Question about towing

[mcmxi]

So, it sounds like the B&W will be added to the list of new toys I want for the truck.

When I get around to installing a turnover ball for a gooseneck trailer in my F250 I'll be buying something from B&W for sure. When I've had such a good experience with a manufacturer and their products it's hard for me to choose some other manufacturer. That's probably why I've owned four Kubota tractors over the past 9 years.

Here are my B&W Tow & Stow hitches that have been on the vehicles for years. They never get "stowed" and are on the vehicles all year round. You can see the surface rust on the Ranch Hand bumper where the crappy paint job failed, but the B&W is in great shape. I keep the pins greased which means I've never had a pin seize up inside the receiver.

I made a custom receiver for the M1078 and that Tow & Stow has a 3" tube that slides into the receiver. I still haven't used it yet but perhaps this year.

 

[mcmxi]

I have (7) trailers and they are all 2".

Three of my trailers have 2-5/16" couplers, three have 2" couplers, and the concrete mixer and wood splitter are 1-7/8". The big truck has a pintle hitch and 3" receiver (see above) but the only thing I have with a lunette ring at present is the hydraulic disc harrow.

 

[The Evil Twin]

10 years ago, I chose the Weigh Safe 180. All aluminum with stainless balls. Doesn't rust like my neighbors B&W did. I haven't owned a trailer with a 1 7/8 coupler since forever so only need the other 2. If I ever did buy a trailer with a 1 7/8 coupler I would change it.

I have a log splitter and concrete mixer that require an 1-7/8" ball, and since I don't know if/when I'll be towing someone else's trailer or piece of equipment (rental or friend), I need and like having the option.

I have no corrosion on the B&W turnover hitches on the Jeep and F250 and the roads are salted up here in the winter.

There are plenty of decent products out there that will provide many years of service, I just happen to like B&W based on many trouble-free years of ownership that began in 2002. I'm definitely not making any claims that B&W is the best out there, but they are a well made, well engineered option ... in my experience.

There is a 2 / 1-7/8 ball I have for what if's that never happen. Which is why I would just swap on a 2" coupler if I bought something that was. Maybe even to 2- 5/8 if I could relatively easily.

 

[Botamon]

OK, humour me guys but HOW do 'sleeves' go on a 'bumper pull' ??

Today's SRW trucks generally come with a 2-1/2" mount for the ball, not the 2" we old timers have been using for all these years. So to use your old ball mounts you have to buy a 2" to 2-1/2" sleeve to stick in the hole.

I believe most of the duallys now come with a 3" mount so they need a 3" to 2" adapter sleeve. Comes from being rated to pull 30,000 lbs!

 

[lynnmor]

sorry but I didn't KNOW what he meant, even though English is my native tongue. 'bumper pull' is the hole in the bumper, at least in my neck of the woods. good for maybe 500# weight/5000# trailer though I did see a guy hauling a triaxle trailer on a2" ball one day !

BTW most rental pickups, here anyway do NOT have hitches !

Nice to see he HAS a proper hitch setup and since it has 5th wheel setup, springs are 'good to go'.

In the RV world, the folks pulling fifth wheel trailers had to show they were superior to any other type, so the lesser beings were in the bumper pull category.

 

[Lil Foot]

Three of my trailers have 2-5/16" couplers, three have 2" couplers, and the concrete mixer and wood splitter are 1-7/8". The big truck has a pintle hitch and 3" receiver (see above) but the only thing I have with a lunette ring at present is the hydraulic disc harrow.

Yeah, my wood splitter had a 1 7/8" coupler welded to the tongue with about a 1/4 mile of weld bead.
(rectangular coupler on a round tongue)
So I just sawed off the front half of the coupler and found a 2" coupler that fit nicely over the old one, drilled two holes for 1/2" bolts, and the last 1 7/8" coupler in the stable was gone.
I keep a 1 7/8" stinger around just in case I have to pull someone else's stuff.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

@mcmxi

Replace these:

With these, you'll thank yourself.

Amazon.com

 

[Lil Foot]

@mcmxi

Replace these:

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With these, you'll thank yourself.

Amazon.com

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Out here, gotta replace 'em with locks or they get stolen.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Out here, gotta replace 'em with locks or they get stolen.

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Yea I had all of my hitches attached with locking pins, along with the wheels!
Your also missing the titanium chain tying that to a Giant block of concrete!

 

[GreensvilleJay]

no thanks ,to those 'lynch pins'. Them little golden gems ALWAYS snap at my fingers,hurt worse than old skool mouse traps !

I use the 'shepherd's crook style jack tool to grab 'Presto' pins,save rippin off finger nails when the pin 'magically' acquires warp 5.4 !