Allright...Let's do your Titan and the Hornet Trailer...

Your Titan is rated to tow about 7400 lbs(provided you have LT tires)

Your Titan has a payload rating of about 1500 lbs (remember the hitch weight of about 75-100 lbs comes right off your payload number)

Your Titan has a GVW of about 6400 lbs.

Your Titan has a Combined Gross Weight Rating(loaded truck & trailer weight) of 12,800 lbs(still need LT tires)


Your trailer has a GVWR of 7620, and a tongue weight of about 760 lbs(based on a standard of 10)

After hitching up, your truck will have about 750 lbs of payload left over.

.This is your weight envelope..

This would be the conclusion:

If you load up your truck up to its max GVW, you have about 6400 lbs of CGVW rating left over, your trailer loaded up to it's GVW(minus the tongue weight) will be about 6850 lbs, so on paper you're about 400-500 lbs over the CGVW rating...

Basically you're on the hi-end of all your rating(provided you have the correct tires)

So after all that we're right back to my OP:


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You'll be at the max....unless you plan on towing a empty trailer...
Tow in 4th gear, drop to 3rd on hills & grades...

Yes.. The calculations are correct. But like the GIGO of computers. Is the Titan GVW of 6400 pounds a real number or from from Toyota? Options and aftermaket equipment weights are added to Toyota's numbers.

Yes that number is from the nissan titan manual. If the load is pulled on these truck what are the dangers? The truck already sags now.

I'll bet that Toyota's 6400 pound GVW in their manual is for the base model Titan. Any options will add to the weight. For a "REAL" weight, go to a truck stop and weigh the truck with you in it. It'll cost about $8. You can see the weight distribution between the axles. (Most truck scales have three sections. to weigh the steer axles, drive axles & trailer axles.

The biggest risk in pulling an oversized trailer is lost of control. Since you said the trailer tongue weight was 10%, I'll assume you have a bumper pull trailer. The best option for you is to get a weight distributing hitch. A WD hitch will move some of the trailer tongue weight to the front axle of the tow vehicle. This will reduce the rear "sag" and increase the weight on & traction of the front tires. The added traction gives you more control.

i have a WD hitch that is bolted onto the truck or trailer?

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Originally posted by rav4t:
i have a WD hitch that is bolted onto the truck or trailer?

I don't understand your post. Do you have a WD hitch? or are you asking a question?

Look at this link http://www.mrtruck.net/wdh.htm