How over engineered are receivers?
The PO told me not to worry about the rusty receiver.. He said he pulled 10k for allot of miles. The Uhaul sticker was faded, but I now see its rated for 10k gross and 1000 lb tongue.. My gross is ...
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No one is going to condone it and say "Yeah, go ahead, it'll be fine to overload that hitch!"
But the way I see it you aren't really overloading it.
Define old and rusty. That may factor into it. We talkin peeling paint or RUST?
If it's got cheapo grade 2 bolts in it, then yes replace them with some grade 5 or 8. Fine thread doesn't matter unless they are in tension. If just in shear then NC thread wil work.
I have been guilty of overloading the stated capacity of more hitches than I have fingers.............and toes to count on. Mostly on tongue weight. Only 1000-1500lbs tongue capacity is real easy to overload.
The key is to do so with a bit of sensibility.
In your case, 2-300lbs over the bending (tongue? capacity while considreably under the tension capacity, probably not too risky, especially since you've identified a weak point and will be fixing it.
You're not working it well past it's limits, rather barely over it's rated capacity. Use caution.
But the way I see it you aren't really overloading it.
Define old and rusty. That may factor into it. We talkin peeling paint or RUST?
If it's got cheapo grade 2 bolts in it, then yes replace them with some grade 5 or 8. Fine thread doesn't matter unless they are in tension. If just in shear then NC thread wil work.
I have been guilty of overloading the stated capacity of more hitches than I have fingers.............and toes to count on. Mostly on tongue weight. Only 1000-1500lbs tongue capacity is real easy to overload.
The key is to do so with a bit of sensibility.
In your case, 2-300lbs over the bending (tongue? capacity while considreably under the tension capacity, probably not too risky, especially since you've identified a weak point and will be fixing it.
You're not working it well past it's limits, rather barely over it's rated capacity. Use caution.
