Is there such as thing as a quick detachable/3' extendedd tow hitch for a dump truck?

[ForTheArborist]

My dump box hangs 3' off the end of the chassis. If I put a hitch on the end there, I lose three feet of the trailer tongue. Not safe.

My thoughts are to put on a long hitch that hangs out there to the end of the box. When I need to dump, I can drop the chipper and the hitch, then turn the box over, and set everything back up in 5 minutes.

I thought maybe another inventor might have something I haven't thought of yet.

 

[isaaccarlson]

longer tongue?

 

[Rookie1]

longer tongue?

Keep hitch tight to frame and make chipper tongue longer to keep from hitting box.

 

[ForTheArborist]

Combo Bar 36" with 2" Trailer Hitch Receiver

$40

I thought about this at first, but I thought it would not offer strong enough structure at 36" distance from the mount on the frame - so it does.

Extending the tongue on the chipper would be a sure a way, but way too much work. Then when I resell it, it would have to be reconfigured.

 

[Frank Boyer]

They used to install longer 2" hitches on the campers that hung over the back of the pick up beds. I din't know how much that the load rating was reduced.

 

[BC WetCoast]

We have a truck with a power tailgate that requires an extension for the ball. Because we have a number of chippers and other trailers that may be towed, we can't modify a single chipper/trailer, so an extension hitch is provided with the truck. It's about 2' long and has to be removed every time we dump.

 

[sgreanbeans]

Take this issue to your local welding shop, they can fab up something, making it strong enough shouldn't be a problem for them. Something like that shouldn't cost to much either.

 

[ForTheArborist]

I figured I was not the only one that has ever had this problem and solved it.

Yeah, the truck would usually need a class III hitch attached to the frame, but because of the long arm, I don't trus anything without a class IV. Yeah, it's a simple resolution.

 

[tree MDS]

I figured I was not the only one that has ever had this problem and solved it.

Yeah, the truck would usually need a class III hitch attached to the frame, but because of the long arm, I don't trus anything without a class IV. Yeah, it's a simple resolution.

Since you're already going to be beefing the hitch up anyway, I would just go with a four footer.. less chance of you jackknifing it that way.

 

[treemandan]

Combo Bar 36" with 2" Trailer Hitch Receiver

$40

I thought about this at first, but I thought it would not offer strong enough structure at 36" distance from the mount on the frame - so it does.

Extending the tongue on the chipper would be a sure a way, but way too much work. Then when I resell it, it would have to be reconfigured.

I am not sure which would scare me more, bending over in front of TreeCo or using one of those things.

 

[tree MDS]

I am not sure which would scare me more, bending over in front of TreeCo or using one of those things.

That thing looks sweet.. but he has to drill the hole on the left more in order to get his maximum hitch length.

 

[Grace Tree]

I have a 30" that I need to use when I put my trailer behind my dump. Mine is a solid 2" bar going back to the adapter tube. I was going to use it on my chipper too but the trailer guy told me there's too big of a weight limit reduction with the longer hitch. Not sure if that's correct but when we load the trailer we make sure we don't load it nose heavy.
Phil

 

[ForTheArborist]

I think the thing needs to be modified some. If there are two piece of metal that support it, then make it 5 pieces of metal. That is if the person that talked to you was right.

There is no problem with the long arm with pressure working left, right, or front to back. The problem is just the weight from the tongue of the trailer pressing down on the long arm. The thing is that the majority of heavy weight is on the suspension in the trailer.

It's worth a try for me, and there are the chains to catch if anything breaks off - very unlikely.

 

[treemandan]

I think the thing needs to be modified some. If there are two piece of metal that support it, then make it 5 pieces of metal. That is if the person that talked to you was right.

There is no problem with the long arm with pressure working left, right, or front to back. The problem is just the weight from the tongue of the trailer pressing down on the long arm. The thing is that the majority of heavy weight is on the suspension in the trailer.

It's worth a try for me, and there are the chains to catch if anything breaks off - very unlikely.

Dependant on what you are towing it is. I would tow not a thing with real weight with no lateral support. Never you have posted pics.

 

[JCONN]

My international had the same problem I think. The guy I bought it from had basically one of those tubes welded to the truck and braced and gussets welded in was a nice job actually. Problem is that they never took in that when you dump the back of the bed goes down and the metal were the 3 dot lights sit is bent and it smashes the light, missed that one when I was buying the truck. Second problem is that if the tailgate drops all the way down and hangs it catches the hitch and snaps the receiver off, happens every time someone dumps that truck but me. So if you use one of those tubes and weld it up right make sure you or whoever checks the clearance with the pintel or ball you are planning on using, mine would also hit if you left the hitch open also.

 

[LarryTheCableGuy]

It's worth a try for me, and there are the chains to catch if anything breaks off - very unlikely.

I'm Sofa King Happy that I moved out of San Diego County in '05...but scared crapless for my family members and great friends that still live there and share the roads with you, both in vehicles as well as cyclists and runners...

Yeah, those cute little chains will keep your crappy equipment just exactly where you want it, no matter what - even if that big piece of steel breaks, them little chains will NEVER fail.

Awesome.




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[CUCV]

The beast

Well there is "The Beast" hitch extension.

 

[ForTheArborist]

Well there is "The Beast" hitch extension.

That's the news I was waiting for. Class V!!!!!

 

[isaaccarlson]

It looks like there is a support hanger in that pic that was not highlighted near the rear.

 

[arbor pro]

A number of years back, I used a 4' extension on my ford f700 to pull my vermeer 1800 chipper. A local welder constructed a 'pass through' sleeve that was well re-enforced off the truck frame. A 5' long 3 1/2# square tubing hitch passed through the sleeve. When extended, it was plenty stout to handle the weight of the chipper without any deflection. When we needed to dump the truck, we unpinned the hitch and slid it back to a second pin hole where the hitch would be out of the way of the dump bed. That enabled us to just leave the hitch in the 'stowed' position on the truck rather than have to remove it every time. Both easier on the back by not having to lift the hitch (just slide it back and forth) and also prevented leaving it somewhere.

Only problem with such an extension is making sure a worker doesn't try to dump the box with the hitch in the extended position. We had that happen once and had to re-weld everything. Only happened once.