Hitch Extension, Am I Crazy
I posted here because y'all have the most experience towing with these.
I have an 04 Silverado 1500, I am in the process of buying a new ATV that will not fit in the bed of my truck without leaving the tailgate down. I want to use an extension in my receiver to pull my small TT with the ATV in the bed, something in the 12" range. My TT has a tongue weight of around 400 lbs depending upon how much water I'm carrying. The first thing I am going to do is replace the factory hitch with something more substantial, a place here in town has a class 5 hitch with a 2" receiver with a tongue weight rating of 1600 lbs. If I understand correctly you cut the tongue weight in half when using an extension so that would leave me with an 800 lb tongue weight rating, more than enough.
With the ATV and the tongue weight of the trailer and me and the few things I would carry in the truck I am within 100 lbs of my max payload.
So am I crazy to think I can do this?
I have been thinking about airbags or Timbrens to help keep things level also.
Toughts or comments, or just tell me to go back to the TT section.
I have an 04 Silverado 1500, I am in the process of buying a new ATV that will not fit in the bed of my truck without leaving the tailgate down. I want to use an extension in my receiver to pull my small TT with the ATV in the bed, something in the 12" range. My TT has a tongue weight of around 400 lbs depending upon how much water I'm carrying. The first thing I am going to do is replace the factory hitch with something more substantial, a place here in town has a class 5 hitch with a 2" receiver with a tongue weight rating of 1600 lbs. If I understand correctly you cut the tongue weight in half when using an extension so that would leave me with an 800 lb tongue weight rating, more than enough.
With the ATV and the tongue weight of the trailer and me and the few things I would carry in the truck I am within 100 lbs of my max payload.
So am I crazy to think I can do this?
I have been thinking about airbags or Timbrens to help keep things level also.
Toughts or comments, or just tell me to go back to the TT section.
