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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 12:40 PM
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I just have a couple receivers that I can swap out as needed, with a 1 7/8 and a 2" ball on them (4" drop I believe), and my father-in-law offered me another one a couple days ago with a 2 5/16" ball on it, for his double horse trailer (I use the trailer once in a while to haul away junk from a good basement cleaning and he has 2 of them). That trailer hauls kinda hard, for a double trailer it's heavier than lead lol... I just take my time also though, and haven't had any issues....
 
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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 02:11 PM
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I had this problem with my truck that has a 3" lift and 33"s. I think my drop hitch is a 8" drop. I will have to go check though. I tried several smaller ones before I got this one and this one works perfect for my setup.
 
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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 02:19 PM
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Okay, mine didn't say on it like I thought it did. How do you measure this thing? I'm pretty sure it's a 8"? drop. If I measure from the top where it starts to where it curves it measures 8". If I measure from the bottom of the square coming out of the hitch to where it curves it measures 6".
 
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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by hometheaterman
Okay, mine didn't say on it like I thought it did. How do you measure this thing? I'm pretty sure it's a 8"? drop. If I measure from the top where it starts to where it curves it measures 8". If I measure from the bottom of the square coming out of the hitch to where it curves it measures 6".
That would be an 8" drop. They measure it from the top of the square tube...


 
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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 05:50 PM
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Yep I measured like in the last picture there. So it's a 8" drop. I thought that's what it was too. It works perfect for my truck on 33"s. Holds the trailer pretty level. I mostly two a utility trailer and it tows it great. Would I want to tow 10k pounds with a lifted truck? No, but it does fine for towing a few dirtbikes and atv's.
 
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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 07:45 PM
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Thank you very much hometheaterman!
 
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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by TheBigRedOne
So are your spelling skills.

Some of us gave him no BS common sense advice, there's nothing wrong with that.

Get over it, it was just a typo. (I refuse to go further off topic so this is my last post in this thread)
 

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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by dodge15004x45.9
Thank you very much hometheaterman!
No problem. My tires are 305/70R16's btw. So not exactly a 33", but close and often referred to as a 33" tire. Technically a 32.8" tall tire.
 
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Old Jun 15, 2010 | 01:54 AM
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Yea mine aint a true 33" as well so it will work out.
 
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