Worn hitch receiver/shank
After 22K miles with 1000-1200# tongue weight, and maybe the same number of miles with only 650# tongue weight, things are getting pretty loose at the hitch receiver. The welds on the F150 MaxTow h...
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Those hitch vises don't work 100% with extremely heavy loads and big trailers. Although they are better for lighter loads.
Being a once professional welder with building up heavy construction wear parts on earth moving equipment and machinery, I added some hardfacing "buildup" weld metal to my receiver elongated holes as well as the hitch itself.
Granted not everybody has access nor the tools to do this yourself but, one can easily find professional welders to do this relatively simple, effective and inexpensive job. It's the best way to "tighten" things up, without the gimmicks of little "clamp-on" gadgets and such that fail much quicker with HEAVY loads.
Being a once professional welder with building up heavy construction wear parts on earth moving equipment and machinery, I added some hardfacing "buildup" weld metal to my receiver elongated holes as well as the hitch itself.
Granted not everybody has access nor the tools to do this yourself but, one can easily find professional welders to do this relatively simple, effective and inexpensive job. It's the best way to "tighten" things up, without the gimmicks of little "clamp-on" gadgets and such that fail much quicker with HEAVY loads.
