Bent Trailer Hitch Ball
Made the jump from hybrid trailer to a Jayco 267BH in May and have had it out about 14 days. Towing with a 2012 Ford F-150 with the max towing package so I haven't been concerned with being too heavy...
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Ralph Cramden wrote:proxim2020 wrote:
I would definitely look into a more heavy duty hitch.
The hitch he has is rated for up to a 10K lb trailer. The 800 lb bars he has (which is all that saved him a ton of grief by holding the entire mess together) may, or may not be heavy enough, but as in my earlier post 1000lb bars for that model Curt hitch are only $130 or less. The 2" ball let loose, and the head flange bent as well, because the trailer was banging back and forth into it. I would bet more than the farm his trailer has a 2-5/16" coupler. Probably good he had the Curt as the head is plate steel. If it would of been cast like the Reese it may have cracked right in half at the ball.
Why does he need a more heavy duty hitch? Nothing wrong at all with a conventional round bar WDH. There are literally millions of them in use.
The friction bar may be Curt, but the hitch appears to be Eaz-Lift. The head and ball could be replaced pretty cheap. The cast Reese HP trunnion style ball mount is rated for up to 17k lbs. I doubt it's going to be broken in anything less than a crash. I would upgrade to a better hitch with the proper size ball but that's just me.
