Volvo XC60 towing

Submitted: Sunday, Jan 06, 2013 at 11:59
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I have a 2012 XC60 D5 auto Teknik and had a tow bar fitted by my local Volvo dealer some months ago. We are now considering buying a caravan and have started researching as I have never owned or towed a caravan before. I believe that caravans have something called a tow bar mass weight and that my car will also have a maximum tow bar mass weight allowed. After going through specs online I see that the standard tow bar mass weight for an XC60 D5 auto is listed as 150kg. Caravan dealers tell me that based on a 150kg tow bar mass weight limit, I should not go for any caravan with a tow bar mass weight of more than 120kg. This limits what we can look at. My wife and I have 2 boys and will be doing basic touring with no off road camping. I was looking at pop tops (Jayco expanda or Paramount duet) but these seem to be out of our weight range. I might have to settle for a pop up camper like a Jayco Eagle or Flamingo.

I suppose I have a couple of questions. Firstly, am I correct with my understanding of the the weight limit for my XC60 and secondly (not sure if appropriate for this forum) can you get a heavy duty tow bar fitted to the XC60 to give us a higher weight limit? Thanks for any help you can give as I am a first time Volvo owner and a never before caravan owner.

Also, any advice on the vans I was considering? I was looking at a budget of around 30-35k. New or second hand.
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