Dive gear hanger

[DetectorGuy]

While I was diving at Lake Superior about a month ago I saw this diver drying his drysuit and gear at the campground. He had a midsized car with a 2" receiver hitch. He made this contraption that "plugged into" his receiver that went vertical to about 7' off the ground and it had a "T" shaped bar that went horizontal at the top that he hung his stuff on. I started building one last night for my truck. The one I'm making is made from 1 1/4" tube steel (attached to 2" material to fit the receiver) and using 1" tube steel couplers with spring-pins that can be disconnected easily without tools. The contraption when assembled is 6'-10" hi and 6'-6" wide and extends away from the bumper about 24" to allow the tailgate to be opened while the drying rack is installed. The beauty of the thing is that it can break down into 33" long sections to fit in a small box or in the trunk of a small car. I hope to have this thing done and painted by Sept 28 to try it out at the Gooseberry dive event. Until now I would just hang gear from trees and get sap and crap all over everything. If I made this thing sturdy enough I could speed the drying time by letting my gear dry this way on the way home. (just kidding)