Broke my hitch pin today
Today, 900 miles in to a trip to Wyoming, driving hwy 26 near Palisades reservoir, 2 lane road with few turnouts, I heard a snap sound and soon felt as though truck had lost power. Drove another hund...
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JRscooby wrote:deltabravo wrote:Retired JSO wrote:
Just weld the adapter to the stinger and be done with it.
It will still have a lot of slop and play in it.
How would there be more play than just the normal looseness of a ballmount in receiver?
You’re semi correct, theoretically it wouldn’t, but you must not have used these adapters. “IF” you welded it solid in the loaded condition it would probably work. But you still have to account for the slop Between the shank and adapter and may just break the welds or stress the adapter since it’s not a tight fit.
Bottom line, the adapters are fine/meant for infrequent and light use. They are a detriment in real towing situations.
