New Podders deciding btwn tow vehicles

Nice frontier. I'm looking for a midsize tv. I'll be buying in about a year. I've been researching and following all the chats I can. Did you post this o FB to. Sounds familiar! I'll be following so be sure to post a follow up on cros and cons, if you don't mind. Ty and nice ride    

I have the same truck except it's a King Cab instead of Crew Cab I think you will be very happy with it as a TV.

Agreed! It does not make sense to hide specification.  They are important to help one make a decision on what to purchase.

Unfortunately, I can't tell what amperage the alternator is by looking. I believe i did see a transmission cooler when I looked. In any case, temperatures did not seem to be an issue when we towed over the mountain passes between Utah and Arizona.

Now that I have had the chance to do a major tow of our EscaPOD, (South Jordan, Utah to Gilbert, Arizona) with the 2010 Nissan Frontier LE with 4wd, I can comment on how it tows. Overall, I am quite pleased. I don't think I had the hitch adjusted quite right, so I readjusted it in preparation for the next leg of our trip.

As I suspected, even though it has a larger engine than the one in our Escape (4L V6 vs. 2L turbocharged I4), it struggled more in the mountains. The Ecoboost is a marvelous feature as it maintained power in the mountains. I could tell that the naturally aspirated V6 lost power as we gained in altitude. At 6,000+ feet, there was a definite drop-off in power. Trying to maintain 60-65 mph on some of the climbs was not going to happen, even though the transmission downshifted into 2nd gear several times. In spite of this, I am still pleased with the Frontier. It is much less expensive to use 87 Octane regular instead of having to use premium. We are getting about 11 mpg. The Frontier we have is only rated 19 mpg highway, so the half is about right. We got as low as about 9 mph with the Escape under similar conditions.

I still would like to get a Diesel engine tow vehicle some day. I could have purchased an older F250 for about the same price from a private individual, but it had some problems, so we went with the Frontier from Carmax. So far, it has worked out okay. I think you will be okay with the 2015 Frontier.

One excellent thing is that you can get the wiring harness to plug in a brake controller. The Bargman connector is there and all it takes is a short wiring harness to plug the connector into the pre-wired connector above the gas pedal under the dash. It only took a few minutes to get the Hopkins InSIGHT controller installed instead of the hours it took with the Escape. My wife likes the seating in the Frontier. She says it is better than that of the Escape. She likes sitting up a bit higher.