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Old 03-06-2008 | 12:58 PM
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Just installed a XDR, rated at 15k, with a 2x2 receiver and only 6 bolts to the frame.
Would like to know how they can state this rating, when any other brand with that weight capacity has 8 bolts to the frame, and 2.5 in. receiver and weighs about 3x as much.

Went by my local trailer dealer and they said Putnam is just a step away from a law suite on that false claims, I bought a B&W 8" adjustable, pinnel and ball combo from them, sweet receiver, but its rated at 10k with the 2" receiver, the most they had in the 2" was a 12k setup, but I needed the adjusting and the pinnel as well.
Just looking for some facts on this stuff. My thinking is it must be the material that Putnam uses.
Thoughts??????
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Old 03-06-2008 | 05:23 PM
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[QUOTE=GoodTymn;2473876]Just installed a XDR, rated at 15k, with a 2x2 receiver and only 6 bolts to the frame.
Would like to know how they can state this rating, when any other brand with that weight capacity has 8 bolts to the frame, and 2.5 in. receiver and weighs about 3x as much.

Went by my local trailer dealer and they said Putnam is just a step away from a law suite on that false claims, I bought a B&W 8" adjustable, pinnel and ball combo from them, sweet receiver, but its rated at 10k with the 2" receiver, the most they had in the 2" was a 12k setup, but I needed the adjusting and the pinnel as well.
Just looking for some facts on this stuff. My thinking is it must be the material that Putnam uses.
Thoughts??????[/QUOTE
I bent the chit out of Putnam,,,,POS! went to a Curts what a monster compared to the XDR
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Old 03-06-2008 | 06:52 PM
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at the moment they can make any claims they want, there is no enforceable standardized testing.

buyer beware
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Old 03-08-2008 | 03:25 PM
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Check out www.torklift.com They are the baddest made without going to a custom built hitch.
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Old 03-08-2008 | 06:11 PM
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have a Curt on my F-350 w/o any problems just FYI....
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Old 03-08-2008 | 10:51 PM
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The curt is only rated for 12,000 weight carrying and 14,000 weight distributing though, compared to the 15,000 carrying of the Putnam.
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