Bent Hitch Pins
I recently bought a F250 Super Duty. I have been having bent hitch pins. The receiver that came from Ford is a 2 1/2 inch receiver that has a sleeve that reduces it down to a 2 inch. I have been to...
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Camper117 wrote:
My tongue weight is about 850 pounds. I'm not sure what size WDH I have. I will check that. I do know this however. I am using the same hitch and WDH that I used when I towed my trailer with an F150 Ecoboost. I pulled the trailer many, many miles and never had any problem, so I have to believe that the problem lies in the receiver on the truck. I guess I will have to change something to fix the issue.
Just a friendly heads up unless you stated one of these wrong.
You stated a 9,500# TT with a loaded 850# TW. That is 8.9% TW which is not good for stable towing. Or is that 850 a dry, unloaded weight or the 9,500 a GVWR and not the actual loaded weight?
If those where scaled weights, recommend you move some stuff around to get the loaded TW up around 1,235# (13%) or more.
While your posted weights might be off, even a 1,200# TW should not be bending that pin. If that is a Ford pin, I'm sure they want to know it is being bent in use. For sure the guys back at Corporate. Hitch failure on a truck is not a good thing.
Good luck and let us know what you find out.
John
