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horton333
Feb 28, 2017Explorer
The spec I looked up says 381# dry hitch weight, but in reality with battery and propane and whatever you are looking more like 500# and the wheelbase and the weight of a Pathfinder are not enough to balance that out. Therefore you *do* want a weight distributing hitch, it's not just the hitch capacity mainly it's the unloading of the front wheels that will make the steering very light and exaggerate the trailer motion in wind or when a truck overtakes. A WD hitch is simpler to use than it may first appear. The trailer is short enough you probably don't need sway control, but it's also worth considering depending on how comfortable you are with a bit of motion and it's going to half be there with the WD hitch anyway.
Happy trails.
Happy trails.
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