Hitch Extender Adapter

[davidkerryedwards]

I've got one that I use when I pull our 4 dr Sidekick. The hitch extension part
is very heavy
duty. It's as strong as any hitch material I've seen. The top section that
holds the bike
rack is much less heavy duty. I suspect the downrating of the hitch is because
the hitch is
extended further away from the vehicle limiting the amount of the tongue weight
on the
extension. I wouldn't think it would make much of a difference when towing
since there is
very little tongue weight. It would roughly be equivalent to extending your tow
bar by an
additional 18 inches, which, as far as I can see, would make virtually no
difference at all in
the amount you could tow.

Kerry
82 Fc 35
Denver

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "jimocon" wrote:
>
> Hello everyone. We're looking for a mount for a bike rack. We know
> what bike rack we want (Thule T2) and we want to mount it on the back
> of the coach. But we can't mount the bike rack and tow the car at the
> same time without an adapter.
>
> We have seen such an adapter. Its called a 2" Dual Tow Hitch
> Extension Receiver Adapter. It is an extension for our tow bar and
> has another tow bar receiver welded on the side. With it we can tow
> the car AND have a hitch mount bike rack on the back of the coach. We
> found the adapter at toolprice.com SKU: 9164P. But that one is rated
> for 4000 lbs and we tow a Honda Pilot – 4500 lbs. Does anyone know of
> one off the shelf? Has anyone had one fabricated? All thoughts
> welcome.
>
> Pen Sand & Jim O'Connor
> '83 PT 35
> Yuma AZ this week (70's and sunny)
>