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Tony...tony.latham wrote:I had a similar hitch on a state-owned horse trailer. Once on the ball, you'd tighten it up of course. The problem was that if the part that tightened to the ball was already pushing against it (from forward roll of the trailer), you'd crank it down, then pull away and the hitch would be loose. It popped off twice pulling over embankments.
I passed my concern on. A few years later––while towed by another driver––it popped off while traveling down a highway and took out a fence. Fortunately, it was empty.
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I think the only way to make sure it's tight is to pull away, stop, and retighten while the trailer has rearward pressure. But this may function differently than the old screw-down hitch I used.
Tony
I have allot of experience with those hitches. Had a fleet of sailboats many of them Hobe 14' cats as well as a few hunters and macgreggors and odd boats for the Explorer post. Those hitches were extremely dangerous. They are very difficult to make sure they were on tight and they will loosen. Keep a pipe wrench handy to tighten it and use a bungee cord pulling on the corner of the nut to keep it from loosening while driving. The threads and pieces rust and cause it to catch and not tighten well etc.OCBINVA wrote:Picked up a very old UHAUL trailer for a tiny camper project. It has the old style adjustable hitch that is bolted to the frame. Anyone got experience with these? It works fine but I am debating of removing and welding on a standard 2".
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