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Old May 21, 2020 | 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Y2KW57
If you have a chance, can you please post a photo of your 3/8" Grade 70 chain hooks engaged in your 2019 hitch. It is highly probably that some readers might benefit from seeing photos from a fellow FTE member who they can converse directly with if they have questions.
Finally went out and took a video.
I dont know how it gets any easier:


 
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Old May 21, 2020 | 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Jimmy Pet
Finally went out and took a video.
I dont know how it gets any easier:

https://youtu.be/mUsSkqRVrL8
Pretty sure that that everyone here knows how to clip safety hooks on. I bought a pair of 3/8" safety clips and they would clip on but would bind. Never had a problem with safety clips in 16 years of towing (w my personal trucks) until purchase of my 2020 F250 .
By the looks of it there are some variation width of the hook opening: https://www.etrailer.com/dept-pg-Acc...vis_Hooks.aspx
Since these hooks aren't built to a spec/standard, variation in the geometry is to be expected.
 
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Old May 21, 2020 | 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by raven_zilla
Pretty sure that that everyone here knows how to clip safety hooks on. I bought a pair of 3/8" safety clips and they would clip on but would bind. Never had a problem with safety clips in 16 years of towing (w my personal trucks) until purchase of my 2020 F250 .
By the looks of it there are some variation width of the hook opening: https://www.etrailer.com/dept-pg-Acc...vis_Hooks.aspx
Since these hooks aren't built to a spec/standard, variation in the geometry is to be expected.
...or you can get some good old Grade 100/120 hooks per ASME B30...
https://www.mcmaster.com/clevis-hook...s-for-lifting/
 
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