Curt Q20 Jaws Operation

jerem0621 wrote:
I'm visiting my Mom and Dad this weekend and I created a video of my Dads Curt Q20 Jaws operation.

This hitch has about 20k miles on it pulling a 14k fiver.

Video

Petty interesting design. The jaw on the right side of the video is "fixed" and only opens and closes. The term fixed seems to refer to the vertical position.

The jaw on the left has a cam that lifts and opens the jaws when the hitch handle is opened. I have mentioned that the pivot point on these jaws is somewhat behind the jaws compared to the Reese. While this is still true... there is NO WAY for the jaws to be forced open when they are locked shut. If the handle is locked then the jaws are locked.

Rough Measurement of the jaws are 1/2 inch thick... 20k miles at 14k lb fiver and there is very little wear on the jaws other than some surface rust.

Hope this helps someone who is trying to understand how these things work.

While I can't speak for the slide bar Curt, the dual jaw Curt is NOT junk.. this is a very solid and heavy hitch.

Thanks!

Jeremiah

The statement is RED above, is interesting, No Way to Open IF Locked!


What if you forget to lock the handle. :S

I have forgot to lock the handle TWICE on my Reese 16K!
First time drove about 300' before I remembered that I didn't.

Second time drove over 20 miles of city roads, Freeway, and back country roads, the Reese held tight, because the harder you pull the tighter they close.

In addition I don't need to cock the jaws to connect, if the handle isn't locked the jaws will open and shut tight around the pin.