Thanks mkirsch!
And lol on the appearance of your twig n berries extension!
I’ve thought about fabricating one. Haven’t measured the min length needed to make it work like you were saying but doesn’t seem longer than what would work on 2” receivers.
Even still, I haven’t even seen like 12” extensions for 2-1/2” hitches.
Search continues.
All else fails, a simple heavy duty drop shank would probably work, but I already bought this nice aluminum adjustable flip over ball stinger. And it only needs to be a few inches longer (lol again) to work w my trailer.