1 1/4" to 1 1/4" hitch raise?

[WaistDeepGroomers]

Spent three hours battling under the bottom of my Jetta to get a hitch mount installed last weekend, slapped a two-tray bike rack into it, and the bottom of the bike rack has two metal pieces that stick down another 1" or so, giving the rack on 4-5" of ground clearance and many scrapes on any serious dip in the road. Can only seem to find hitch raises that convert the 1 1/4" hitch to a 2" one. Anybody know of a hitch raise that goes 1 1/4" to 1 1/4" ?

Many thanks to you fine, godless people.

[nickwm21]

If one doesn't exist... get a 2" to 1-1/4" reducer. Or buy some 1-1/4" tube steel at the home depot and have a friend weld it up.

[WaistDeepGroomers]

If one doesn't exist... get a 2" to 1-1/4" reducer. Or buy some 1-1/4" tube steel at the home depot and have a friend weld it up.

Whaddya think of this...

buy one of these:


and then throw this on the bike rack so it'll fit in the top 2" slot?

[teledad]

http://www.drawtite.com/vh-hr2.html

[Conundrum]

Weld one. Cheap and easy if you weld or have a friend who does. I've done it with great success for a car my ex took with her. She forgot the hitch adapter I made. If it wasn't a 2", I'd give it to you.

[WaistDeepGroomers]

Weld one. Cheap and easy if you weld or have a friend who does. I've done it with great success for a car my ex took with her. She forgot the hitch adapter I made. If it wasn't a 2", I'd give it to you.

Unfortunately no local welding connects and the local shop is quoting me $150. :/

[Conundrum]

Fuck those guys. It's a five minute job. Maybe welders in JH make $1,800/hr...

[XXX-er]

Consider the further away from the car the more leverage on the back of the car

I had a rack that hung the bikes by the top tube on my golf and the 8" fork on juniors DH bike would hit the road on driveways or even hitting a dip at highway speed, that won't happen with the tray but the tray or at least the hitch may hit

I eventually got rid of the golf for a 4x4 PU

[swerve]

Unfortunately no local welding connects and the local shop is quoting me $150. :/

A friend has a mig welder and he might be willing to do this. I should see him this weekend and Ill ask if he'd want to do this.

[Gunder]

This is an easy fix. Just buy a truck.

[WaistDeepGroomers]

A friend has a mig welder and he might be willing to do this. I should see him this weekend and Ill ask if he'd want to do this.

Cool! That'd be incredibly generous of you and your friend! Big thanks in advance. Would I order the metal parts for him to weld then?

[Snow Dog]

I would weld up a bracket but you could go to Amazon.com and buy this riser:


and this 2" to 1.25" reducer: