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ElementZero
Explorer
Jan 03, 2015

Increasing Tongue Weight on Nissan NV3500 (or in general)

So I have a Nissan NV 3500 SV (Passenger). The towing capacity on this van is 8700 and the maximum tongue weight is 870. I'm concerned about that tongue weight rating simply because lets say I theor...
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agesilaus
Explorer III
Jan 03, 2015
The trucks axles and suspension set a maximum payload that you cannot increase by simple tricks. Furthermore that 870 pounds will never be available to you since that includes the weight of the passengers and everything else that you put into the truck.

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