2017 Nissan Titan XD Cummims Diesel towing travel trailer

[Rider7767]

Here is a rear owner's thoughts while towing with the Nissan Titan XD Cummins diesel.Nissan Titan XD Cummins diesel

[Rider7767]

Me Again wrote:
70 MPH, I wonder what tires came on that Coleman bumper pull?

What ever came from the factory.

[Me_Again]

70 MPH, I wonder what tires came on that Coleman bumper pull?

[Rider7767]

gmw photos wrote:
It looks great with the black wheels Tony. Glad to hear you are enjoying it. I have driven both the regular and the XD version, and the empty ride was so similar ( very comfortable ) that choosing the XD certainly makes the most sense for me.

I really thought I wanted a Midnight Edition, but in a XD I'd have to take a diesel, and I really want to stick with gas. So a Pro4X, gas XD is the likely choice.

Thanks for the updates in how the truck is working for you.

Thank you, l really think the wheels set it off. I think the gas XD is a legitimate tow rig without some of the hassles of the diesel. Not all gas stations have diesel. The DEF **** is a pain plus an extra cost. The diesel is a much stronger puller, even more so than the specs say, but it is a balance of needs in the end.

[gmw_photos]

It looks great with the black wheels Tony. Glad to hear you are enjoying it. I have driven both the regular and the XD version, and the empty ride was so similar ( very comfortable ) that choosing the XD certainly makes the most sense for me.

I really thought I wanted a Midnight Edition, but in a XD I'd have to take a diesel, and I really want to stick with gas. So a Pro4X, gas XD is the likely choice.

Thanks for the updates in how the truck is working for you.

[Rider7767]

gmw photos wrote:
Hey Tony, did you buy a second Titan, or did you just put a new set of wheels on the original Titan you bought ? I saw one of you videos earlier and I thought the truck looked different.

I'm going to buy a Titan XD, but I will likely buy one with the 5.6 gas engine.

I put a set of wheels on. To this point, I am super pleased with the truck. It pulls much safer than the F150. The F150 is a little better as a daily driver.

[gmw_photos]

Hey Tony, did you buy a second Titan, or did you just put a new set of wheels on the original Titan you bought ? I saw one of you videos earlier and I thought the truck looked different.

I'm going to buy a Titan XD, but I will likely buy one with the 5.6 gas engine.

[Rider7767]

camp-n-family wrote:

Rider7767 wrote:

camp-n-family wrote:
I didn’t watch the whole video but that guy needs to learn how to set his hitch up properly. Running it the way it is will either damage the hitch and/or the trailer frame. The hitch head needs to be tilted back to drop the bars parallel to the frame and allow more chain links to hang so there is room for the bars to move while turning.8

Just under a 1000 miles running 70 mph up and over hills through the mountains. No damage in any way form or fashion. Thanks for your opinion. I will look at it much closer next time. It was the first pull with this truck. FYI, I am not sure it was meant that way, but your post came across as you feel Superior. And the video was about the truck.

Sorry, didn’t mean for it to come across that way. I’ve edited the original response. Not feeling superior in any way, just hoping to save somebody from potential damage as I have seen it happen before. You may have been lucky so far but I guarantee you will damage something when you do a sharp turn. In a turn the trailer tongue will shorten the distance between the snap up bracket and the hitch head on the inside of the turn and the opposite on the outside. With so few chain links hanging down there is no way for this to happen and will cause the hitch to bind up. Something has to give which usually ends with a bent or broken snap up bracket. The ends of the bars may also hit the trailer frame angled up as they are. Properly set you want the bars to be parallel to the trailer frame when tensioned and a minimum of 5 chain links between the bracket and the bars to allow for movement. You can achieve that by tilting the hitch head back towards the trailer.

Nice truck btw. Looks like a perfect match for the trailer.

Thank you for your response. It was truly refreshing and enlightening. I will make sure to work on it more the next time I hook up. I may have been lucky. And in my dad's words "If you're going to be dumb, you had better be tough" I noticed, I am pretty tough!

[camp-n-family]

Rider7767 wrote:

camp-n-family wrote:
I didn’t watch the whole video but that guy needs to learn how to set his hitch up properly. Running it the way it is will either damage the hitch and/or the trailer frame. The hitch head needs to be tilted back to drop the bars parallel to the frame and allow more chain links to hang so there is room for the bars to move while turning.8

Just under a 1000 miles running 70 mph up and over hills through the mountains. No damage in any way form or fashion. Thanks for your opinion. I will look at it much closer next time. It was the first pull with this truck. FYI, I am not sure it was meant that way, but your post came across as you feel Superior. And the video was about the truck.

Sorry, didn’t mean for it to come across that way. I’ve edited the original response. Not feeling superior in any way, just hoping to save somebody from potential damage as I have seen it happen before. You may have been lucky so far but I guarantee you will damage something when you do a sharp turn. In a turn the trailer tongue will shorten the distance between the snap up bracket and the hitch head on the inside of the turn and the opposite on the outside. With so few chain links hanging down there is no way for this to happen and will cause the hitch to bind up. Something has to give which usually ends with a bent or broken snap up bracket. The ends of the bars may also hit the trailer frame angled up as they are. Properly set you want the bars to be parallel to the trailer frame when tensioned and a minimum of 5 chain links between the bracket and the bars to allow for movement. You can achieve that by tilting the hitch head back towards the trailer.

Nice truck btw. Looks like a perfect match for the trailer.

[Rider7767]

camp-n-family wrote:
I didn’t watch the whole video but that guy needs to learn how to set his hitch up properly. Running it the way it is will either damage the hitch and/or the trailer frame. The hitch head needs to be tilted back to drop the bars parallel to the frame and allow more chain links to hang so there is room for the bars to move while turning.8

Just under a 1000 miles running 70 mph up and over hills through the mountains. No damage in any way form or fashion. Thanks for your opinion. I will look at it much closer next time. It was the first pull with this truck. FYI, I am not sure it was meant that way, but your post came across as you feel Superior. And the video was about the truck.

[FishOnOne]

Thanks for sharing...

[camp-n-family]

I didn’t watch the whole video but you need to adjust the hitch. Running it the way it is will either damage the hitch and/or the trailer frame. The hitch head needs to be tilted back to drop the bars parallel to the frame and allow more chain links to hang so there is room for the bars to move while turning.