Any towing with a Nissan NV3500?

Too much trailer, length and weight, for that van.

My kids love theirs. Their camper is about 5000 lbs. loaded, though. Not near your anticipated weight. They carry 2 adults, 3 kids, dog and misc. gear. I have driven it and it's hard to tell the trailer is there at all.

Thanks for the followup comments. All good stuff. I have the van because it would definitely be too tight for all six of us (two sets of twins) even with dual bench seats. I hauled myself and 11 boys scouts with gear 500 miles to summer camp a month ago, this van didn't even blink at that load.

GCWR is 16,000 pounds, I'm definitely keeping an eye on that as well. We'll be lightening the load a bit by taking out unneeded seats and paring down other unneeded stuff when hauling. We camp pretty light for the most part, kids are used to tents so we don't need all of the niceties of home.

Just beware that passengers and cargo deduct from the your towing capacity. Like most other vehicles, the NV publishes the max tow rating based on an empty van. I'm guessing you have a van because your family doesn't fit in a pickup?

That said.... The engine has plenty of power. Don't be afraid to let it rev however. It needs to rev to make power.

Maybe before adding an aux trans cooler, monitor the trans temps instead? Most newer trucks have plenty of cooling stock. You should be able to monitor this using the OBD2 port, and a reader like the Scan Gauge or a wireless dongle and the Toruqe app.


BTW - 8500 loaded sounds a little light for a 7300# dry weight, assuming you are referring to the brochure dry weight. That trailer is probably closer to 8,000 pounds when you include options (many of which you'd never think were optional) and the dealer adds the propane tanks and batteries.

Please check the yellow sticker on the trailer for real weights. I know that mine was 8400 lbs even though the dry weight was less than 8000. I tow mine with an Express 3500, so I believe that you would be able to tow it.

Ironically, I have never had more than 2 passengers when towing my travel trailer. However, I have had as many as 10 passengers when going to a brewery or wedding.

Thanks for the replies. I was able to find a Nissan NV forum, and it looks like there's a number of people towing similar rigs with the van. I'm still going to keep a close eye on what I pick, and I will probably run the van through a weigh station just to see how accurate Nissan's numbers are.

Hopefully there is someone here towing with one to get a little more info.

this info is from 2013 but it might have useful info for you.

https://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/27367865/srt/pa/pging/1/page/1.cfm

LVJJJ wrote:
what's a 2014 SL? Better be a one ton pickup

As the title says, it's a Nissan NV3500. A 1 ton van.

I'm seeing a maximum of 8,690 on Nissan's site. So one per cent safety margin is ok with you? Daddy can I take my bike? No. BBQ? No. Extra lawn chairs? No. Ice cooler for extra drinks? No. Kayak? No. Where allowed, campfire wood? No. Doesn't sound like much fun to me.

what's a 2014 SL? Better be a one ton pickup