First you want the trailer sitting level, so you need to start there, dropping the front down lower will make it tow worse.
So you have to go with what works for your height.
I don't like extended hitches, it extends that break over point out more with more leverage on the hitch.
Only takes 2 minutes to remove the tire, I did that until I lifted.
You could always install a lift and then you'd be fine. With my KK hitch, cut bumper I have to run a 3 for some and for some a 4 inch drop for my trailers
I swapped the broken brake coupler that was on the trailer for a standard 2" one. The trailer was originally for a 23' center console, but now is used for a much smaller 19' dual console. The brakes were non existent when I bought the trailer anyways- calipers rusted to the point of crumbling, missing parts, no fluid in the coupler. With the chunky brake coupler removed and the smaller coupler on there my 2" drop hitch works perfectly as far as having the trailer level and having enough clearance to hook up with the tire on. The only thing I don't like is lining up on it to hook up. Way trickier than the pickup was, and no backstop like I had with a steel bumper over my old hitch on the pickup. If I go too far with the jeep I'm gonna be banging plastic and paint. 
As soon as my new shorty antenna gets here I'm gonna rig up a guide/target that I can see through the back glass with the old jeep antenna and a magnet. 