CUSTOM FABRICATED BALL MOUNT?
I had a previous post about pushing my 19ft Airstream back enough to drop my tailgate. I thought I had it solved with a 13 ¼ inch (pin hole to middle of ball) hitch. After turning my jack sideways I w...
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Turtle n Peeps wrote:Dragonfly wrote:DSteiner51 wrote:
I'd be more concerned about the receiver being able to take the extra leverage. The bar I wouldn't worry about.
It is a class IV receiver, part of the truck's HD payload and towing package. Others have pushed their TT or boats of similar weight (3800-4500 lbs) back even further and done OK. I am only pushing back about 4.5 inches over the 9.5" triple ball I was using. I am well under the max towing and tongue weight and, I know better than to do it with a hitch extension. But I will investigate the impact to be sure.
Actually, my worry is about a strong enough plate to hold the ball and the weld from our local welding shop.
If it's a solid shank regular hitch why not just take it to a machine shop and have them redrill the pin hole 1" closer to the end?
The existing hole is the pin hole. The shank needs a small plate with a one inch hole welded on the other end to hold the ball. Plate on top = ¾ inch or so rise. Flip it and plate on bottom = about a two inch drop. Then it needs to be painted. Unfortunately it won't be powder coated but that is OK.
Also, I thought about cutting down the manufactured 16 inch a few inches and drilling a new pin hole. I worried about the wisdom of that and sure enough have had MANY warnings about not doing that.
