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Mar 16, 2022 | 01:22 PM

#16

norcaltoy

5th Wheeling

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Originally Posted by Keokie

Pretty slick set up with the tools. Why not just put the hitch pin though the eye of the tow strap?

that's traditionally my go to as well but recently bent the hitch pin doing it that way. I think with the class 5 hitches having the larger 2.5 shank it's too much of a spread for the pin to hold up. I've done some flat out abusive pulls with a 2" hitch and never had an issue but pulling a guy out of a snow bank was enough to bend the pin in a 2.5" hitch

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Mar 16, 2022 | 01:48 PM

#17

Keokie

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Originally Posted by norcaltoy

that's traditionally my go to as well but recently bent the hitch pin doing it that way. I think with the class 6 hitches having the larger 2.5 shank it's too much of a spread for the pin to hold up. I've done some flat put abusive pulls with a 2" hitch and never had an issue but pulling a guy out of a snow bank was enough to bend the pin in a 2.5" hitch

Always wondered that, but in some pretty extreme scenarios, I have never seen one bend. However, most of that was back in the day when everything was 2 inch. May have to re-think this with my 3 inch...