OK you got all these opinions here's my experience. Air bags are just overload springs; the only difference between actual springs and air bags is that with air bags you do not have to remove them to end the overload help. In 1956 when we moved from New York to Oregon pulling a homebuilt travel trailer weight distribution hitchs (WD) were around and expensive. Overloads worked fine they do not relieve the need to have the right amount of tongue weight just allow that weight to be too much. WD also allow too much tongue weight and spreads the load allong all of the axles. The WD also has the advantage of stiffening the turning so that the tow vehicle trailer combination is more stable. 8500 tow weight sounds about right for a 1/2 ton truck. WD is the way to go. They are as easy to hook up as without WD, just a couple of extra moves. I think I had Reese but it been a while an dI could be wrong. If you have gooseneck you don't need WD and I don't think they exist. Back to the subject--hook-up. There is a rotating hook on each side of the trailer tongue; a bar goes in the tow vehicle hitch and a chain on the end of the bar goes on the hook pull the hook up over center (need a cheater) and you're done. CHARLIE what are you doing? I have a 2500HD Duramax and the max gooseneck tow weight is right at 18000. Max haul weight is 6000. You don't need overloads with a gooseneck. Unless you're way overloaded. With my 20 foot gooseneck I have been unable to load the front of the trailer enough to make the truck squat. Course I'm not hauling hay. But a 20 foot disc taken apart and stacked at the front meant the load was on the front 3/4 of the trailer and the load with trailer was real close to 18000. The truck sat level.
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