I intentionally don’t use a hitch extension.
I have an 11.5 foot camper and I’ve never hit the camper with the trailer tongue, which I lengthened to reach the truck rather than using an extension. It’s much stronger and tows better. The closer your hitch is to the truck’s rear axle, the better.
I just took the jack off the front of the tongue and put it further back.
Not using an extension has lots of advantages, better physics and less junk to install and remove every time you load your camper, which is already tedious enough.
A trailer wide enough to see behind you with your camper on is worth every cent when you try to back up. If you can’t see it in your mirrors you can’t back up straight which is a total pain in the butt. And I’m a pro truck driver who can back up double trailers.
If it’s too narrow and you can’t see it, you have to fishtail back and forth to back up. You’ll hate it.
