Hitch Extenders
I know this has been discussed more than once but search wasn't turning up results. We have a Ram 3500 with a 2-1/2 inch receiver. Our TC extends approximately 36" past the trucks receiver box. We ...
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yblaw wrote:mike/kellie wrote:
I can only respond to the braking system. I bought the Ready Brute with surge. I bought a new Ready Brute tow bar from a member here, and then purchased the base plate and separate surge extension. I didn't want wiring going through the jeep. I have 2 cables mounted to the brake pedal through the firewall. One is emergency break aware and the other is surge cable. Brake, turn and tail lights are the magnetic type ( battery fed led ) secured to cargo basket over the spare, fed my transmitter plugged into the 7-way plug.
Great father's day present from my kids that performed perfectly last month.
Spider senses flashed seeing a single tube extension. Looking at my Torklift, 2 tubes fastened together with 3/8" chain turnbuckles.
X2 on Mike/Kellie's concern about a single tube. I think you will find that the Mammoth is 11 1/2' long, and that you need a minimum 42" hitch extension. I use a 48" Torklift truss system on my Mammoth to put a little more distance between what I'm towing and the back of the camper.....
This is why I was going to triangulate with chain/turnbuckles similar to super truss. Flat towing there will be no hitch weight to speak of. The tow should be less than 5,000 pounds. My thought was that the added chain would relieve horizontal loads and vertical loads should be practically nonexistent.
To use the Torklift system it looks like the factory hitch needs to be removed and replaced with the TL hitch?
