Receiver trailer hitch tow "hook"

[Ryom]

Silly question. What goes through the tow hole?

Clevis pin for a tow shackle.

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[Darthie]

Clevis pin for a tow shackle.

So why not just buy this one? I dont have that...

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099ZLSZB...=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWxfdGhlbWF0aWM&th=1

 

[Backin15]

I like that one, looks like a great value and they have it in blue to match my truck!

 

[710-oil-614]

This? Amazon is your friend....

https://www.amazon.com/VCT-Receiver-Trailer-Trucks-Towing/dp/B09KG2FMHS/ref=sr_1_5?crid=16HIIUNKVPYGV&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.8dvdcIk-teBKgQM7J__3xryfHpWlr5YABiCB3vLV_4O1Qy4WRDU1Fh3SVqVZcjNOALr6Affa9LKegYKGUXaD04URgGtd1TyUwY-7YBlKASaNw49LGxKUIjRcNrSYrmVl1jn1XQbhI323Rb0VoBxrMwfGXlr_RCKPJG-ANjICK97DtU6Jdx5jEpG10Znq9tWaFO5gRGJPsA6o-onrZ1SBhFVqhD0jUMOBP3KvP9wkrSmWxOg1mHGzT7ZUmpVZDO5jDTULUTep73Q5jJC8YETHjDP4YQHry7yLeOWrxsDKzQU.4RV9o-n9tN234rBbfVrbTp9kSq4L2bLG5uuKekerGcM&dib_tag=se&keywords=trailer+hitch+tow+hook&qid=1769461426&sprefix=trailer+hitch+tow+,aps,216&sr=8-5

No, not this. I wouldn't try to recover a vehicle this way just because there is always a chance the recovery rope could come free.

I would use a shackle hitch or a pintle hitch. I have both but generally use the shackle.

They also sell ring hitches that a soft shackle can go through but I don't have one and it just adds another connection to the recovery.

 

[710-oil-614]

I like that one, looks like a great value and they have it in blue to match my truck!

Please don't leave it in your receiver though! It's akin to the Bronco owners that leave their shackles in all the time but never go off road....

 

[Mav919]

Not mine.

That looks like someone is over compensating for something.

 

[Hot Runr Guy]

Silly question. What goes through the tow hole?

You can either buy and add a shackle with a 3/4" diameter pin, or use a "soft" shackle that feeds thru the hole.

HRG

 

[dochawk]

That looks like someone is over compensating for something.

Hey, when Peter Pan has it in for you, no hook is too big!

 

[bighap]

I went with this. Hook plus 3 balls!

 

[Mavster Mechanic]

I went with this. Hook plus 3 balls!

You should change your screen name to:
3 BALLS.

 

[Mavster Mechanic]

P.S. it's a scientifically proven fact that 99.6% of people will never use a 1 7/8" ball.

 

[Mavster Mechanic]

P.P.S. I think it was an error in judgement that a 1 7/8" ball exists in the first place.

Kind of like the distance between the pitcher's mound and home plate being 60' 6".

 

[Mavster Mechanic]

P.P.P.S.

Do ya know why we have hex nuts and bolts in 32nd" and 64th" increments?

Way back the military specified strength for fasteners based on mathematical formulas vs. specifying bolt sizes based on logical increments.

No one thought going "one size up" would be accepted by the government-military. No one considered the specs as minimums even though a 1/4" bolt would be just fine in place of a 7/32" one!

Manufacturers made weird sizes just for military spec that still we are stuck with today.

 

[ABTremor]

P.S. it's a scientifically proven fact that 99.6% of people will never use a 1 7/8" ball.

Seems to me that every light to medium duty trailer I've ever used had a 1 7/8" connection. My motorcycle trailer, the boat, the landscape/utility trailer, even the Uhaul enclosed trailer I rented to help my daughter move...

I'm not sure the "scientifically proven fact" would hold up to a peer review

 

[Pointyears]

P.S. it's a scientifically proven fact that 99.6% of people will never use a 1 7/8" ball.

My little 7' utility trailer requires a 1 7/8 ball.

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