Long Term Nissan Titan XD Diesel Update

Huntindog wrote:

transamz9 wrote:

Huntindog wrote:

jerem0621 wrote:
I love these show me your payload sticker threads.

The Titan XD is a beast. I look at those payload stickers and just kinda laugh at them...they are literally meaningless and only matter on the day these trucks are manufactured.

I test drove a 2014 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4 crew cab Hemi this past weekend. Had my two man sized sons and my father with me...none of us are under 200 lbs...the sales man rode with us on the test drive as well...that was at least 1100 lbs of humans.... truck was awesome...handled amazing ... powerful...fast...cornered great. After the test drive I looked at the silly payload sticker and it said 950 lbs. According to RV.net I was a danger to society being 200 lbs overloaded...the real world said that truck wasn't even phased by the 1100 lbs in the cab. It would have comfortably handled 600 lbs or more worth of hitch weight with a weight distribution hitch and wouldn't have even blinked.

I once looked at a Ram 2500 MegaCab 4x4 Laramie Longhorn CTD with all he options (including fifth wheel prep) ...the silly sticker said 1750 lb of payload...I posted that fact here and someone pointed out that 1750 lbs in the bed would literally not even squat the truck. That fact is reflected in these silly payload stickers on the Titan XD as well...put 1500 lbs in the bed and it will barely squat.

Thanks!

Jeremiah

If you load more than what the silly sticker states into your truck.... And something goes wrong..... Say the rear axle has a problem etc.,,,,and you get it towed to the dealership... They will explain to you just what that silly sticker means to your silly warranty.

I've never had a warranty denied on any of our trucks because of going over the payload sticker and we have had plenty of trucks go in on the hook still loaded over their payload with just tools.

An awful lot left unsaid here.... Just what were those trucks towed to the dealer for? If it wasn't a problem that could be blamed on overloading.... It means nothing. Some dealers will look the other way for their large accounts... Not so much for the normal guy on the street.

I have had them bring it up, when I had a TV that had many problems.... The conversation did not last long, as I had special ordered that TV with all the HD options. IOW, it was pretty much impossible for me to overload that particular combo.