Trailer haulers- this is for you, Randal you out there? Options

[URY914]

During my 2000 mile trip to New Jersey to deliver my car to its new owner, one thing bothered the hell out of me the whole trip. My ball mount was too loose in the receiver of my truck. I measured it and it was 1/16” loose at the receiver but that made the end at the ball move over ½”. Every time I would stop or start the trailer would jerk the truck.

So I started thinking how to control this and tighten the pieces together. Simply replacing the pin with a bolt and shimming it would not be enough. I came up with this….

1- 5/8” x 6” grade 8 bolt to replace the pin.
2- ½” x 5” grade 8 bolts to pull the ball mount to the pin/bolt
1- 1 ½” x 1 ½” x 3/8” angle

I welded the 1/2" bolts to a 1/4" flat plate and welded washers on the flat plate so that it would mount on the shoulder and not the threads of the pin/bolt. Here it is laid out on the table....

[6freak]

Gotta love shade tree machanic stuff....nice work! ...i had a friend that had the same problem .what he did was drill a hole in the top of the reciever weld a nut 1/2 inch thread and then run a bolt into it to lock down the hitch ....worked great .....Lites Eric Fry PNW guy wired a plug in the car(914) so when the car was on the trailer all the car lites, breaks, blinkers and all would work off the trailer ..same guy put a home made air tank under his trailer that he would charge before race day worked great......anyway great idea`s.....P.S love the turn buckle idea...nother P.S that trailer looks hell for stout