Adjustable Hitch?

[lomodyj]

Just picked up the new to me CTD. None of my hitches for the 96 are gonna work. Hitch on the 96 sits at 16 inches off the ground, the 4x4 03 is almost 24 inches off the ground. I'm gonna need about 10 inches of drop for my Jeep hauler, 6 for my cargo trailer and 4 for my dump trailer. Don't really want to spend a fortune buying a new one for each application. Is there a 'heavy duty' adjustable hitch that is good for 8000#'s? Anybody have one and like it/hate it?

 

[GCncsuHD]

I have a heavy duty pintle/ball hitch combo on my lifted 2500HD, it has plenty of adjustment for whatever I need to haul BUT it requires R/R 4 bolts every time it needs to change...

I have heard great things about those Aluminum adjustable hitches, they are solid billet stock milled down, so they are plenty strong even being made from aluminum.
This one:
http://www.hitchsolutions.com/rapidhitch.html

Also you can get steel one for cheaper that have two pins you pull to adjust.

Masterlock (I think) also makes one that you adjust with a wrench to raise/lower the hitch, but I don't know how heavy duty it is, doesn't look like very much.

 

[greg slade]

AMI adjustable hitch is the only way to go. I run one and its adj from 4-10 IIRC. we keep them in stock at 4WP of raleigh, come on down and try one out!

 

[RufusTheRam]

AMI adjustable hitch is the only way to go. I run one and its adj from 4-10 IIRC. we keep them in stock at 4WP of raleigh, come on down and try one out!

how much $$ and what are they rated for?

 

[lomodyj]

how much $$ and what are they rated for?

Anderson Manufacturing Inc, aluminum billet, adjustable height with 2 sizes of balls run anywhere from $175. to $300 (from 4wp's web site). I thought this was high till I looked on the shelf in the garage and realized I have 3 sizes of balls on 8 different carriers (one AMI hitch will replace most of these). Probably over $500 in them... 10,000# pull and 1,500# tongue with a 2 5/16 ball

 

[MR. GADGET]

I would think this.

http://www.etrailer.com/p-80414/Ball-Mount-Adjustable-Fits-2-Trailer-Hitch-Receiver-14-Long.html
http://www.etrailer.com/dept-pg-Accessories_and_Parts-sf-Ball_Mounts-pt-Ball_Mount_Plate.aspx

Or this and make ball mounts or use the ones you have.
http://www.etrailer.com/p-D900/Curt-Multi-Ball-Adjustable-Ball-Mount-for-2-Trailer-Hitches.html

 

[shawn]

I have something like this: http://www.etrailer.com/p-63057/Pintle-Hook-Mount-7-12-Tall-12K.html

With one of these: http://www.etrailer.com/p-63012/Pintle-Hook-Combo-with-2-516-Ball.html

The combo ran about $100-130 at the tractor store.

I just use a regular 4" drop / 2" ball for the little stuff. I've never had to change the 2-5/16", but I guess I could if I needed to.

I also replaced the POS 500tw/5000gross stock hitch with one rated for 15k w/o weight distribution.