No Euro hitch usable in US

[Kneale Brownson]

At 10:16 PM 10/16/2001 -0400, Bob Rossato wrote:

>Like I said in my original post, I don't know squat about towing so I was
>asking whether the 0.031" difference is really going to make a difference.
>This thread started back on the S-car list when someone posted the Westfalia
>GmbH link as a source of factory trailer hitches.  If someone wanted to use
>the factory trailer hitch in the US, and the .031" smaller ball is a no no,
>then depending on the design of the hitch it might be possible to weld/mount
>on a new 2" ball.
  You're correct that the ball probably could be replaced with an 
appropriate one for the hitch on the trailer unless the design is such that 
the original ball can't be removed without destroying the structure 
supporting it.