Hi Mike! Rear Kitchen floor plans can help pin weight alot! For one, getting the refrigerator well behind the axles puts more weight to the rear which can lighten the pin weight. Rear kitchens might often place a grey tank behind the axles too. That can help balance the weight to the rear as well. Front kitchens can do just the opposite, especially if your FK is packing a dishwasher...
The best way to reduce pin weight though, IMHO is to get a north/south bed. Even if it has a wardrobe slide, it will generally be lighter than a larger bed slide with a king bed in it...
The Montana 294 that I'm getting ready to pull the trigger on has a higher pin weight (2300 dry) than you might normally find in a 11000# unit. It packs a windshield plus the upper deck bedroom slide is larger than normal, as it extends into the bathroom with extra storage/and W/D prep. Some might suggest that the windshield adds alot of weight...but so would the DW packing what would otherwise be a cavernous closet over the pin! It's all relative
