I went to buy a 48" adapter to tow my car dolly with a kia rio behind my 99 F250 with camper package and lance camper on it, the extension was to big to go into my hitch Please tell me u can get an adapter to go from the what i think is 2" to the 2.5 inch class 3 extension he said it was...Im just learning all this, tried google with no help...

danny

 

again i dont know if the guy knows what he was talking about, I dont know either but he said his was a class 3 and i did a search just now and it said class 3 is 2" so it must be a class 5 that his extension was?

 

sounds like you bought a class 5 (2.5")stinger.. truck comes with a class 4. (2")

I have a Class 5 from Curt. You get a lot more stability and tongue weight safely with it. HOWEVER.. you will need a new receiver. I put in a aftermarket class 5 hitch to work with the heavy duty stinger. Then for Class 4 hitches you put in a sleeve to take up the space.

I don't think a class 4 stinger is going to be very effective/safe but you could try and find one. Personally i like the strength of going to the class 5.

 

To be lcear we are talking about a 48" piece of metal protruding out of the receiver on your bumper to tow a separate car? Is that really safe? If your receiver is good for 1000lbs tongue weight and you go and extend it 4' then you're only good for 200lbs of tongue weight assuming that the original ball would be positioned 1' from the last bolts on the hitch. Not to mention the side to side forces you would get when making corners or heavy braking. It all just seems very unsafe to me. What would be better would be to extend the tongue on your car dolly the 4' needed and then you would have no added stresses to the truck.

 

48" long with a 2" shaft prior to and currently are used before the 2-1/2 hitch production. Is it safe?...again, it's been used for many years. I'd get on an RV forum(s) and read the camper threads that'll give you first hand info from owners that uses them. Best of luck

 

And to be fair, a car dolly doesn't have much tongue weight anyways. A Kia Rio the OP is towing is the smallest car Kia makes, with a curb weight of around 2700#.

 

Seems Etrailer, a respected source, encourages upgrading to a 2 1/2" receiver. I agree, 4' extender to begin the hitching process, I would want a very stout hitch. Pay attention to capacities, but if it can be done, I think your car and dolly have the best chance. Maybe it use to be done, maybe there is a reason it is required to upgrade hitch?

https://www.etrailer.com/Hitch-Adapt...ils=.questions


That said, you can get a 2" x 48" extension, class 2 rated, class 2 seems to be good to tow 3500#, and 350 tongue, that might meet your needs. Do more research...
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Buyers-P...s&locale=en-US

 

Well....the Ford hitch is stronger than the frames...