Hitch receiver inserts?
Dec 12, 2016 | 07:53 PM
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Hitch receiver inserts?
Does the truck come with inserts to reduce the new hitch size to fit my old ball mount or do I need to order them?
Dec 12, 2016 | 07:55 PM
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Dec 12, 2016 | 08:04 PM
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ok not to sound like a jerk..but where are they? Only thing in my truck is the bed cleats.
Dec 12, 2016 | 08:04 PM
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My F250 has one. It comes inserted into the receiver.
Last edited by hoyas76; Dec 12, 2016 at 08:06 PM .
Reason: To add to the info provided
Dec 12, 2016 | 08:11 PM
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Nothing in mine, maybe they forgot to give it to me?
Dec 12, 2016 | 08:13 PM
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Most of the trucks I have seen on the lot have them in the receiver. I would talk to your dealer. My 2015 came with one in the receiver.
Dec 12, 2016 | 08:29 PM
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2017 Plow Beast
ok not to sound like a jerk..but where are they? Only thing in my truck is the bed cleats.
The PIN reducer was in my glovebox, the hitch reducers are in my trailer hitch, both the 3 -> 2.5 and 2.5->2.
It could also be under the back seat depending on how your dealer prepped the vehicle.
Dec 12, 2016 | 10:10 PM
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Mine were behind the rear seat
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Dec 12, 2016 | 11:06 PM
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Both of mine were in the hitch as well
Dec 25, 2016 | 07:50 PM
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Why are the holes on the reducers oval and not just round like the receiver. I bend my brand new ss 5/8 pin the first time I used the reducers to 2" .
Dec 27, 2016 | 05:56 AM
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The literature seemed to indicate the hole for the hitch pin would be 3/4". Indeed it is only 5/8". It is shaped as an oval to facilitate inserting the pin more easily but still be tight on the horizontal plane. There is a reducing sleeve in the glove compartment in case the inserted hitch has a 3/4" hole to take the slack out when using a 5/8" pin which is all the hitch itself will accommodate.
Dec 27, 2016 | 07:53 AM
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hollapm
The PIN reducer was in my glovebox, the hitch reducers are in my trailer hitch, both the 3 -> 2.5 and 2.5->2.
Could you post a picture of the PIN reducer?
Dec 27, 2016 | 08:15 AM
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when I got my truck it was installed in the receiver slready. I also noticed that the dealer had it installed on all the other trucks there. There was no charge for it.
Dec 27, 2016 | 08:17 AM
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I think some dealers do not install them because of how easy they would be to take.
Dec 27, 2016 | 09:36 AM
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That is probably true - One of the first things I did when I got home was to move it to the storage under the back seat so it would not disappear.
