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TA_Pump
post Mar 28 2009, 10:38 PM
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Type and Brand of Truck(s) Owned: 2001 F-350 4x4 crew cab SRW
Type of Tiedowns used: Torklift
Truck and Camper Setup: 2001 F-350 7.3 PS Crew Cab Long Bed, 4 in lift, 35x12.5 Toyo Open Countries, 1994 11.5 ft Caribou Camper, Torklift tie downs



Ok, so I know all about the Class V Titan receiver and extension, and about tork lifts supertruss setup. I have a jet ski that I wish to tow behind my truck and camper. The camper is 11.5 feet, so I need an extension. The jet ski and trailer are light, so light that I can pick up the tongue and move the trailer by hand easily. I can't justify forking out $700 for a receiver and extension when this is all Im going to tow. There cant be anywhere near 100# of tongue weight on the trailer. Anyone have any ideas for a lower cost alternative? Even if I have to do some welding and fabricating, it would still be much cheaper I think. Thanks guys
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post Mar 29 2009, 06:31 PM
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Type and Brand of Truck(s) Owned: 3500 silverado SRW
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Truck and Camper Setup: 2005, 3500 silverado SRW, Firestone airbags,Rickson 19.5 wheels and toyo 225 load range G Arctic fox 990 loaded. 18ft pontoon.



QUOTE(TA_Pump @ Mar 28 2009, 11:38 PM)
Ok, so I know all about the Class V Titan receiver and extension, and about tork lifts supertruss setup. I have a jet ski that I wish to tow behind my truck and camper. The camper is 11.5 feet, so I need an extension. The jet ski and trailer are light, so light that I can pick up the tongue and move the trailer by hand easily. I can't justify forking out $700 for a receiver and extension when this is all Im going to tow. There cant be anywhere near 100# of tongue weight on the trailer. Anyone have any ideas for a lower cost alternative? Even if I have to do some welding and fabricating, it would still be much cheaper I think. Thanks guys
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I can only tell you what I do. I tow a 18 ft pontoon and have been for 11 years with an extension I made. I have a 10 ft Arctic fox 990. I used 2x2 heavy wall tubing and fabricated a reciever on one end for a ball. you would have about 75.00 in materials. I am a welding instructor so I feel comfortable with it. Whatever you do make sure who ever would fab it know what they are doing.
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post Apr 3 2009, 01:58 AM
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Truck and Camper Setup: Brownie is a great big beautiful 03 Ford f350 ,7.2 power stroke diesel,4x4 STX superduty crew cab ,she runs a super chip ,firestone airrite bags, with airrite dual control airbag compressos.she sports a pro comp 9.5 inch suspention lift ,37x12.5x16 pro comp x terrain tires,american raceing wheels, dual fox shocks,on the front and sigles in the rear,in the cab we have a alpine stereo system, a 950 watt alpine amp,boston acoustic speakers,alpine sub woofer , a cobra c.b with a firestick hood mounted attenna, on her back we have a Lance 980 11.3 camper, fully loaded with all the options,and we just installed a sattelite dish,she pulls with a reese towbeast class5 receiver with thr reese tow bar exstention .she pulls a 97 jeep tj and a 20 ft bayliner no problem, shes been in the sand ,mud ,snow and countless boat ramps and has never let me down



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QUOTE(TA_Pump @ Mar 29 2009, 03:38 AM)
Ok, so I know all about the Class V Titan receiver and extension, and about tork lifts supertruss setup. I have a jet ski that I wish to tow behind my truck and camper. The camper is 11.5 feet, so I need an extension. The jet ski and trailer are light, so light that I can pick up the tongue and move the trailer by hand easily. I can't justify forking out $700 for a receiver and extension when this is all Im going to tow. There cant be anywhere near 100# of tongue weight on the trailer. Anyone have any ideas for a lower cost alternative? Even if I have to do some welding and fabricating, it would still be much cheaper I think. Thanks guys
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huh.gif dont cut corners when it comes to towing ,if things go bad-no WHEN things bad back at the tow hitch, people can get hurt or even killed , save the money else where , man up and install the right towing gear smile.gif
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post Apr 12 2009, 10:19 PM
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Type and Brand of Truck(s) Owned: 2001 F-350 4x4 crew cab SRW
Type of Tiedowns used: Torklift
Truck and Camper Setup: 2001 F-350 7.3 PS Crew Cab Long Bed, 4 in lift, 35x12.5 Toyo Open Countries, 1994 11.5 ft Caribou Camper, Torklift tie downs



QUOTE(brownies daddy @ Apr 2 2009, 11:58 PM)
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huh.gif dont cut corners when it comes to towing ,if things go bad-no WHEN things bad back at the tow hitch, people can get hurt or even killed , save the money else where , man up and install the right towing gear  smile.gif
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Point well taken
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