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In my opinion, the air bags are a good idea if you have a fifth-wheel or gooseneck trailer that has enough hitch weight to lower the back end of the truck. But for a conventional, or bumper pull, trailer, the weight distributing hitch is much much better. Just remember that the air bags only hold the back end up off the axle. They do not reduce the weight on the axle and rear tires. In fact, a heavy tongue weight actually will reduce the weight on the front axle and put even more weight on the rear axle. The weight distributing hitch does just what its name says; it distributes the tongue weight to both the front axle of the truck as well as its rear axle and back to the trailer axle(s).