trailer tongue
Silly question ! If ya gonna pull a trailer behind your TC and need a one foot extension on the hitch ball , which is better structurally , geometrically or what ever , a one foot extension or a one f...
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languiduck wrote:
Depends on the load you are carrying. If it's a light load I'd use an extra long ball mount or fabricate one. Those extensions suck to use. Too much slop.
If you're towing heavy you could extend the tongue...maybe. It will make it a PITA to hook up because you'll be reaching under the camper. Then you have a good chance of jamming the tongue up in the camper at something like an uneven intersection or any ground with a drastic elevation change.
But I have been using a trailer with a four-foot extended tongue since 2003 and have never had that problem.
As for PITA, try having to install and remove a four foot extension every time you put your camper on/off.
I do this with a trailer that's often loaded to 10,000 pounds. I sure wouldn't want that hanging out on the end of a four foot extension.
For only one foot, either is fine.
