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Old 09-17-2010, 06:58 AM   #2
brulaz
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Kathy, the Nissan ratings you quote are similar, just slightly lower than our Tacomas.

Our problem has not been exceeding the Tow Capacity, but exceeding the GVWR of the TV. If you subtract the "Curb Weight" of your Nissan from its GVWR, you will have its payload capacity. Adding more weight than your payload will cause the vehicle's GVWR to be exceeded.

With our Tacoma the payload is about 1000#. But after subtracting the weight of 2 people, and our hitch weight (420# with WDH, 620# without), there is very little weight capacity left for any gear. After adding our kayaks on top, only very little and very light weight stuff goes into the bed of our pickup.

EDIT: Not sure if I should add the weight of a tank of gas to the payload too ...
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