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Originally Posted by gerrym51

look at 2010 towing guide for nissan(google it) things have changed.

4.0 liter v6 crewcab 5 foot box.

gerry

Just took a look at it. Here is my experience with the 2001 S10 crew cab 4X4.
4.3 L v-6, 4.10 axles. Pulling a Coleman Mesa. We weighed the Coleman while in Alaska this year with all our gear. The pop-up was 2800# total and on the axle it was 2640#. No water in the 20 gal fresh water tank and full propane, two bottles, with a size 27 deep cycle batt. on the tongue. In 2005 the S10 would barely make 50 mph on I-26 south of Ashville NC.
That is why I was curious. The Nissan is most likely a true fuel injection whereas the S-10 was TB. In 2001 the Frontier empty on the road with the same axles as the S-10 didn't have the same feel of power. Here in Florida the S-10 pulled the Coleman fine. I would never have tried pulling our TM with the S-10 as the 2720SL dry looks to be about 500# heavier then the Coleman was loaded. I haven't weighed the TM yet but from a MPG point of view I didn't see any difference between the Coleman and the TM with our gear plus 10 to 12 gallons of fresh water with our current TV. Highway manners of the TM is way better then Coleman ever was. A slight change in loading of the Coleman resulted in sway. I got a lot of practice moving stuff around on the Coleman.