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ElementZero
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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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APT
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Jan 04, 2015
Nissan may have a better answer. It does seem like the limit is the receiver, giving all the other specifications of that van.

The 2007-2014 GM full sized SUVs (Tahoe/Suburban/Yukon/XL) list different (higher) ratings in the owners manual than the receiver which is not replaceable. If aftermarket offered more capable receivers, the vehicle could otherwise handle it. There just are no aftermarket receivers for them. There may be a chance with the NV3500 since there are more capable receivers.

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