[travelin texans]

I haven't had TT in 20 years & it had the chains, a 18-24" bar to flip the chains over & sway bar that clamped down between 2 tiny balls on the truck & trailer. At the time I was under the impression if they weren't somewhat difficult to tighten then they were doing no good, tension=weight transfer. Did raise the tongue jack with it attached to the truck to make loading the chains much easier, actually I couldn't attach them without raising, I had the link I needed painted red.
My FIL had the same system & found out you can transfer TOO much weight. He had the chains so tight that it was raising the rear of his truck & spinning the tires very time he took off, wore a rear set of tires in 1 summers travels. He thought his old GMC 454 with a manual 4 speed was too much truck til I adjusted his setup for him, he said it even towed better afterwards.