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Troyby
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May 23, 2018

Hitch extension or longer trailer tongue?????

Hi Everyone, This is my first post here... I'm picking up a new Host Cascade in two days and trying to make plans for pulling my enclosed Trailer. My truck is a 2013 chevy crewcab dually cab&chassis. The trailer is a heavy duty snowmobile/car hauler. GVWR of 10,000. It will have 2 rzr's in it total trailer weight of 8000 lbs.

SuperHitch does not make a hitch that will fit my frame and they want my truck for two days and $1600.00 to make a hitch for me. Thats a no go as I live in SLC Utah. My truck has a curtis class V hitch on it now.

Here's my question. Should I have my hitch converted into a two receiver like the superhitch and buy their extension or should I have the trailer tongue lengthened? I'm not sure how much extension I need yet but I'm guessing its about 24"

The trailer has an adjustable Coupler that is bolted on and can be raised or lowered. I'm thinking of adding the extension there.

Whats everyones thoughts on this? Do you see any problems that may arise?


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  • I am a firm believer in having a good welder take care of my towing needs.They fix things that break for a living and know how to prevent trouble before it happens.

    I would ask someone in your area that welds for a living, what they think.
  • When extending trailer tongue might be good option, looks to me like you have 3" cross beam on your hitch.
    My new Ford has 3" receiver and I just bought another stinger as the 1st I bought is short. I think any good welding shop can upgrade your hitch to 3"
    3" tubing per rough calculation is stronger than TL stinger and cost about $11 per foot.