Why all the sale people say the same thing about hitch weight? They're just saying that so they can sell a trailer? I will go weigh my Xterra sometime this week and find out exact max tongue weight it can handle, but it looks like Jayco is out of my choice if I want to be on the safe side.
It looks like WDH would add extra weight on the hitch (so it's going to be worse?). I went to four different dealers and talked to at least 5 different sales people, and they all said 'you do not have to worry about (the max) hitch weight because you will be using an WDH.' I started believing what they were saying until I read about WDH on this forum or other places. Xterra's GVWR is 5,400lb, so my actual max hitch weight will be around 400lb. I have not yet weigh the vehicle with full tank of gas and passengers, so this is just my guess, but the GVW will be close to or over 5,000lb. Jayco Jay Flight SLX 154 BH (3,200lb/280lb)Īfter adding a propane (they all take single propane) and a battery and some stuff, I was thinking I would have to add another 150 lb to the hitch weight.
These are all dry weight (trailer weight/hitch weight).ģ. Here's the list of trailers I've been looking at.
I have a 2015 Nissan Xterra with Towing package (max 5,000 lb. I know this has been answered in several threads, and I concluded that WDH does not really reduce the tongue weight.