I borrowed a buddy's trailer for our vacation - it's for sale and I was thinking about buying it.
He rarely tows it; used it more as a destination trailer - no WDH or sway bars. We towed it around the UP of Michigan - about 1,000 miles total. No issues. Trailer was stable, nor more push/pull than my trailer with WDH/Sway control.
Yes, I was exceeding the weights on the sticker of my receiver by quite a bit, as the tongue weight was around 1100 lbs. I did research, got my weights, and talked to a few friends who are engineers at GM. I was also exceeding my GCWR (16,000 lbs), GVWR (8,600 lbs) and RAWR (5500 lbs). I made the decision that in this case, I felt safe towing this trailer with my family aboard.
