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Ute for towing 3500kg caravan?

I have a caravan with a 3.5-tonne ATM. Can you recommend a ute that can tow 3500 kg, has a decent payload, and is going to be reliable?

That's a tough one. The Ford Ranger and Mazda BT-50 are rated to tow 3500kg, but if you tow the full 3500kg, as you want to do, the payload you can also carry is severely reduced. None of the other utes marketed here by the major manufacturers are rated to tow 3500kg, which rules them out. If you want to tow 3500kg and carry a decent load, you're really looking at one of the big brutes from America, like a Ford F-Series, a Dodge Ram, or a Toyota Tundra.

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