[AT] Trailer hitch ball mount

Bob McNitt nysports at frontiernet.net
Mon Apr 6 17:37:50 PDT 2009


Guys -

I often lurk and read these long threads ...LONG because they must generate 
interest and usually offer a lot of good info, experiences and ideas.

Bob in CNY (not far from the tragic Binghamton mass murders)

----- 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 6:56 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Trailer hitch ball mount


> 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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>> Dave Merchant
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