Best panel van for towing?

[simsimo]

I'm looking to buy a panel van and use a tipper trailer but I'm trying to find out which vans have the best towing capabilities. The sort of size vans I'm looking are Renault traffic/ Vauxhall vivaro/ Nissan primastar which are fairly cheap to run and can tow up to 2t.

Can anyone recommend any of these or know of other ones that would sit my needs or preferably tow 3-3.5t?

[Daniël Bos]

There are no vans of that sort of size that'll tow much (if any) more than that.

[woody paul]

Mercedes sprinter would be nearer to the make for towing.

[broonie]

Renault Master or Vauxhall Movano

[gensetsteve]

I saw a swb low roof twin wheeled iveco. Down rated from 5 tonne to 3500kg but still able to tow big chunks. Was tempted but just went for a disco 4 commercial in the end.

[HertsWood]

Land Rover Discovery TD5 or TDV6 Commercial - 3.5ton tow & ton payload

 

 

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[Daniël Bos]

Toyota land cruiser amazon vx, with the windows blacked out and the rear seats removed. Tows like nothing else, large load space, comfortable etc.

 

But....

 

 

This and the disco don't really count as panel vans do they?

[JimE]

We run iveco 5 ton vans downrated to 3.5 ton. They will tow 3.5 ton, but due to the downrating will only carry about 900kg.

Loads of power though!

[Burgess]

Renault Traffic is FWD isn't it? You'll want RWD for more towing capacity.

[simsimo]

Thanks for the info. Yeah a maneuver or similar would be nice but I need a panel can to put my cs100 into.