From Cat to Console, a Nor-Tech CC is in my Future
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Decided to splurge for a better towing package knowing the Nor-Tech 390 is both longer and heavier than my previous 340.
Heard good things about the GenY Torsion Hitch from a fellow CC owner who owns and tows a Mystic. Says he has over 10k towing miles and loves it.



Heard good things about the GenY Torsion Hitch from a fellow CC owner who owns and tows a Mystic. Says he has over 10k towing miles and loves it.




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From: Collierville, TN and Pickwick Lake
Nice looking piece. I’m assuming it works on the same principle as the torflex axles.
Any concerns that the total arm (distance from the receiver hitch to the ball) will cause excessive leverage on the hitch itself?
Any concerns that the total arm (distance from the receiver hitch to the ball) will cause excessive leverage on the hitch itself?
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Your question / concern is valid.
Here's my theory; a NT-390 on a trailer w/ 1/2 tank of fuel weighs approx 16,000lbs.
GMC advertises their Class V hitch towing capacity @ 20,000lbs & suggests a 10-15% tongue weight.
I've never been able to achieve 10% tongue weight w/ any boat I've owned including my 34' Nor-Tech.
Lets assume I can, that would be approx 1600lbs on the ball on a floating torsion hitch so I'm not only under the receivers suggested max tongue rating of 2000lbs but I also have a hitch that is absorbing the load and dampening the leverage you have raised concern about.
The GenY hitch has quite a long 2.5" x 2.5" solid shank w/ 2 hitch pin options, I believe it's in as far as it will go in the pics but I'm not 100% sure which hole, I just installed it and pinned it for the pics.
DISCLAIMER: I'm not a Mechanical Engineer, so this is just my hypothesis
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^^^^^^^ I think payupsucker was talking more about the side to side leverage, kind of the same reason 5th wheel/ goose neck trailers pull better. For that I assume we will have to see when you start pulling the boat.
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In the past swaying side to side or the tail wagging the dog as I refer to it has never really been an issue for me but I've also never owned a boat/trailer combo this long and heavy.
Upgrading from a 2500 to a 3500 DRW increased trailering stability quite a bit.
I find that as long as I'm accelerating past an 18 wheeler I rarely experience sway vs on cruise control and an 18 wheeler blows by me.
Gooseneck / 5th wheel towing certainly offers more stability and towing capacity.






