[AT] Trailer hitch ball mount

[Dave Merchant]

Nightmare thread?

No, very informative!

Dave Merchant


At 04:34 PM 4/6/2009, you wrote:
>Dave, thank you so much!
>
>The mount I ordered was the 4283. The Hidden Hitch model looks identical to
>the Draw Tite.
>
>I honestly didn't mean to create the nightmare thread this has turned into,
>I just wanted to know if I was being paranoid over a made-in-China ball
>mount.  If the Hidden Hitch is made in Canada, I may just ask my dealer to
>get that instead.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Dick
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "David Rotigel" <rotigel at me.com>
>To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 2:48 PM
>Subject: Re: [AT] Trailer hitch ball mount
>
>
>For Dick (and, perhaps, others as well.)
>I stopped by my local trailer manufacturer today to attempt to clear
>up some thinking on my part re: trailer hitches. Here is what I learned.
>1.) Draw Tite and Hidden Hitch are owned by the same company.
>2.) Hidden Hitch receivers (at least the ones that the fellow had in
>stock) have a sticker on them saying that they are made in Canada.
>3.) Both Hidden Hitch and Draw Tite make an eight inch drop solid
>shank ball mount (class IV) (what we have been referring to as a
>"receiver.)
>Draw Tite part # is 4283--list price is $56.95
>Hidden Hitch part # is 80125--list price is $54.72
>4.) Class III is good for 10,000 lbs. GVW
>Class IV is good for 12,000 lbs. GVW
>Class V is good for 14,000 lbs. GVW
>5.) Older Class V outfits used 2" X 2" square "receivers"
>Newer Class V hitches use 2.5" X 2.5" square "receivers"
>Class V ball mounts (ie "receivers") come in BOTH 2 and 2.5 inch.
>Hope that this does not muddy up the water too much!
>Dave
>PS, The guy I talked to said that he didn't "have the slightest damn
>idea why no one makes a 8" forged (steel) ball mount!"
>PPS, The ONLY ball mounts that the guy knows of that are made in the
>USA are made by Wallace Forge in Ohio. (Might be others, but that's
>the only one he was sure of.)
>
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