Nissan Pathfinder V8 and Toy Hauler

What kind of toys do you plan to take? With just long weekend RVing gear you will be 5500-6000 pounds. Then toys and fuel and riding gear and ???.

What are the receiver and payload limits for your Pathfinder? 6000 pounds of loaded RV trailer means 700-800 pounds of loaded TW, maybe more since it is a TH.

SUV's low payload capacity and soft suspension are NOT good for a toyhauler.
You need to worry more about the Nissan's payload capacity.

SUVs are notorious for having low payload capacities, compared to their towing capacities.

bikendan wrote:
SUV's low payload capacity and soft suspension are NOT good for a toyhauler.
You need to worry more about the Nissan's payload capacity.

SUVs are notorious for having low payload capacities, compared to their towing capacities.

Mostly agree although I do find it humorous that my wife's crossover Pilot has more payload than many half tons at 1400 lbs. I don't think I'd try pulling a toy hauler with a Pathfinder tho. Those things tend to be pretty nose heavy and I bet it would exceed hitch and RAWR.

i will more than likely install air bags and go with an equalizer brand
hitch.
i have a Harley that weighs in at 650lbs. I will be staying at full hook up campgrounds so won't be hauling, water, or firewood, rarely ever hauled with any of my tanks full or partially full for that matter. Like i said this is not my first towing experience, on my 6th travel trailer and I have towed with a few SUV's in the past with reasonably good experiences. I'm figuring the Pathfinder will allow me to have the ability to tow a 5000lb trailer with 1500lbs of gear plus a passenger or two in the car.

Total unloaded trailer weight on the Grey Wolf 22RR is 4871lbs and the tounge weight is 686lbs so I believe it is within the Pathfinders capacity.

After a little more research I found on the Edmunds site the pay load specs for my 08 V8 Pathfinder is 1480 lbs, lot more than I would have thought, some 1/2 ton pick-ups don't have pay loads this high

Every 2006+ vehicle in North America has this sticker with your as equipped payload posted on your driver's door or door jam. Note what it has where mine says 2051.

Nascar24 wrote:
After a little more research I found on the Edmunds site the pay load specs for my 08 V8 Pathfinder is 1480 lbs, lot more than I would have thought, some 1/2 ton pick-ups don't have pay loads this high

No.

Look at the sticker inside the driver door. My 2012 V6 S (zero options base model) was around 1100 lbs, and verified by CAT scale. All Pathfinders in that generation had the same GVWR, and the suspension is terrible for towing heavy. You're hitch rating is 700 lbs, which you'll blow by too.

edit:

The trailer was ~4500 lbs. unloaded, and I had airbags preventing the truck from dragging on the ground. The experience was white knuckle for the 400 mile round trip.

Short wheelbase, limited payload wouldnt have me pulling a TH with an SUV. Doesnt sound like fun towing

I use a Z71 Tahoe to pull a 23' Toyhauler. About 7K#. I does it okay but I'd rather have something bigger.

How much are you planning on towing? If its just a few hundred miles per year then you will be fine. If you want to go cross country you will probably end up destroying your pathfinder.

If not installed you will probably want to get a transmission oil cooler. And make sure you change the fluids often. And make sure your tires are rated at least as high as the vehicle and are properly inflated. You said you have experience towing but all these become more important when you are towing at the limit of the vehicle.

But as I said, for short trips you will be fine.

My door jam sticker say 1186 lbs for the payload, so I am going to be re-evaluating the size of the TH definately downsizing :(

maybe this one

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