I load the tongue with about 950 pounds and the trailer axles scale at 5300 pounds .
My pickup often scales at 86-8800 pounds while towing .
I run more without the weight distributing hitch than I run with it .
We scaled back to a 21T Komfort which is 23.5 feet actual .
We tow with an hd 2500 duramax .
We live near the Cascades and we drive curvy 2 lane US highways , no interstates for 140 miles distance .
My gvw 9200 # pickup gets loaded with as much of the heavy stuff as I can fit in the bed under the snugtop canopy.
Extra 5 gallons of fresh water , 2.5 gallon propane tank , a couple of boxes of OSB scraps to keep the fire from smoking , an extra cooler filled with soda pop , 2 EZ-UP quik-shades ( steel ) .
We boondock style camp often and the additional clearance without the WD bars is a bonus .
Unlike the previous gentleman it takes me at least 15 minutes to get my venerable weight bars in place . I do not have a power tongue jack .
I do not miss the space inside the trailer .
We camp outside .
The trailer is a box to carry our stuff, a place to sleep , take a shower , use our own toilet in the middle of the night , heat up the coffee in the morning , and a convenient mount for an awning .
We cook on a coleman stove and portable bbq most often , outside .
My experience is that repeated towing long distance trips is much nicer with less trailer and more pickup .
The 23.5 foot lever ( without WD ) tows much nicer than the 29 foot lever that preceded it ( with WD ) .
