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Trailer hitch installation recommendations near St. Louis?


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Hello,

I have a smal truck and I’d like to get a trailer hitch reciever installed on the bottom of it. Currently I just have the ball mounted into the rear bumper, but I am looking to use one of those truck bed extenders that connects to a trailer hitch reciever. This will make loading and unloading my canoe a lot easier than getting it on the roof of my truck. 
I think I just go to a U Haul store to get this done, but I was wondering if anyone had recommendations of a better or cheaper or more knowledgeable place in the St. Louis area? Like a place that specializes in trailers/towing?

if not, uhaul it is!

thanks

 

 

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Depending on what kind of truck you have just buying one on etrailer.com and installing it yourself would be cheapest.  I've bought hitches for 3 vehicles from there before and they come with all the hardware and instructions to install them.  Pretty easy if you have a set of tools and the ability to do it.

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Bed extenders are way overkill for just a canoe/kayak.  I have one for my short-bed truck, and honestly the extender weighs more than 2 canoe's do.   

I've toyed with building something a little more reasonable.  Wouldn't take much.

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UHaul will be the cheapest.  Not sure if you just want to bolt a 2in receiver onto the bottom of your existing step bumper?  Or a full blown receiver hitch assembly that bolts to the frame?  Neither one is terribly hard to do.  The full blown receiver would have a higher towing capacity for a trailer?  But for haul canoes, bike rack, etc might be overkill for your needs.

Chasing threads to clean out the rust will likely be the hardest part of either getting installed.

A ladder rack works really well for hauling canoes.  You can get them that drop/bolt into the stake pockets on the bed or clamp to the top of the bed rail.

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On 3/19/2022 at 8:20 AM, Orey10m said:

Hello,

I have a smal truck and I’d like to get a trailer hitch reciever installed on the bottom of it. Currently I just have the ball mounted into the rear bumper, but I am looking to use one of those truck bed extenders that connects to a trailer hitch reciever. This will make loading and unloading my canoe a lot easier than getting it on the roof of my truck. 
I think I just go to a U Haul store to get this done, but I was wondering if anyone had recommendations of a better or cheaper or more knowledgeable place in the St. Louis area? Like a place that specializes in trailers/towing?

if not, uhaul it is!

thanks

 

 

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On 3/19/2022 at 11:08 PM, fishinwrench said:

Bed extenders are way overkill for just a canoe/kayak.  I have one for my short-bed truck, and honestly the extender weighs more than 2 canoe's do.   

I've toyed with building something a little more reasonable.  Wouldn't take much.

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