Dual Receiver with 6" Drop??

GrampaR123 wrote:
What are you towing that has a tongue weighing more than 400 lbs.?

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Brain freeze- I forgot that this is a "dinghy towing" question.

Never mind!

With adding adapters/extenders/drops, the final assembly may flop aroung a little because the play in all the pieces will add up. This may call for one of those clamp gadgets that lock the pieces to the hitch itself. Both BlueOx and RoadMaster offer them. RM's is called QuietHitch and offers this pic

I couldn't find BOx's version but the last time I did, I liked it better. They offer one model that clamps in the side-to-side as well as top-to-bottom directions.
I mention this because if there's a Tow Bar involved, you don't want it wobbling at the connection point or it'll encourage toad to bump steer the back of the coach.

Yea, I was going to ask that. If the towed item is properly set up, there should be very little tongue weight. The toad S.B. set up so that the tow bar is parallel (or as close as possible) with the ground. This should then put very little tongue weight onto the hitch.

What are you towing that has a tongue weighing more than 400 lbs.?

Medico wrote:
This hitch actually has a higher weight rating. Take a look.



It's made by Roadmaster. Is available through Camping World.

I was impressed for a minute when I saw the "10,000 pound capacity"...but then I saw that the tongue weight limit is only 400 pounds!

What the heck is up with THAT????

This hitch actually has a higher weight rating. Take a look.



It's made by Roadmaster. Is available through Camping World.

Which bike rack do you intend to use?

I have the adapter pictured above, and a Thule T2 hitch rack, and the T2 hangs down too much to work with that adapter because it makes contact with the tow bar at certain angles.

I use one like in the picture above but I install it like pictured and put my bike rack in the top and my drop hitch in the bottom.

Yes that is a picture of the device you need.

I think that you could not "Flip" it over safely thought. You would buy a 2" receiver with a 6" drop, and mount the ball to that drop.

If you need to install a 2" receiver, such as for a Falcon II hitch that is mounted to the RV, you might need something custom built, unless the hitch adapter above is acceptable for towing with either of the hitch receivers. Many times it will state to only use the offset section for the bike rack, while the other side is for towing.

What I did to carry a bike rack was install two more 2" receivers on my hitch. I removed the hitch, and had a pro welder weld on both of them, near the outer edges of the hitch. Now I can use the factory installed center one, while the left one can carry the bike rack, the right on the dog cart rack.

Fred.

The dual receiver pictured above will work fine on a beast like an Allegro- the bike rack goes in the top part and since there's no difference in height at the bottom receiver whatever drop stinger you've got will work just as it does now.

One caveat:

Those receivers do have towing weight limits, so you'd need to verify that there's one available that will tow your dinghy's weight, whatever that may be.