[AT] Trailer hitch ball mount

[Dick Day]

Good morning Mike,

The reason for the over-sized ball mount was at the suggestion of a friend 
who, knows infinitely more about this than I do.  The trailer is rated at 
12,000 gvw capacity.  His suggestion was to make sure that the ball mount 
was of the same capacity even though I would not be pulling that much 
weight.  His reasoning was that if a failure did occur, no one could say 
that it occurred due to incorrectly sized components.

The trailer weighs 2,000lbs and the tractor I am going to get is supposed to 
weigh in at just under 6,000.

I was told it's better to over-size than to under-size.   His theory was 
that the higher class mounts should be better quality.

What are your thoughts on made in China mounts?

Also, someone suggested having a 2" tube welded below the factory tube, that 
would lower the opening 2".  That would work except that would prevent the 
factory shroud from going back on that covers the receiver.

Thanks,

Dick


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 5:20 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Trailer hitch ball mount


Why do you need 1200/12000, Dick? From what I read, the Navigator is
rated at a maximum of 9000 towing capacity. (Which is a lot for an SUV,
but still far short of 12000.) Most of the trailers I have seen rated
over 10000 don't use ball hitches - they use pintle hitches - and a ball
hitch that rating that would be a "Class 5". Does the Navigator come
with a Class 5 hitch? Just curious...

Mike

Dick Day wrote:
> Thanks, I just read that Putnam either did, or is in the process, of going
> out of business.  Notice that some sites selling Putnam have a No Return
> policy on those products.
>
> I need a 2",  8" drop mount rated for 1200/12000.  I saw several that were
> rated for 1000,10000 but have no idea where they were made.
>
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