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Hitch Adapter 1-1/4" to 2" Trailer Hitch Receiver

Hitch Adapter 1-1/4" to 2" Trailer Hitch Receiver

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Need to put a 2" bike rack or cargo carrier in your 1-1/4" hitch receiver? No worries. Simply insert this adapter and off you go. It cannot get any easier to use and is certainly less expensive than buying another hitch! 1-800-940-8924 to order Brophy hitch adapters part number HTAD or order online at etrailer.com. Free expert support on all Brophy products. Great prices and Fastest Shipping for Hitch Adapter 1-1/4" to 2" Trailer Hitch Receiver. Hitch Adapters reviews from real customers.
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Brophy Hitch Adapters - HTAD

  • Hitch Expander
  • Fits 1-1/4 Inch Hitch
  • 7-1/4 Inch Extension
  • 1-1/4 Inch to 2 Inch
  • Bike Racks
  • Cargo Carriers
  • Hitch Mounted Accessories
  • Brophy

Need to put a 2" bike rack or cargo carrier in your 1-1/4" hitch receiver? No worries. Simply insert this adapter and off you go. It cannot get any easier to use and is certainly less expensive than buying another hitch!


Features:

  • Convert any 1-1/4" receiver to a 2" receiver
    • 1-1/4" Shank is solid
    • 2" Shank is hollow
  • Powder coated black finish resists rust and corrosion
  • Hitch pin and clip or hitch lock are sold separately
  • Made in the USA


Specs:

  • Weight capacity: 300 lbs
  • Overall length: 11"
  • Extension length: 7-1/4" center of hitch pin hole to center of hitch pin hole
  • Maximum usable hitch accessory shank length: 3-3/8"
  • Hitch pin hole diameter:
    • 5/8" Diameter on 2" receiver
    • 1/2" Diameter on 1-1/4" shank


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Notes:

  • Tongue weight capacity of hitch will be reduced by 50% with use of adapter.
  • Hitch adapter is designed for use with accessories only. Do not use for towing.


HTAD CR Brophy Hitch Adapter 1-1/4" to 2" Trailer Hitch Receiver





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Hitch Adapter 1-1/4" to 2" Trailer Hitch Receiver - HTAD

Average Customer Rating:  4.7 out of 5 stars   (263 Customer Reviews)

Need to put a 2" bike rack or cargo carrier in your 1-1/4" hitch receiver? No worries. Simply insert this adapter and off you go. It cannot get any easier to use and is certainly less expensive than buying another hitch!

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Very heavy duty. Will use it with a bike rack I had for another vehicle that had a 2" receiver.

Nancy

8/30/2014

I want to adapt my 11/4 hitch to 2 for a Hollywood platform bike rack. However, the hitch adapter I got locally had some play in it. Do you have any movement with your platform bike rack with your adapter? The movement I had was where the adapter slid into the hitch, not with the bike rack.

Ken F.

9/3/2014

Nancy, the adapter has very little movement in my Curt Trailer Hitch Receiver. It fits good with the bike rack



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Solidly made. Wish all of these would come with optional locking pins and clamps to minimize movement as I use mine primarily for a bike rack with very nice bikes aboard.



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The hole on the 1 1/4 inch side was out of position by 1-2 mm. This incorrect measurement meant that my trailer hitch doesn't align properly making this product unusable.

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Jenny N.

9/11/2023

To be honest there are times where a manufacturing error can occur. Customer Service will be in touch to have a replacement sent out.



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Overall etrailer has the best customer service! Thanks Quinn!



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I bought this for my Thule bike carrier (I have a Suburu Outback and needed a conversion to use my tow hitch with it) I find this product to be extremely well made and effective. This company also offered quick delivey and great follow up. I highly recommend this company and product!

John

10/22/2022

After a year of use I can now say that this product is still working extremely well. It is solidly constructed.



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Seems great, should have come with hitch pin



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Worked exactly as advertised!



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Excellent and fast service, great description of product. Always been happy with their products.



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Perfect fit for my needs, thank you



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The product was exactly what I needed, but it wasn't clear I had to also order a bolt a cotter pin separately.



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I have a Volvo XC60 with the factory installed retractable 1.25" hitch. I needed a 1.25" to 2" adapter for the Thule XT Pro bike rack I purchased previously for a couple of e-bikes. Many adapters will not, however, fit the Volvo receiver correctly as there is only 1.6" available from the back of the receiver to the receiver hole. The adapters I had found at nearby stores, all required 2 inches. This hitch adapter from etrailer, only requires 1.5" and fits the Volvo receiver perfectly. It also seems to be very well made, very solid and I have not noticed any discernable shake with the adapter pinned to the receiver and the bike rake pinned to the adapter. etrailer also shipped extremely quickly - even faster than I expected with an expedited ship request.

Gary

6/7/2022

Working out well!



