I hope he doesn't plan to go into the mountains in the background! It's going to be hard to steer with his front wheels bouncing up off the ground like that.
On a more serious note, this situation is extreme, but it illustrates exactly why a weight distributing hitch is needed. There is so much hitch weight behind the rear axle that it has lifted the front end nearly off the ground. The WDH would take some of the hitch weight off the rear axle and tailgate (??!!??) of that poor station wagon, and put it back on the front wheels where he desperately needs it. And I think you can also see that air bags or helper springs or load-levellers might boost the rear end, but it still wouldn't put any weight back on the front wheels.
Of course, this situation is so extreme that no WDH is going to fix it. But when the situation is more moderate (as in most tow vehicles pulling most TMs), a WDH is really a good thing.
Bill
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