3" hitch issues on 2018 F350
First short trip out (75 miles) using the 2" Hensley Arrow in the 2-2½ and then in 2½-3 sleeve it seems I have bent the oem pin and can't get it out of the hitch. I already new this would be a problem...
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JBarca wrote:
An adjustable shank on a Hensley. Wow! Nice work. You must have access to a water jet or laser. Those side plates look like they came from that technology.
And your shank issue fix looks great too!
I'm on 2 1/2" shank now and the bugger is heavy. Gosh... a 3" receiver...
A new truck is in my future some time. And by then I will be older... I can see it now, I may be down grading the truck receiver on my next F350 just to not deal with the 3" shank and all the trailer and hitches I have. This F350 I had to upgrade the receiver when I got it to get above 1,260# TW in WD mode...
Have fun with the new truck. Cool times for sure.
John
Thanks for the compliments. Those side plates are actually done old school... vertical bandsaw, drill press and milling machine. I designed it all in cad but didn't want to blow the budget on the CNC cutting since I wasn't really sure it would work great.
I did the hitch backwards of the Pro Pride 3P because I wanted to be able to use the off the shelf WD shanks, and I am glad I did.
I think in retrospect just replacing the hitch with a 2 1/2 would have been the smart thing but now that I have the 3" weigh safe ball hitch and this hybrid WD shank it's not that big of a deal I guess.
