Towing 5200lbs with a 06 Nissan Pathfinder
Hello all, I am currently considering purchasing a travel trailer and will be towing with my 06 Nissan Pathfinder LE 4x4. The Pathfinder has a max towing capacity of 6000lbs and a max tongue of 600lbs...
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And a little further thought/clarification, my point in bringing up the idea of actual weight vs GVWR, is let's say a person is filtering out potential campers based on GVWR. Let's further say they have set an upper limit of 5500 pounds GVWR. In this case, they would never even look at my camper, which might in fact be a good choice. It's actual weight is just under 4000 pounds ready to pull out the driveway.
My theory is to start with the manufacturers dry weight, and add about 1000 to 1200 pounds. That is probably going to be fairly close to what it will weigh when you're ready to leave to go camp ( assuming a empty or fairly close to empty fresh water tank ).
On your Pathfinder, as is usually the case with these types of vehicles, the first limit you will likely run into is payload capacity, not "tow" capacity.
Whatever camper trailer you are looking at, figure the tongue weight is going to be in the neighborhood of 12 to 14% of the actual weight. So a 5K trailer is going to have a real world tongue of 600 to 700.
My trailer tongue weight is right at 580 lbs, with a measured trailer weight of 3980 lbs.
My theory is to start with the manufacturers dry weight, and add about 1000 to 1200 pounds. That is probably going to be fairly close to what it will weigh when you're ready to leave to go camp ( assuming a empty or fairly close to empty fresh water tank ).
On your Pathfinder, as is usually the case with these types of vehicles, the first limit you will likely run into is payload capacity, not "tow" capacity.
Whatever camper trailer you are looking at, figure the tongue weight is going to be in the neighborhood of 12 to 14% of the actual weight. So a 5K trailer is going to have a real world tongue of 600 to 700.
My trailer tongue weight is right at 580 lbs, with a measured trailer weight of 3980 lbs.
