Extended Hitch pins

[John Berger]

I had the first opportunity to see the benefit of an extended hitch pin. I had to do a pretty tight u-turn at the camp site I was staying at. I looked out the driver's side window and there's the trailer. As far as I could tell I still had about 6 inches of clearance. What that tells me is that I'm not going to be touching truck and trailer unless I turn the truck into the trailer. That's nice to know.

 

[Steve Campbell]

How much of an extension are you talking about?

Is it built out of solid bar instead of hollow tube?

 

[roadranger]

I've found that my Qcab long bed can't turn tight enough (going forward) to have the trailer hit the bumper with a regular length hitch...



Backing up is another matter

 

[JWhitcomb]

When fishing for a few days I off load the camper but leave the 48 inch extension on to save loading time when loading to leave for home base. It makes it a bit harder to back down ramps and I get tired of answering questions about it but it sure keeps the boat away from the truck. If I take the boat trailer off I have to remove the extension because it becomes a spear. One added benefit, I don't have to wade in water while launching or recovering the boat.

 

[Jff24Gordn]

Get a gooseneck, you can turn with the trailer jacknifed more than 90* from behind ya.