hawkeye-08 wrote:
myredracer wrote:
Sure is substantial looking and sounds interesting.
I didn't know that OEM receivers can have excessive movement. Do they have more play in vertical or lateral direction or both? It would be interesting to mount a camcorder under our truck and see what is happening.
There is a lot of lateral play between our Reese shank and OEM Ford receiver. I installed a Blue Ox Immobilizer. I've only towed it once at the end of the season on a short trip and it *seems* to be helping a lot but won't know for sure until next season. That Torklift would be a nice upgrade as far as movement goes but at around $1K would be a tough sell with DW. I like that you can you an add the 48" extender with it and have 1200 lbs TW. I can see a use for that ourselves.
If you watch when hooking up, you can see when the play is all out (due to clearances in receiver and shank) and watch it continue to flex as you hookup the WDH bars. Some folks have experienced elongated holes and bent pins in the receiver from shanks moving around. The hitch on our 2008 Yukon XL had even more flex but no after market hitches available for that.
Yep, the only option for these integrated hitches is manual fabrication for reinforcement.
