What it's ~actually~ doing is using those stupid chains to transform the truck and trailer into one rigid beam from front bumper to the trailer's tail lights... and it's concentrating a lot of stress in a few points. It will transfer weight to the front of the truck but the same effect transfers weight to the rear of the trailer. I'd also expect it to change the steering response... as every time you try to turn you're going to be fighting those chains and the weight they carry... the chains will effectively shorten during a turn so more force will be needed to make the turn... so if you've got poor footing under the front wheels... the truck will plow. It also provides the oppertunity to bend/break the truck and trailer frames ahead of the rear axle front spring shackle and just forward of the support chains if those happen to be weak areas... which they often are.
These silly hitches, in my opinion... are nothing but a disaster waiting for a place to happen. If you need more truck to carry the weight, get more truck.
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