Cost to Outfit for Dinghy Towing

The Texan wrote:

RJsfishin wrote:


The biggest ripoff, is the price of base plates,....$3-500
A lousy $139 for a frame mounted trailer hitch, requiring lots a steel, and very difficult to build.
And $3-500 for base plates requiring 1/2 as much steel, and not hard to build.
I don't know why.

Insurance, insurance, insurance ..... In today's litigious society, the manufacturer needs to carry 100's of millions of $$$$ in liability insurance to cover the one or two weld failures, or vehicle separations that may occur on any one type of base plate. Blame the RVers for the high price, no one else.

I would add it isn't just insurance. As a business guy; it's overhead. Demco, Blue Ox, etc. have Engineers, fabricators, machinists, accountants, advertising and yes, liability for the products they sell.