What Do You Tow?

vcassens · Apr 29, 2015

JD3020 said:

Could you get me a pic of how your hitch is set up on that flat bed? On my 450 there isn't any receiver just a 2 inch ball put through c channel and I am wanting to build something to accept a drop/raise hitch.

BWCbuilt · Apr 30, 2015

Pockets said:
With all them flaps hangin down I'd be surprised if air can touch the front of your trailer.

Yeah, it looks kind of goofy on my truck, but it works well.

FrankTheTank · Apr 30, 2015

bluedge8 said:
ouch, what broke? hitch or the frame?

Hitch..... didn't break, just folded

Spatel23 · Apr 30, 2015

DAMN
never seen or heard of that before....scary
glad nobody was hurt

SDS97_7.3 · Apr 30, 2015

Plus side, didn't rip the jack clean off of the trailer

psduser1 · Apr 30, 2015

FrankTheTank said:
Hitch..... didn't break, just folded

We had that problem on the red truck we just stripped. It's a pos hitch design! Bolted on the bottom of the frame, as opposed to the sides, too light of steel for the side plates, and general dumb@ssery.

FrankTheTank · Apr 30, 2015

I've never seen an aftermarket hitch for a non C&C truck that bolts to the side of the frame. The next one that goes on will be getting a few gussets welded to it.

That hitch was a class V hitch. Wasn't a POS by any means

psduser1 · Apr 30, 2015

Than you had it overloaded?
Any hitch that will do that, loaded at or below it's rated weight, falls in the pos category, imo.
Gussets would definetly help, tho!

TrailerHauler · Apr 30, 2015

psduser1 said:
We had that problem on the red truck we just stripped. It's a pos hitch design! Bolted on the bottom of the frame, as opposed to the sides, too light of steel for the side plates, and general dumb@ssery.

You can't do that with most pickups because of the rear leaf spring hanger. A few extra gussets and a little extra plate of the sides wouldn't hurt for the next hitch.

TrailerHauler · Apr 30, 2015

Dropped off this little fella today.

And picked up this nice toy in West Virginia last week.

DevC · May 2, 2015

Most of these are my vehicles or my fathers in the pics, I've towed lots for people like my girlfiends el camino and lifted b3000, friends civics and subarus. Heaviest is probably the f150, picked that up just to clean and re-sell.

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JD3020 · May 3, 2015

vcassens said:
Could you get me a pic of how your hitch is set up on that flat bed? On my 450 there isn't any receiver just a 2 inch ball put through c channel and I am wanting to build something to accept a drop/raise hitch.

Not a fan of it, but it works.

TrailerHauler said:
And picked up this nice toy in West Virginia last week.

Have any better pics of the lights on your pinchweld are mounted?

SDS97_7.3 · May 3, 2015

JD3020 said:
Not a fan of it, but it works.

Have any better pics of the lights on your pinchweld are mounted?

DOT will fine you if they see that you twisted the chain to make it shorter. Sucks when you have a few different trucks pulling the same trailer all the time

smcox1 · May 3, 2015

How about crisscrossing the chains multiple times?

2006.1f250 · May 4, 2015

FrankTheTank said:
Hitch..... didn't break, just folded

Here's a hitch rated at 30k.

http://torklift.com/index.php/products/towing/superhitch-receiver-hitches/superhitch-magnum-30k

SDS97_7.3 · May 4, 2015

smcox1 said:
How about crisscrossing the chains multiple times?

Same thing in their eyes.

bluedge8 · May 4, 2015

I have a super hitch, still need to install it.

FrankTheTank · May 4, 2015

I saw that hitch on e-trailer. there is just too much goin on with that thing. I think I will just add a few gussets to my next hitch for some insurance. Still don't plan on overLoading it. Also gonna ditch the extra long hitch that adds more leverage on the reciver.