Stabilizing chains for hitch extension

[FullFlexOffroad]

Hi everyone. Just purchased our first camper to suit our families adventerous needs. A nice little hardside for a shortbed truck.
We also tow a flatbed with a Jeep to races. I've already purchased a Curt extension but cannot figure out how everybody is mounting their "stabilizing chains" to the bumper of the truck. I have googled for days and paroused forums with no luck. My favorite local trailer dealer told me that everybody usually builds their own mounting/attachment options, so anybody cares to share what they have done I'd appreciate, have our first trip coming up soon.

Thanks a lot!

 

[2dedge]

My hitch extension chains go back to my torque lift hitch. They are not at a very big angle but it works. I would not trust the bumper to mount anything to!!!

 

[FullFlexOffroad]

Thanks for that 2dedge...your absolutely right. Tin foil from the cab back practically! Sad.

 

[deminimis]

SuperHitch's chain mount points are at the bottom of the hitch plates (sides). If there's some extra metal on your plates to drill a hole (bottom, to rear of vehicle) and attach a couple of small shackles, you should be good. Snug the chains only.

 

[Capt Eddie]

You might also find that you can extend the tongue of the trailer, as well as just removing the jack in order to tow straight off of the hitch without an extension.

 

[brian90744]

Too much load for towing

Before you think about towing that Jeep, maybe you should fill up water and gas & LP plus your generater , then go to the weigh scales and check the GVW. sorry it looks overloaded to tow. just FYI=brian

 

[Dustytires]

If that red truck is a 2500 you are probably good, but as brian notes, checking gvw aint a bad idea. I have a 3800 lb hard side pig of a camper and pull 4k box trailer with a F250 shortbed and need a hitch extension. Due to the imprecise nature of slip in pins the chains keep it from wagging. I would drill the holes in the side plates of the trailer hitch structure as high as you can, so that when looking at it from the side the chain will just clear the tin foil bumper on it's way back to the lowest point that you can attach chain at end of extension. This will create some resistance to bending when extension is weighted as well as the expected triangulation to resist wagging side to side. Over the years I have had the pin hole wallow out from the weight of trailers bouncing on the extension, after adding the angled chains it helps. I bought some pretty strong turn buckles from McMaster Carr with lock nuts and good threaded links for quick removal.

 

[orangeTJ]

Like posted above, the Torklift (not torque lift) brand hitch (Superhitch) has mounting points on their hitch for the chains on the Supertruss extension.

 

[msiminoff]

Hi FullFlex
I built my own extension/truss which fits my SuperHitch.
Here's a few photos.
Cheers,
-Mark