I will say that I find it "interesting" that a few people have mentioned they feel the Frontier is inadequate as for power and brakes. That is counter to my experience, pulling my 4000 pound funfinder. I have towed from sea level ( gulf coast, TX ) to over over 13,000 feet ( Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico ) and never, not one single time have I felt under powered or under braked. Part of this may be that my Frontier is a manual transmission though. I recently came down a steep, tight twisty mountain road in Colorado with the FF behind, and the Frontier, in second gear all the way down was able to hold my speed to 35 mph, which was the correct speed for this downhill run, without having to use the brakes, except once to scrub the speed down to about 20 for a really tight hairpin.
I have climbed greater than 6% grades in the mountains in third gear, never having to use more than 3500 to 3700 rpm, and maintaining reasonable speed the whole way up.
Not really sure what folks are expecting ?
Here is a comparo too: any of these trucks can sometimes hit their limits. Last night, up a local grade in the dually F350 with powerstroke turbo diesel. I was in third gear ( 5R110 automatic trans ), foot to the floor, around 28 pounds of boost....to hold 58 mph. That's all she wrote....that's what it would do. Had the 35 gooseneck hooked on with four horses in it, and five people in the cab. My point ? That all of these tow vehicles have limits, and just because you have to bump into those limits occasionally, does not mean that truck is a bad choice for the job.
Having said all that, I do agree that towing a 6000 pound travel trailer with my Frontier would not be a good match. But it tows the 4000 pound FF with ease. Probably 98% of the time, I am below 3000 rpm and able to maintain whatever highway speed I want to ( usually 55 to 60 mph )
....as always, all y'alls mileage may vary.
