pyoung47 wrote:
I have a much longer hitch extension that came with a travel trailer that I had a few years ago. I never used it. I would think that the added length would add much more leverage to the both the vertical and horizontal. This would increase the sag of the truck and cause more instability in wind and when semis go past.
The weight distribution hitch can put back whatever weight was taken off the front by using a longer shank and take out whatever sag may have occurred. I can tell you from my own experience, putting a 2" longer shank on my F250 to clear the tongue jack wasn't even measurable at the scale.