Air bags and cat scale shock
Hi all, it's been awhile since I have posted. We recently took our first spring trip this year to do some fishing. This was the first time I had hooked up the bass boat with my TC, and I noticed tha...
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eHoefler wrote:
Any helper spring will only raise the fulcrum point in the teeter totter. The extension on the hitch is a great big lever to pick up the front end of the vehicle. For every foot of extension you add behind the rear axle, you increase the mechanical advantage, and greatly reduce the capacity of your hitch. 1' of extension you decrease the capacity of your hitch by 1/2, 2' equals a decrease of 2/3rd's.
I definitely had to beef up my receiver. My extensions, are actually two pieces. I have a receiver extension with a step, and an extended ball mount. The first extension measures 13 1/2" from receiver to receiver, and the second part measures 14" from the second receiver to the ball, for a total of 27 1/2" of extension from my truck receiver. Definitely over 2' but not a crazy amount. I have seen 48" extensions like Super Truss, Reese Titan, etc. Here are some pics below. The turnbuckles are not load bearing, they are used just to take the side to side movement out of the first extension, eliminating the infamous "clunking" noise.
