I need to lengthen my pup tongue by 2'. It seems the easiest way to do it would be to use a 2" diameter piece of rod then weld/bolt the rod to a new pintle eye. My question is what type of steel does the rod need to be? I don't want it to bend easily, but snapping would also be bad. I can go with a thicker rod, but the end will have to be turned down to 2" OD to fit into the existing trailer tongue. The pup will never exceed 36K pounds, I have no way of measuring the down force on the tongue.
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Pintle Eye extension
- Thread starter Brandt
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1466IH
Senior Member
Can you post some pictures? A 2' long 2" rod is not going to be a good idea
525isx
Well-Known Member
that looks like a premier 207 swivel eye. the proper way to lengthen the tongue would involve re-working the square tubing part of the tongue,and looks like new bushings and swivel eye are in order
1466IH
Senior Member
Most definitely lengthen square tube. Should not a big deal for a descent welder. Get a tube that slides iver you existing tube about 4' long. Cut holes to plug weld and notch the ends so you have no welds straight across main tube
1466IH
Senior Member
Most definitely lengthen square tube. Should not a big deal for a descent welder. Get a tube that slides iver you existing tube about 4' long. Cut holes to plug weld and notch the ends so you have no welds straight across main tube
Jumbo
Senior Member
A new reach isn't all that much money, extending the ring or the reach (By welding) starts messing with an engineered design. For the cost of a reach, I would not do any welding. There are enough old pups sitting around you can probably buy a complete reach for the cost of scrap plus a six pack.
525isx
Well-Known Member
1466ih has the right idea - a full length piece of tube be pretty expensive these days, Jumbo - I had to by a reach last summer , to get 1/4 inch wall I had to order through farwest in kent, of course the 7x9 is probably a little more pricey than standard structural sizes