Snapped hitch receiver

[familytree]

We haven't exactly been having luck with hitches and receivers this winter. Had one plum snap off on us this week and earlier in the year one bend well under the weight it should have been able to handle.

Check your trailered equipment

 

[Pelorus]

I think you would find a solid Class IV or V receiver better suited to your towed equipment.

 

[brushbandit]

The one for my pintle hitch is a solid piece of steel that goes into the receiver. It's not snapping or bending.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Who is the manufacturer?
Where did you buy it?

I've seen some shabby welding on import things. So bad that I knew I could weld better...and...Jim! I'm an arborist not a weldor!

 

[familytree]

Honestly it's the hitch that came with the truck when we bought it. I never even thought to just plum replace the thing because I didn't know what it had been through before me.
When we took it to the trailer shop to replace he said he'd never seen anything like it. It actually broke up, not down. No signs of bending, just a small rust spot on the top which was hidden in the sleeve.

 

[BigWood]

Weldor, the metal fusing hobbit?
Best thing I've found is to make your fleet uniform, all pintle/ring that way you can bolt a heavy pintle directly to the truck. Pickups can have custom bumpers built with an appropriate pintle installed. Receivers are always the weak point. A company I know of who works at a lot of estates has one installed in the front bumper, instead of trying to back a chipper down a long driveway, un hook it spin the truck around and push the chipper in.

 

[craneguy1]

Those things are crap for everyday use...if you have to use them to k.i.s.s....then have them maxe out of solid.

 

[CreTree]

Buyers is who makes the one I just bought. Solid steel and a very beefy plate.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Weldor, the metal fusing hobbit?

Weldor is the person, welder is the machine.
Sailor is the person...it goes on and on.

This, from the Hobart Forums, Hobart does know a thing or two about weldors and welders...read on...


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