Extended Receiver Hitch

Kayteg1 wrote:

I strongly believe my 2.5" receiver is stronger than Superhitch

Do you realize you're comparing a single 2 1/2" receiver to TWO 2" receivers?

FYI, due to its length, there is a greater tendency to drag the SuperTruss extension on uneven terrain whether you're towing or not. You may want to remove it when not towing.

twodownzero wrote:
Anyone made their own extension? I have the superhitch but $500 for the extension seems a bit excessive when I can just buy two 24" extensions and some material to attach them together. Thoughts?

Used supertruss extensions can usually be found on the Craigslist for lot less money!

That's how I got mine.

twodownzero wrote:
Anyone made their own extension? I have the superhitch but $500 for the extension seems a bit excessive when I can just buy two 24" extensions and some material to attach them together. Thoughts?

Guy I work with did. He's had no issues and said he had about $200 in materials, but that might include his second receiver he built too.

Myself...I pull a pretty expensive bunch of toys and don't trust my fab skills enough to build something like that so I ponied up for all the torklilf stuff. Nice stuff.

Kayteg1 wrote:
My truck originated as cab & chassis and I don't think any of Superhitches will fit.
I converted it to regular bed (actually I have Dodge bed on Ford and the frame stick behind the bed, where factory hitch bolts to.
I strongly believe my 2.5" receiver is stronger than Superhitch, but being unique is not making it easy and I don't see 2.5" supertruss anywhere.
The extra extension length might be needed since I put my TC with about 16" space on front of the bed for carrying junk.

The SuperHitch Magnum line definitely fits the Ford cab & chassis. This Torklift receiver is rated for 30k lbs at the dual receivers, 14k lbs with up to 2' of SuperTruss, 12k lbs up to 4' and 10k lbs at 5'. The SuperTruss is actually the weak link in this setup and has same rating whether using the standard SuperHitch or the heavier rated Magnum.

Anyone made their own extension? I have the superhitch but $500 for the extension seems a bit excessive when I can just buy two 24" extensions and some material to attach them together. Thoughts?

mkirsch wrote:

Kayteg1 wrote:
I add question.
SuperTruss from what I see on the site works only with SuperHitch.
I do have 2.5" receiver on my truck and would like to utilize that for up to 7000lb trailer and from what I measure I could use 5 foot extension.
Anybody found easy solution ?

Easy solution is install a Torklift SuperHitch. Your factory hitch will not handle a 5 foot extension with 7000lb trailer.

You don't need a 5 foot extension anyway. There is no camper that extends 5 feet past the rear of the truck. At most you need 4 foot. As long as the ball is even with the rear of the camper, you will not have trouble.

Even with 4 foot, best option is to install a Torklift Superhitch. Very different from my situation where a few inches would be enough.

My truck originated as cab & chassis and I don't think any of Superhitches will fit.
I converted it to regular bed (actually I have Dodge bed on Ford and the frame stick behind the bed, where factory hitch bolts to.
I strongly believe my 2.5" receiver is stronger than Superhitch, but being unique is not making it easy and I don't see 2.5" supertruss anywhere.
The extra extension length might be needed since I put my TC with about 16" space on front of the bed for carrying junk.

You'll be towing 5000-6000 lbs with 500-1000 lbs of tongue weight depending on the balance of the trailer. You will need a weight distribution hitch and SuperHitch to avoid going over capacity.

So we have a 9.5 hard side Shadow Cruiser on our 8' bed 04 dually. Want to tow open pit car trailer with FJ Cruiser. FJ weighs little over 4,000# and trailer is steel. Don't know about tongue weight, trip to scales in order I would imagine? The camper extends 1.5'past bed of truck but also had those pesky "fins" the 90s models have. Suggestions on length of stinger for receiver to clear corners of camper on turns would be nice. This truck has hauled some heavy receiver hitch loads in the past 12 years but not with 3000# in the bed and most definately not with any extension. Is this another TORKLIFT, TORKLIFT, TORKLIFT deal? It would just figure as we've had one thing after another depleting our traveling funds in the last couple months. I'm all for flat towing the new Chevy 2500 4x4 as that is an option, just not on DH,radar yet, but that's not cheap either. Oh dear, what to do, decisions, decisions. Sorry didn't mean to hijack the original post but enquiring minds need to know.

My friend use to pull a race car behind his truck and TC using a Pull Rite hitch.