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The HTAD Hitch Adapter was purchased to accommodate my 2" bike rack in the
1 1/4" hitch receiver on my new car, dissolving my initial dismay at the size of the freshly-installed hitch. The car salesman knew exactly how to solve the problem and texted your website with this product to me right away. It is well-made and beefy enough for the job. Need met. Happy me.

Helen

4/13/2019

Previous review stands.



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Product was exactly what I needed after other’s did not work. Excellent customer service and quick processing of order and delivery.



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Has worked well, this fits the low weight capacity bike carrier 1 1/4 inch hitch. Not a full capacity 1 1/4 inch full towing hitch. Believe it or not they are different. So get the correct one.

Tom

12/10/2021

Remember this is slightly different tongue size than one would use to tow. Its made as a bike rack conversion only. And it works perfect for that.



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Fits in exactly in my older 1994 Honda lx draw tite hitch no mods needed.... Perfect for the Thule 2 bike bike rack hitch mount....

Joe O.

9/9/2014

Product works as designed with no issues! Fits perfectly in the Draw-Tite hitch with no modifications, glad I bought from etrailer, they know there stuff!



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Fit my new Prius hitch perfectly. Only concern in using one of these adapters is to not overload. I'm pretty confident the whole setup will work fine for the hitch mounted bike rack we already have. No worries.

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Mike L.

8/28/2018

Just be aware that using this adapter will lower the tongue weight capacity of your hitch by half. The tongue weight on a Class I hitch used on your Prius is 200 lbs, so using the adapter will lower that to 100 lbs. This will mean that the weight of the bike rack and the bikes carried upon it cannot exceed 100 lbs.



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Overall fit well into existing hitch. However, with the added rack on the car and the extended distance from the rear, the rack sometimes scrapes going out steep driveways. Would not be a problem with a higher ground clearance car.

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Mike L.

4/10/2019

Please be aware that using an adapter such as this will lower the tongue weight and towing capacity of your hitch by half.



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The product works great.
Original shipping
didn’t include the Class 1 clip, took sometime to get it reshipped.

Otherwise, great to do business with Etrailer. Very helpful.

Thanks,

Etrailer Expert

Rachael H.

7/29/2019

This hitch extender does not include pin and clip or a locking hitch pin. I will need to be ordered separately as part # PC2 for a standard pin and clip or part # e98880 for a locking hitch pin option.

Arthur A.

7/27/2020

Still going strong ! Works as designed



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I can't believe how much this thing wobbles inside of my hitch, and how much my accessory wobbles inside of it. Two wobbles don't cancel it and I get wobble-wobble. I have yet to use my accessory because that just won't work out. I'm trying to use the Rhino T-Loader so that I can load a kayak on my roof. Paint also chipped off so easily from playing around with installation; I didn't even USE the accessory yet.

For the cost of this chunk of metal, I'd have hoped for better fitment. Most anti-rattle devices only work for securing the accessory-to-hitch end. I'm not quite sure if I can stabilize both ends...



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Seems like a decent extender/adapter for my 1 1/4" to 2" hitch needs.

Tom M.

2/3/2015

After one year this product continues to work and function as advertised. I use it for lite duty. It provides a platform to which I mount my bike rack via a lite weight trailer hitch. The fit and finish has held up well. Good product, does whats expected.



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I needed this product to adapt a standard Honda 1 1/4 inch hitch to a bike rack with a two inch mounting bar. Ordinarily, the hitch bar might have fit the standard Honda mount, but there was a blocking reinforcement bar under the Honda mount. This mount enables me to conform both the existing and bike rack mounts. Note: I carefully measured hole distances from ends of each mount to be sure it fit, which it does. I have no time to test the mount with the full rack load right now, but it seems to be within specified tolerances.



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When I can't find something locally I can always find it on etrailer. They are my go to parts store for my trucks and RV

John W.

5/18/2020

Still working great. It has not ever been removed from our RV



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Product was exactly what I needed and to tell the truth, was quite a bit more heavy duty that I had envisioned. I am very enthusiastic and extremely satisfied with the operation of the company and the product.

James

2/20/2014

It did the job I wanted it to. Since then I have traded cars went from afull size Mercury to a VW Passat so I am not using it at this time. I lentit to my brother in law and he raved about it also - worked well for him.Hope this helps.



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Unfortunately I had to return the product because the 1 1/4" x 1 1/4" shaft was not long enough for me to match or mate its pin hole with the pin hole on the hitch. The 2" x 2" portion would hit the bottom of my rear bumper which prevented the 1 1/4" x 1 1/4" shaft from being inserted all the way into the hitch. It would have worked if the pin hole on the 1 1/4" x 1 1/4" shaft could have been inserted about 1/2" more. Looks like I will have to purchase a brand new bike rack since I will not be able to use the 2" x 2" that I now own.



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I purchased this along with a 1.25" hitch for my Prius so that I could use my hitched mount bike rack. Bridget at etrailer.com was very helpful by making sure that I got that right adapter and getting it to me quickly. I ordered this on a Thursday and got it on the next Monday, free shipping! We just traveled from Ohio to St Augustine Florida with our 2 bikes trouble free.


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