I tow a 35ft trailer with a GVWR of over 11,000lbs. The last time I weighed the trailer it was in the 9,200 - 9,500lbs range. I did add a Roadmaster Active Suspension kit which helped with the load. I am over my hitch rating which I am fully aware of but so far no issues. As someone else stated there is a fix/upgrade I can do by replacing the mounting hardware but I've yet to do that. My dry tongue weight was 1,100lbs so I am higher now that I'm loaded up. My axle weights were ok if I recall. I think the only two things I was over on were my tongue and GVWR but not by much.
I've pulled my trailer from the mountains of NC all the way to the beach. We just got back from a trip to the beach with all five of my family members plus my mother and father in law for a long weekend. I even had my front bike rack installed with four bikes loaded on it. Overall the combo drove fine.
I weighed my setup on a local wood mill's scale on a recent trip back from the mountains and I was over my GCWR which is 17,000lbs. If I recall correctly I was sitting around 17,500 to 18,000lbs.
The bottom line is I'm comfortable pulling with a X. I did have to play around with my hitch settings to get it dialed in but I am now all set. We are planning a trip next year to WDW in FL. That will be over 1200 miles round trip. I would not hesitate to leave out tomorrow with my rig. I let my wife drive it for the first time on a trip out last weekend. She did great and said it drove fine. No issues.
