Tounge strength. HF frame, modified.

[jdstech]

My question is weather or not I will have a strength problem if I relocate my tounge to the new 2x2 tube I added to the frame. Should i cut off the excess and put it back where it was?

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This is before I lengthened it.

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[Nobody]

Not sure exactly what the question is you're asking, & you do not say what thickness of 2x2" steel tubing you used. Are you talking about relocating your coupler? My original tongue modification used a 2x2" tube of approx 10gauge (more than 1/8" thickness but less than 3/16"). The tube extends approx 16" forward of the original coupler mounting plate which I inverted. I mounted a coupler which looks very similar to yours, on the 2x2" tube so the 'nose' of the coupler is approx 21" forward of the original mounting plate, 10 1/4" between rear of coupler & mounting plate. See pix in this thread - http://tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=6 ... 1#p1085971 - My TD weighs 980# on the wheels with tongue weight of 160-175#. I've towed it more'n 25K miles since the build over most every kind of road/terrain. The tongue mod & coupler still look exactly the same as when built, no 'deformation', twist, or other problem.

[professor.smith]

strengthing toung of HF trailer is a good idea. all the welds where the pins hold the front of the tounge broke after about 8000 miles.

[backstrap bandit]

Hf trailer body mod question
Can anyone tell me I need to relocate the body frame higher than it is my tear body is 4 ft 1.5 inches wide can I put a spacer tube where angle that leaf spring bots on and put that angle on tube to raise body frame or should I just raise frame by adding tube to entire frame witch tear will set on