Caravans with a useful user payload

[David_374427208]

I am looking to buy a caravan to replace our camper. We are a family of five and like active holidays, which means lots of kit. A caravan with 150kg of user payload would be ridiculously limiting for us. What caravans of modest size have a sensible user payload, say 500kg upwards? We would be looking at buying something approximately 10 years old. I would be towing the caravan with a heavy 4x4 and so a maximum weight of up to 3,500kg is fine, though I'd prefer it a lot less. (I regularly tow trailers of this weight.) I have seen a few vans on ebay with a useful payload, but haven't figured out any pattern yet.

Many thanks

David

 

[Lutz]

Caravans with over 500kg useful payload are few and far between. The only ones that I'm aware of are the 2 Dethleffs Vari models, the 530/2DB (max. payload 798kg when uprated to 2500kg MTPLM) and the larger 580/2TK (max. payload 708kg when uprated to 2500kg MTPLM)

 

[herb]

the adria adora 612 up is 6 berth and has a payload of 450kg

and tow weight of 1700kg

 

[David_374427208]

It seems that caravans with a suitable payload are available, but far from common. The two suggested so far seem to be current models? Are there older, cheaper options?

David