No Euro hitch usable in US

[Larry C Leung]

Yup, bad idea. Not sure why you can't remove the old 50 mm ball and
replace with a proper (US) 2" model....

LL - NY

On Tue, 16 Oct 2001 22:16:17 -0400 "Bob Rossato" <bob.rossato at att.net>
writes:
>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.
>
>bob
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kneale Brownson [mailto:knotnook at traverse.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 9:20 PM
>> To: Larry C Leung; bob.rossato at att.net
>> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
>> Subject: Re: No Euro hitch usable in US
>>
>>
>> At 07:29 PM 10/16/2001 -0400, Larry C Leung wrote:
>>
>> >Would you trust 2000 lbs to a 0.8 mm diameter difference. It's a 
>matter
>> >of play, interference fit and impact. You MUST use the proper 
>towing
>> >ball, or the ball/mount joint will most likely fail from impact 
>loading.
>>
>> I can support Larry's point sort-of with anecdotal evidence:  The 
>guy who
>> sold me my Bridgeport mill hauled it to me a couple hundred
>> miles, using my
>> trailer with a 2" hitch.  I didn't know it (wasn't there when he
>> picked up
>> the trailer), but his pickmeup had a 1 7/8 ball in the hitch.
>> The trailer
>> and mill thump-thumped his bumper/hitch till it was bent way out of
>> line.  He didn't say anything, but his buddy and riding companion 
>told me
>> the bumper was straight and level before the trip.
>>
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