of the vehicle and trailer being towed, including occupants, fuel and cargo.
Aggregate Trailer Mass (ATM): The total weight of the trailer when carrying the maximum load specified by its manufacturer. This number includes weight imposed on the towing vehicle, which is usually at the tow ball and tow bar.
For legal and safety-related reasons you should never exceed these maximum specified figures
Mazda’s Payload Calculator helps simplify towing with the BT-50 by making it easier to understand and calculate these numbers.
And Mazda Genuine Accessories offers a number of towing-related items that are ideal for caravan holidays.
Click the video below for more about some of the numbers you need to know before heading away on your next caravan adventure.
Mazda BT-50 Tech Drive: What Can My Vehicle Tow? https://youtu.be/Ru4s1IXxasU
Welcome to this series of Mazda BT-50 Tech Drive. Today we're talking towing. I'm Mark and I'm from Mazda Australia, and I'm Chris from Snowy River Caravans.
Today we've got the Mazda BT-50 SP and the Snowy River SRP 18F. One common question that can come up is: what can my vehicle actually tow?
So Chris, I'd like to ask you: what are some of the main areas we need to be aware of when we're talking about weights and what a vehicle can actually tow?
Great question. Our duty of care as salespeople is to identify whether your vehicle can tow our caravan.
The tare weight is one of the most important factors — this is how much the caravan actually weighs as is. Then we have the ATM, or aggregate trailer mass, which is the total weight of the trailer. In this case, it’s 3,000 kilos, or three tonnes. Finally, there's the ball weight, which goes directly onto the vehicle.
As you can see, there are some critical elements we need to be aware of to tow safely. For more information and support, you can head over to the Mazda Australia website and check out the Payload Calculator. Here, you'll be able to input some weights to ensure that you tow safely with both the vehicle and the caravan in tow.
Thanks for watching this series of Mazda BT-50 Tech Drive. We hope you've learned something and got some useful tips. Drive safe and happy caravanning.