Towing with a Nissan Titan

Grit dog wrote:
Terry my posts are meant as informative albeit a bit tongue in cheek sometimes, haha.
I understand your thinking on it, and it's a "safe" way to go if one does not understand a vehicle beyond sitting behind the steering wheel and making it go.
Anyway, the OP just turned in one half ton for a very similar other half ton, so he must not have been worried either, just didn't like his choice in new trucks.....or the yota has a better lookin sticker.

I quite understand vehicles. My job is to make them move. One of your vehicles prolly moves as a direct result of what I do.
Payload is NOT tow capacity. And tow capacity is NOT payload. Many things determine the payload, and many things determine the tow capacity. But you do have to have enough payload to carry the tongue. But then some trailers, say boat trailers, don't have so much tongue weight.
The main things for towing, of course are the rear gears, and engine. Then of course you have to account for the weight of the vehicle itself. A regular cab truck will tow much more than a quad cab truck with the same engine, and gear. Every pound you put in the TV lowers the towing capacity.

And yes contrary to what some believe. the rear gear is just as important now as it has ever been. Being involved with the engineers while they are developing capacities, and tolerances. I know there are reasons behind the decisions to put certain capacities on vehicles. And then there is the fact that not all so called 1/2 ton trucks, or even heavy duty trucks are created the same. Just because they look alike. does not mean they perform alike. Something is different. Or all trucks would have the same capacities.

Of course. Sometimes the engineers don't seem to have a clue about how things really work. That's where we come in. Just cause it works on paper, don't mean it will work on the floor.

and in truth. I don't care what brand anyone buys. We make just about every brand move. From Maserati to Fiat.