Standard 2-inch Hitch Receiver for Freightliner Cascadia

You need a class 3 hitch and receiver, and 2 inch ball. Tractor supply should have that. Or a camper dealer.

 

I doubt that's a highly requested item for a Class 8. Better find a welder.

 

Ha! HOS for a U-haul car trailer. Imagine if you get red lighted and pulled into a level 1.

*snicker*

 

u haul will probably say its not a suitable tow vehicle and not rent it to you, and then suggest that you come back with a f-150

edit: i say that as a joke but they really might not rent it to you. you might want to check on that. my brother tried to rent a u haul trailer with a 1 ton dodge van and they said no and suggested to him that he come back with a f-150.

might check with some welding shops esp ones that deal a lot in trucks/trailers ect. a buddy of mine bought a single axle day cab to pull his big gooseneak trailer. he also has some pentle hitch trailers he took it to them and they had big plates already setup with the hitch and also had a 2 inch receiver in it and they welded it on the back of the frame it came out really nice.

 

I can’t help with your hitch question, but I’m curious as to what on earth you could be needing this setup for...

 

You’ll have to modify an existing one to fit, or custom build one to fit the Freightliner

 

At the place I used to work one of my duties was the welder fabricator position... I have converted a couple tractors to straight trucks by stretching the frame and adding a pintle hitch to pull a pup... The hitch part could be done on a tractor without removing the ability to use the 5th wheel. However, it is a very extensive process of adding a heavy .625 inch thick plate to the back of tje frame. The plate looks similar to home plate in baseball. With the peak pointed down. The entire edge of the plate needs to have a lip welded onto it that gets wider as it goes up to the frame. Then the center of the plate needs to be tied into the frame with bands of steel to keep it from bowing the center out under load. Finaly the corners of the frame where the plate attaches need to be wrapped with heavy angle iron that is at least bolted in place with frame bolts, I then welded the angle iron as well for extra security... This set up was then drilled for airlines and a pintle hitch. We pulled 5000 to 8000 gallon tankers behind setups like this. It could be modified slightly to accommodate a receiver hitch, but for DOT reasons I wouldn't skimp on the beefiness of he setup... It is a class 8 truck and probably should be built to tow appropriate trailers regardless of which hitch they are hooked to. I will try and get some pictures of the ones I did... Ill have to look to see if I still have them.

 

Good luck getting any tongue weight. I used to see semis with ramps up the back and cars on them. Might be easier in the long run.