[AT] Trailer hitch ball mount

[David Rotigel]

YES! It's been VERY EDUCATIONAL!!!!!!
	Dave

On Apr 6, 2009, at 6:01 PM, Dave Merchant wrote:

> 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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