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Originally Posted by tfink

Hey Vic,

I was out on the site doing some research to see if anyone has moved the trailer axle forward to lighten the tongue weight when I found your post here. Thanks for bringing it over from the old site.

I tow my 195DC with a Nissan Murano, it's not the ideal tow vehicle as it max's out at about where the boat, motor, trailer and some accessories are. I was thinking that I wanted to lighten the tongue weight a bit so the Murano didn't ride so low in the back and was wanting to know what people thought. Bad idea or good idea? Give it to me straight... I can take it!

The Murano is a nice ride and also has the award winning VQ (who needs a V8) V6 that they install in serveral of their rides



Problem is, the Murano does not have a sub-frame nor the transmission to really handle towing larger loads, and I could not even find any upgrade shocks from Bilstein to help the sagging rear end issue you talked about for it. I though just traded in my 93 octane needing Pathfinder for a 87 octane able, shift on the fly, 4WD Xterra that has the same sweet VQ V6 engine as my Pathfinder And to be frank, the Pathfinder with a K&N air filter and Mobil 1 in the crankcase (with the way I drive) was not hard on fuel considering it was a 2 ton truck. I got about 17.5 in town and well over 21 on the highway....

So I now have a 6000 lbs of towing and I "Fear no Tide or Ramp" with all that grunt and stick So you may want to consider running down to the Nissan dealer and see what kind of deal you can get on your Murano for either a Pathfinder or Xterra since the Murano is a nice cross over auto that will (at least this week) still bring in a better trade than your average SUV