36" extention with 2" receiver question.
I have a 36" 2.5 hitch extension that I want to mount into my 2" receiver...My tongue wait if 50-60lbs. I was going to purchase a 24"L 2" square pipe to insert into my receiver and insert into my ...
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A little more info wouldn't be bad - is this a static load like a bicycle rack, or are you towing and if so, what is the trailer weight?
But, given you say its only going to be 50lbs tongue weight, it should be fine.
But as others have mentioned - don't tow something even the slightest bit heavy unless it's a Torklift Superhitch. I'm one of the ones people hear about but never actually know - I had a factory Class V hitch fail.
I had a nice ski boat, about 5000lbs on a factory installed Reese hitch running a 48" extension. One day I went in to Superhitch to have my Torklift tie downs installed, and they pointed out that the welds on the receiver had cracked and only had about 50% of the weld left holding it on.
I turned white.
I didn't even think twice about fix/re-weld vs. replace. I immediately had it removed and bought a new Superhitch.
Funds were tight then for me too, but would have been even tighter had my boat flown loose off my truck and hit some minivan on the highway.
But, given you say its only going to be 50lbs tongue weight, it should be fine.
But as others have mentioned - don't tow something even the slightest bit heavy unless it's a Torklift Superhitch. I'm one of the ones people hear about but never actually know - I had a factory Class V hitch fail.
I had a nice ski boat, about 5000lbs on a factory installed Reese hitch running a 48" extension. One day I went in to Superhitch to have my Torklift tie downs installed, and they pointed out that the welds on the receiver had cracked and only had about 50% of the weld left holding it on.
I turned white.
I didn't even think twice about fix/re-weld vs. replace. I immediately had it removed and bought a new Superhitch.
Funds were tight then for me too, but would have been even tighter had my boat flown loose off my truck and hit some minivan on the highway.
