Bike Carrier for truck

I've got (2) pickup trucks. One has a standard 2" square female
towing hitch, and the other has a 2" bumper mounted ball for towing.

My bike carrier is built for the 2" square hitch. Its male shank fits
right into the 2"x2" square towing 'receptacle', just like any boat
trailer would. It works pretty slick

My question is this..... I'd like to be able to use the bike carrier
on either truck. So, what I need is some type of converter that can
be attached to (or replace) the 2" ball on my older truck that will
somehow accept the square shank of the bike carrier. The truck has
quite a few miles on it, and I don't want to buy and install a 2"
hitch frame.

If I can't find something on the market, I'll probably weld up some
creation of my own..... but I wanted to check to see if someone has
ever run across something like this before (a ball to hitch
converter). I'm not looking for anything pricey.... just something
simple and inexpensive.

Either email or post is fine.... email is preferred.

Thanks for the advice...... Mac

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I've got (2) pickup trucks. One has a standard 2" square female
towing hitch, and the other has a 2" bumper mounted ball for towing.

My bike carrier is built for the 2" square hitch. Its male shank fits
right into the 2"x2" square towing 'receptacle', just like any boat
trailer would. It works pretty slick

My question is this..... I'd like to be able to use the bike carrier
on either truck. So, what I need is some type of converter that can
be attached to (or replace) the 2" ball on my older truck that will
somehow accept the square shank of the bike carrier. The truck has
quite a few miles on it, and I don't want to buy and install a 2"
hitch frame.

If I can't find something on the market, I'll probably weld up some
creation of my own..... but I wanted to check to see if someone has
ever run across something like this before (a ball to hitch
converter). I'm not looking for anything pricey.... just something
simple and inexpensive.

Not to change your direction but I bolted two bike tights to the bedrail
(just behind the cab) of my last pickup.

Can't beat that for a rack.

I also had a spot for a 2x4 in the bed liner that was designed for stacking
lumber or some such. I never got around to adding some padeyes for cable
locks.

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