Cargo trailers with tongue extensions
I know many of you have said in the past you have trailers with tongue extensions instead of a hitch extension. So those of you who do this how long is your tongue and how much does your camper overha...
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burningman wrote:
Seems many who replied misunderstood the question. This isn't about hitch extensions.
No, a longer trailer tongue will not make the trailer tow "wonky', it'll make it tow straighter and more stable.
A longer tongue will not increase tongue weight. And depending on your setup, it takes a pretty extreme angle to hit the camper.
I stretched my trailer tongue four feet. It has plenty of clearance below the camper. It works great, and is much safer and better than putting the hitch four feet behind the truck.
You don't have to install and remove any heavy junk every time you load or unload the camper.
Nobody pulls heavy trailers on four foot hitch extensions without a camper on their truck, ever. It's obvious why not. Its no different when you do have a camper on. People do it because its the store-bought, bolt-on solution and stretching a trailer tongue is custom work.
You correct on most points but you're leaving out a few other reasons why people don't just stretch the trailer tongue:
1. Stretched tongue means crawling up under your camper overhang to couple/uncouple the trailer. That may happen several times with the camper & "heavy junk" staying on the truck for longer periods.
2. They may borrow other people's trailers.
3. The trailer may just fit in a garage with the standard tongue.
