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Old 01-29-2015, 01:06 PM
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Not really. the receiver is engineered for a shorter shaft hitch, with a drop, than you normally find at Northern, Harbor Freight, etc.. Details in the manual with the hitch kit. A mechanical engineer could tell you how a longer shaft impacts the load/torsion on the frame; I'm a simple caveman, so that science is beyond me . I do have a cheap, longer, Harbor Freight shaft with a 1 7/8ths ball I use for light weight trailers, but bought the official, shorter BMW hitch from ECSTuning, I believe, that I use when my trailer/load exceeds a ton or two. I have a 2" ball mounted on it.
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