Check your hitches!
Check your hitches!
07-21-2008 | 04:04 PM
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Seen that more times that I can count.
Not only is that drawbar a cheap and lightweight one from Wal*Mart, but that ball looks pretty old and worn. Worn hitch balls actually lose some of their mass, and can allow a coupler to come of the ball as well. They don't last forever. (Make all the innuendos you want now.)
I'll put money on the fact that hitch drawbar is made out of thin (hollow) square tubing. Chance are, NONE of us should be towing with such a drawbar. Most of the solid ones are rated for 10,000 lbs.
Here is one a ball rated for 30K lbs.
http://www.etrailer.com/p-2516-114-HT.htm
Lots more sights with heavy duty parts here:
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=78812
Not only is that drawbar a cheap and lightweight one from Wal*Mart, but that ball looks pretty old and worn. Worn hitch balls actually lose some of their mass, and can allow a coupler to come of the ball as well. They don't last forever. (Make all the innuendos you want now.)
I'll put money on the fact that hitch drawbar is made out of thin (hollow) square tubing. Chance are, NONE of us should be towing with such a drawbar. Most of the solid ones are rated for 10,000 lbs.
Here is one a ball rated for 30K lbs.
http://www.etrailer.com/p-2516-114-HT.htm
Lots more sights with heavy duty parts here:
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=78812
Last edited by Sydwayz; 07-21-2008 at 05:10 PM.
07-21-2008 | 05:23 PM
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07-22-2008 | 05:36 AM
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...I'm hookin a chain up to that POS chevy and pullin you around the parkin lot like a mexican running away from a DNS office..and thats after I put Wrinklenutz 43 Nor-Tech on my hitch. Ford Power
