I'm curious how much of a drop hitch everyone is running on their lifted Superduties. I have an adjustable drop hitch that's adjustable up to 8". It worked good on my 5.5" of lift with 35's, but I have recently gone up to 8" with 37's.

Just curious how much of a drop people are running on similar sized trucks. I'm thinking about ordering the same Diversi-Tech hitch, but getting the one adjustable up to 10". I haven't pulled anything since I put the new lift on so haven't got to try it yet. I pull several different trailers so a adjustable hitch is a must.

Also curios if there is some way to measure to determine a recommended hitch height.

 

Edited: Ooops. Mine is stock height.

Never mind....

Pop

 

forged 10'' drop rated at 1200/12000

 

I have seen a lot of high drop drawbars, but there are very few, if any, adjustable ones as long as you need. I have a BPC (Buyers Products) height adjustable/tripple ball hitch and really like it, though I don't have much of a lifted truck.

You probably already know this but try to keep the trailer toung level. Depending on what the toung weight is and the spring stiffness on the rear axle you should have the ball a tad higher to level it out under load.

I know someone that has a fixed drawbar on a ram 3500 and pulls a small tandem axle trailer occasionally. I can't stand how high his toung is. The only benefit is it lowers the angle of the ramp between the ramp and trailer deck. Then again, if thats what I was concerned about I would just drop the jack, lift the toung, and tow my trailer how it should be. Having a toung high is better than low. All the campers you see going down the highway where the truck and camper make a V are a recipie for disaster.

 

This is the one I have now:

Diversi-Tech DT-ALBM6800

 

I have the B&W tow and stow hitch number 10 with a 4" lift and 35"s. It works great but is a little too much drop for my lift and tires but it was a gift from my girlfriend.

http://www.turnoverball.com/images/tow/tow_main.jpg

 

37" Toyos and 6" lift...10" Rapid Hitch for me.

 

Awesome looking truck by the way!

 

Some of these should help you out:

Results for ADJUSTABLE BALL MOUNTS

Results for BIG DROP HITCHES

 

Yeah those are pretty nice, I just dont like all of the pins you have to have. Thats why I like my Diversi-tech so much, because it uses all internal locking pins. Especially since my hitch stays on my truck most of the time.

 

I have the 10" Adjustable Ball Mount from that Action Accessories Link. Mine is powder coated black. They have a lock kit that you can buy for it that I have as well so no one can steal your ball mount off the drop hitch. It has a 1,000 Lb. MTW / 10,000 Lb. MGTW
rating.

 

How do you like it? I've been thinking about buying one, but the price tag has been scaring me off. I will be hauling 3 or 4 different sized trailer on a regular basis soon, so I want something with a lot of adjustability with my 6" lift.

 

Mine has no set drop. It is raised and lowered hydraulically. (tow truck body)

 

cdrmotorports: I love it. Its extremely easy to adjust even with the lock on the ball mount. I didn't get mine off their website tho. I found mine for sell on craigslist for 75 bucks and it came with the extra ball mount lock. I left work to go buy it as soon as the guy replied that he still had it. The guy said his wife made him sell his f250 for a smaller truck so he was selling everything he had for his f250. I picked up alot of good stuff from him including the drop hitch.

 

I run the Andersons Billet Rapid Hitch 10,000 lb. It works good and I leave the braket locked on the hitch all the time and just put the ball on when I need it depending on the triler I am towing, it will do 2" and 2 5/16"

Sarge