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From: Kuna ID
Originally Posted by grafekie
I wouldn't ever use that type of hitch pictured above if I was purchasing a trailer; its one of the weaker types.
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From: tom bean tx
i would use it, it is a different style than i have. i am not the guy that said that, but any thing bulldog is good. he must be talking pintle hook or something like a 2 5/16 ball ive been towing for many years and have a buddy that makes a good carreer building trailers and truck flatbeds and all he uses is bulldog 2" on all trailers exept commercial and goosenecks which is still a bulldog just a 2 5/16 gooseneck coupler. i think you are good to go just double check your setup when hooking up. my wreck was minor compared to the last wreck like this, then it took out a family of five returing from ihop. it was just a few months ago. same set of circumstances.
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Kind of weird just how long the trailers will stay on before coming off if not locked down. I work for Fire dept, and a few years ago we had a older fellow pulling a 26 foot (IIRC) travel trailer, he had pulled it from the camp ground about thirty miles away and one huge hill coming out of the camp ground only to have it come off and go straight thru the front of a tour bus, needless to say it killed several people. He had not slide the receiver far enough in the tube and when he put the pin in it went in front of the hole in the hitch. If people would just take a few seconds and slow down and to double check everything. Glad to hear your situation turned out a lot better.
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