Towing travel trailer with an Xterra

[dhatcher]

Hi (new member here),

I got here by searching around on google about towing a travel trailer with my xterra. Got here, read the one post I found about someone towing with an xterra but, it seemed they were interested in towing a 25' trailer.

I'm interested in towing a 15' or less trailer with my xterra for camping (and some adventure 🙂 ).

What kind of advice can you give a newbie to towing? Should I get additional cooling setup for my transmission? What about sway control, is that a necessity or just really really nice to have?

2012 Xterra Pro-4x model (4x4)

Thank you all for any advice you can send my way 🙂

[donn0128]

No matter how small or large of a TT you choose you will want equalizer and sway control. Short wheel base vehicles make terrible tow vehicles, but you can midigate some problems with a proper setup. Brake controller is also a given. The biggest problem as always is going to be frontal area of the trailer. Have you considered a tent trailer? Might be a far better choice given your SUV.

[Bumpyroad]

does it have a "towing package". what are the tow ratings?
bumpy