V6 nissan frontier

eluwak wrote:
I pulled a larger/heavier rental trailer with my Pathfinder for 400 miles. Overall it went OK. Went across TN through the small mountains around Gatlinburg. I think the experience would have been better with a Frontier, but I was probably overloaded. The high winds I drove through in the first hour really gave some white knuckle experiences. If I didn't have airbags the rear end would have been dragging on the ground.

My guess is that you'll probably be OK to tow it around and see how you like it. The best way I've found to control sway is to make sure you have enough tongue weight, but that also means you need enough payload to handle it too.

GL!

The only thing that the Frontier will be better at than the Pathfinder will be rear axle weight and wheelbase. Rear axle rating should have more 'extra' capacity since the rear of the truck is much lighter than the SUV. That would help with the keeping the rear end from dragging. The longer wheelbase will help with sway but it's still very short next to a full size truck.

Payload would be no better and perhaps worse than the Pathfinder. I don't remember what my payload was on my Pathfinder but the brochure MAX payload was only 1307 lbs.

The Pathfinder did a terrible job of towing my pop up with it's ultra weak rear suspension. It was nose high with rear squat and that pop up had a lighter 300 lbs 'loaded' tongue weight. Hitched to my Sport Trac, with a much heavier duty suspension (and it was coil also), the truck didn't squat at all. It was level.

The Frontier would do good with a pop up or a very small travel trailer due to it's under performing 4.0L V6, low payload, low rated hitch, and shorter wheelbase. I would not pull a trailer over 22' bumper to hitch, at all. I would stay at 20' or below with a low frontal surface profile.