Xterra pro 4X towing abilities
My husband and I are looking into purchasing a travel trailer. We know that our 2011 Nissan xterra pro 4X can pull about 5,000 lbs but at what length trailer should we not exceed? Or weight capaci...
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Had an Xterra for 11 years.....spent $33 on repairs from zero miles to 188k miles. Great truck for us.
We towed all sorts of stuff with it.....but as others have said your limitation will be payload in the truck itself. If you only have two people in the truck, and a PROPERLY loaded trailer, the actual tow weight of 5k would be fine. Keep the extra weight in the trailer low and centered over the axle. Do NOT just dump everything in the front storage area...all the extra weight up there will exacerbate any porpoising.
I'd agree with the 3500lb empty recommendation....that would be 4300 ready to camp max....about 650 lbs of tongue weight at 15%.....not sure if that hitch is rated for over 500 lbs or not. If it isn't your max would be about 4000lbs at 12% tongue weight.
We towed all sorts of stuff with it.....but as others have said your limitation will be payload in the truck itself. If you only have two people in the truck, and a PROPERLY loaded trailer, the actual tow weight of 5k would be fine. Keep the extra weight in the trailer low and centered over the axle. Do NOT just dump everything in the front storage area...all the extra weight up there will exacerbate any porpoising.
I'd agree with the 3500lb empty recommendation....that would be 4300 ready to camp max....about 650 lbs of tongue weight at 15%.....not sure if that hitch is rated for over 500 lbs or not. If it isn't your max would be about 4000lbs at 12% tongue weight.
