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timelinex
Apr 25, 2022Explorer
MFL wrote:TXiceman wrote:
After watching the complete video with attaching the hitch to removing the hitch, Personally, I would not use that hitch on anything but the lighter trailers. If you notice during the towing section of the video, there appears to be some slight for-aft movement of the ball in the socket.
Thank you very much folks, but I'll stay with my Trailer Saver TS3 hitch with the Binkley hitch head. Looking at it as an engineer, I see too many chances for issues to develop.
Ken
Agree, lighter trailer, maybe? I am just not a fan of single point attaching hitches, that use the truck bed to support. IMO, a 20K trailer is going to need a solid 4 point attachment, to avoid movement. If you have the underbed puck system on your truck, I'd use it, and a quality hitch to fit.
Jerry
That gooseneck attachment is rated for 30k LB.......In fact, unless there is something I don't understand, it is probably the least likely thing to fail of everything in the chain. Truck is 20 as a whole, trailer is 20k, hitch is 20k, B&W hitch would be 24k.... Gooseneck attachment is 30k. Even maxed out, that single point has 10k more in safety margin than every other link.
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