If you’re looking to personalize the trailer hitch on your truck, SUV, or even car, then you certainly have some choices. Besides personalization there are hundreds of hitch options as far as towing and utilities go. It seems a lot of people see their hitch as just some cool place to attach something like a BBQ grill or small platform to hold something else. We searched around for different types of trailer hitch accessories to see what all is available and give you some ideas here in one place.

Tow Hitch
If you’re look for a simple hitch, then no matter what type of vehicle you have, HitchCorner.com can help you find it. They have a tool where you simply put in what type of vehicle you have and it tells you the type of hitch you need for towing; pretty simple and straight forward.

Hitch Cover

You see these things everywhere now. They really exploded on the scene a few years ago and almost every truck I see on the road today, if they’re not hauling something, has a hitch cover. A hitch cover is basically something that fits into your trailer hitch and can light up or usually has the logo of a sports team on it. Hitch covers are a fairly inexpensive way to customize your hitch and put a little personality into it. They can range anywhere from $10 to over $100 depending on how customizable you get.

Hitch cargo carrier
For some reason we really think hitch cargo carriers are pretty cool. They’re a good way to carry something outside your vehicle such as propane tanks, bikes, you name it. You need to make sure you get one that is made for your vehicle and rated to carry the weight you want to carry. We really like DiscountRamps.com and their page on cargo carriers. They have pretty much every type of cargo carrier you could imagine.

Trailer hitch bike rack or bike rack hitch
Bike racks that fit on your trailer hitch are just another way of utilizing this space for carrying things. Even if you have a truck and can put the bikes in the back, having the ability to load them off these bike racks are much easier in our opinion. Many people who have cars use these as opposed to attaching the bike rakes to their trunks that use the straps. To use a bike rack hitch you’ll obviously need a hitch; so if you have a car, visit HitchCorner.com and get the hitch you need for your particular vehicle. Next you can get a bike rack hitch pretty much anywhere online or even at some local bike shops usually carry them.

Weight distribution hitch
Weight distribution hitches are made to help create the ideal weight distribution between gross trailer weight and tongue weight. Tongue weight is the wait of anything behind the rear wheels of the tow vehicle and the tongue of the tow vehicle. If the tongue weight is heavier than the gross trailer weight, the tongue will dip and cause less traction on the front of the tow vehicle. If the tongue weight is too light, the tongue area will rise which is what causes the swaying you experience when driving down the road. This is very bad. A weight distribution hitch is designed to help elevate this problem.

Trailer Hitch Grill
There are a lot of trailer hitch grills out there, but one of the ones we like the best is the Freedom Grill. It swivels around and would be very handy for the serious tailgater. It lists anywhere from $350 to $400 so it will benefit you to search around a little for this item. Although we must admit it’s pretty darn cool looking.

Whatever you’re looking for as far as cool hitch accessories, you want to make sure of two things; one, your hitch is strong enough to hold the accessory and two, your accessory is weighted correctly and made specifically for the use you’re planning.