Its doable, but my concern would be the tongue weight. Even if you can keep the trailer to 5000#, at 13% its still over by 50#. I suppose you could try to counter balance it somehow...
Over the years I have twice towed very close to my rated capacities. Both times I knew what I was getting into and what the limitations would be. The first was a 3500# hybrid (Kiwi 17a) with a mini-van (summer of '03). The second time was with our X20E (4750#) and a Chevy Trailblazer (summer of '13). Like kvangil, I would describe both experiences as adequate. Both times I knew that towing in mountains would be out of the question.
That said, there is a definite difference between towing up to your limit and having spare capacity. We replaced the mini-van with a Suburban and later a Trailblazer. The Trailblazer towed the Kiwi beautifully even through mountains. Our current Sierra 1500 tows the X20E beautifully also. In other words, much more pleasurable towing than just "adequate".
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Originally Posted by perfpix
The yellow sticker weight, which includes all installed options, and full proprane tanks was 4258lbs. I'd really like to know the hitch weight though.
John
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Best way to calculate that without knowing for sure is to go by the GVWR of the trailer and figure out what 12 or 13% of that number is. In the case of the X213 that's 715#. Too much for the Pathfinder.
The only way to know for sure is to weigh the tongue when everything is fully loaded. You can do it with a bathroom scale, or if yours doens't go that high, use 2 with a 2x4 across and add the numbers. As already said packing light can make enough of a difference to make it work. When we towed the Kiwi with the mini-van we literaly weighed all of our stuff. It wasn't more than 350#.