Did you ever do anything with the tongue? Your angle on the two bars is very ... flat? Sharp? I guess it depends on which way you are viewing it. It would be a pretty easy fix, and would give you more storage options on the tongue (if you wanted it). I would cut the two bars off, weld new ones on that start at the back of the expanded metal basket, come under the basket, and come forward to about where your hitch is now and meet at a 60 deg angle. Lengthen your tongue, and cover the angled area with diamond plate or expanded metal. Or nothing ...