Will a Hardbody cut it? - Infamous Nissan

Stinky · 12-07-2021, 12:52 PM

I am looking for a new, used, truck.

I want it to be able to tow my camp-trailer....at least 2,500#, w/a 400# ATV in the bed, for 500miles.

Will the V6 MT D21 do it? Or is it excessively overloaded?

PoBoi850 · 12-07-2021, 01:23 PM

Take a look at jp2code's truck.

PoBoi850 · 12-07-2021, 01:24 PM

http://www.infamousnissan.com/forum/member.php?u=4079

Deerhurst · 12-07-2021, 01:31 PM

A V6 truck will do it fine. JP and I are known to pull a few pounds more than that.

dvdswan · 12-07-2021, 03:45 PM

Not to put down our trucks. But, you live in CO, so hills and mtn roads. IMO, I would get a truck with a V8 and 4.11s to tow the camper specifically.

Don't be that guy on Wolf Creek Pass going 15 mph.

EF2 · 12-08-2021, 01:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dvdswan

Not to put down our trucks. But, you live in CO, so hills and mtn roads. IMO, I would get a truck with a V8 and 4.11s to tow the camper specifically.

Don't be that guy on Wolf Creek Pass going 15 mph.

hahahaha facts

Deerhurst · 12-08-2021, 04:23 AM

Dunno, my truck even with the 3.0 kept up with traffic up and over the pass with 7,000lba of hay and does it every summer during hay season. I go from 4200ft to around 6,000 feet down to 3000feet and back.

2500lbs with the right trailer, tongue weight, etc isn't much.

SBJ · 12-08-2021, 05:14 AM

That pass is a nasty one. I say that having driven it before in a minivan towing a ~2500lb camper. Slow is a bit of an understatement. The air is also quite a bit thinner up there. IIRC the pass itself is around 11,000 feet. Beautiful, though.

Deerhurst · 12-08-2021, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SBJ

That pass is a nasty one. I say that having driven it before in a minivan towing a ~2500lb camper. Slow is a bit of an understatement. The air is also quite a bit thinner up there. IIRC the pass itself is around 11,000 feet. Beautiful, though.

Nothing NA likes high elevation. Can't get air to ingest or to cool it.

12-07-2021, 12:52 PM	#1
Stinky Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Whitewater, CO Posts: 127 Vehicle: 86 2wd 720, 86 4x4D21 Thanks: 0 Thanked 12 Times in 12 Posts	Will a Hardbody cut it? I am looking for a new, used, truck. I want it to be able to tow my camp-trailer....at least 2,500#, w/a 400# ATV in the bed, for 500miles. Will the V6 MT D21 do it? Or is it excessively overloaded?

12-07-2021, 01:23 PM	#2
PoBoi850 Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Tallahassee Posts: 916 Vehicle: 88 2wd Z24i HB D21 Thanks: 417 Thanked 141 Times in 118 Posts	Take a look at jp2code's truck. __________________ https://www.instagram.com/p/B9xQ5v_h...=1sufmtnljrva8

12-07-2021, 01:24 PM	#3
PoBoi850 Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Tallahassee Posts: 916 Vehicle: 88 2wd Z24i HB D21 Thanks: 417 Thanked 141 Times in 118 Posts	http://www.infamousnissan.com/forum/member.php?u=4079 __________________ https://www.instagram.com/p/B9xQ5v_h...=1sufmtnljrva8

12-07-2021, 01:31 PM	#4
Deerhurst 4/86 SE-V6 2 tone 4x4 HB Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Oregon Posts: 8,070 Vehicle: 1986.5 SE-V6 4WD D21, 2003 Audi A4 Avant 3.0 Quattro Thanks: 919 Thanked 1,093 Times in 986 Posts	A V6 truck will do it fine. JP and I are known to pull a few pounds more than that. __________________ 1986.5 SE-V6 4X4 D21 Hardbody Pacesetter Long Tube Headers Morimoto Mini D2S HID Projectors and Hella 500s VG33i

12-07-2021, 03:45 PM	#5
dvdswan Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Port Orchard, WA Posts: 5,707 Vehicle: 96 HB Thanks: 217 Thanked 919 Times in 800 Posts	Not to put down our trucks. But, you live in CO, so hills and mtn roads. IMO, I would get a truck with a V8 and 4.11s to tow the camper specifically. Don't be that guy on Wolf Creek Pass going 15 mph. __________________ Dave 96 HB XE SAS'd D44 3-link on 35s http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2618002

12-08-2021, 04:23 AM	#7
Deerhurst 4/86 SE-V6 2 tone 4x4 HB Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Oregon Posts: 8,070 Vehicle: 1986.5 SE-V6 4WD D21, 2003 Audi A4 Avant 3.0 Quattro Thanks: 919 Thanked 1,093 Times in 986 Posts	Dunno, my truck even with the 3.0 kept up with traffic up and over the pass with 7,000lba of hay and does it every summer during hay season. I go from 4200ft to around 6,000 feet down to 3000feet and back. 2500lbs with the right trailer, tongue weight, etc isn't much. __________________ 1986.5 SE-V6 4X4 D21 Hardbody Pacesetter Long Tube Headers Morimoto Mini D2S HID Projectors and Hella 500s VG33i

12-08-2021, 05:14 AM	#8
SBJ Total Buzzkill Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: OR Posts: 3,114 Vehicle: '90 D21 4cyl 5spd 2wd Thanks: 347 Thanked 595 Times in 529 Posts	That pass is a nasty one. I say that having driven it before in a minivan towing a ~2500lb camper. Slow is a bit of an understatement. The air is also quite a bit thinner up there. IIRC the pass itself is around 11,000 feet. Beautiful, though.

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