Buying a TT. Need direction.

Food for thought, as I age, I wonder how much longer I'll be able to lift the Equal-i-zer hitch from ground level. I guess a person could just leave it in the truck receiver and not have to heft it. However the ball is high enough that the tail gate sits on the ball non-towing rather than laying flat. The 1,400 lbs tongue rated hitch assembly weighs 55 lbs without the bars and the 2 bars are 21.6 lbs each. I'm right at the limit of my tow vehicle payload. You might want to consider a 3/4 ton truck for payload and it likely would ride higher allowing the ball to be lower on the shank such that there is less or no interference with the tail gate.