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Getting TT up a steep driveway?
Wondering if anyone has any tricks for getting a travel trailer up a steep'ish driveway? My wife and I are looking at trailers and one thing we noticed is the, driveway up to our RV storage on the side of our house is rather steep. Likely the bumper of the trailer would hit the driveway before the wheels could get on it to change the angle. I'm sure people have run into this before and have solutions. Our thoughts so far were a set of heavy duty aluminum ramps to help lessen the angle. Any other ideas?8KViews0likes19CommentsRe: Towing travel trailer with an Xterra
Just for fun I went to nissan's website to "build" a new Xterra with a tow package and to get the description of the tow package. This is what "more details" show: "Includes: Tow Hitch Receiver, Trailer Hitch Relay and Trailer Tow Brake Jumper Sub-harness Factory-installed"809Views0likes0CommentsRe: Towing travel trailer with an Xterra
Yeh I saw that too in the fine print about "properly equipped." Thing is, the Xterra doesn't come with different gear box options and mine is the Pro-4X model so it has the most upgraded suspension setup that Xterra's come with (little bit beefier shocks from bilstein is really all it is). If you price out an Xterra with options on a website like edmunds you'll see there is no opportunity to check off something like an upgraded trans cooler. That's why I wondered what they meant when they said "properly equipped." Maybe I will call the dealer and see what the service department says. As far as tow weight goes, my wife and the dog and I make up about 500lbs of weight and the stuff we bring is probably another 150lbs +/- of weight. So even if we subtracted 700lbs from 5000, I should still have approximately 4300lbs available. The trailers I'm looking at seem to be under that but, I wonder if it's wise to get close to that or whether I should be looking at like, half that weight as a more realistic goal.810Views0likes0CommentsRe: Towing travel trailer with an Xterra
hmmm, well a quick look around a local RV place's website tells me a tent trailer is going to be around 1,200lbs with 200lbs hitch weight and a 19' box trailer is around 2,620lbs with a 335lb hitch weight. Both seem well within the spec of the xterra. 5,000lb max tow capacity hitch weights seem to be varying from 400lbs - 600lbs depending on hitch type and weight distribution towing? I'm not quite what that means but, I'm guessing that means a little fancier trailer setup (such as the sway control et all).810Views0likes0CommentsRe: Towing travel trailer with an Xterra
Thanks for the replies everyone! I realize it's not the greatest tow vehicle but, it's better than no tow vehicle :) It did not come with the towing package and lights installed. I need to get those installed as well. I thought about a tent trailer versus a box trailer but, the stuff I was looking at seemed to end up weighing about the same (maybe 300-500lb difference, if that between tent trailer and box trailer). I thought in the grand scheme of things it didn't seem to be much of a difference.810Views0likes0CommentsTowing travel trailer with an Xterra
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 :)7KViews0likes16Comments
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