Square drop trailer coupler help

[Supermanbaja]

Im building a square drop 5x10 trailer and I cant decide if it should be a 2" receiver tube so I can use anything I want or if it should be an A-frame with a 2" coupler.

 

[billiebob]

The A Frame will be stronger and 5x10 is a fair size trailer. Mine is 5x10 and I wouldn't want a straight tube for a tongue.

 

[john61ct]

Seen many with the receiver tube braced by the A-frame.

Keep it short, useful as a load platform, and then the final coupler-tube can be extendable as needed.

Maybe overkill for your case. . .

 

[ottsville]

My guess is that most people end up using one type of coupler all the time, so the receiver tube, though it has all ExPo coolness(and maybe some added security) is really not that important. But there's no reason you cant do a hybrid receiver/A frame if that's what you want.

 

[old_CWO]

A frame with receiver tube instead of coupler.

 

[Teardropper]

I went with this tongue design.

In the end, I didn't add the cross pieces for the tongue box.

The vertical receiver is for a future over-tongue-box bike rack.

Tony

 

[jmnielsen]

I went with this tongue design.

In the end, I didn't add the cross pieces for the tongue box.

The vertical receiver is for a future over-tongue-box bike rack.

Tony

This is essentially exactly how I did mine as well. It was definitely more than needed for the trailer but nothing wrong with that.


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[jwiereng]

Straight piece that is long enough might be desirable to jackknife the combination at camp for easy access to the rear of the tow vehicle.

 

[CampStewart]

Straight tube with short receiver welded inside of it. If you are building from scratch design it to have a straight tongue and just make it strong enough. 3x3x1/8 inch will be plenty strong. Want to go crazy make it bigger but keep it thin wall. If you are concerned about weakness in any plane than make that dimension larger and go with rectangular tubing. Go with an A frame and some day when backing up in tight space you will regret the loss in clearance from the unneeded A frame.