The tongue on the Bushwhacker trailer is short. Too short if you ask me. I hired a welder to make it longer, and its been one of the best mods on this trailer.

The longer tongue offers a few benefits.

1. The longer tongue moves the axle further back. This reduces tongue weight, and helps the trailer track a lot straighter at highway speeds
2. The trailer is much easier to control when backing up. It doesn't walk nearly as bad as it did with the short tongue.
3. The tongue back is further back, allowing me to drop my tailgate. This is a huge advantage when trying to unload the bed of my truck when the trailer is connected.

I added about 2ft to the tongue. The welder didn't have an 4" square tubing, so we stacked a couple of 2" square tubing to make 4". He added gussets all the way around to strengthen the new tongue to the A-Frame of the trailer. Then we moved the saftey chains forward so they can reach the truck

I had to extend the 7 pin harness and the emergency brake cable, then hit the new tongue with a couple coats of black spray paint, and a couple coats of clear coat.