This New Trailer Hitch Is Really Cool!

Looks promising.

I can see the gearing of the whole lock/pin mechanism failing. The pins don't come out far enough for my comfort. I pull trailers over 10,000 lbs though.

It looks like it has an adjustable depth stop as well so that it stops right where the holes are and you can install it with getting down and looking through the holes. This whole this is a great idea. Thanks for sharing it!!!

Isn't that a ball mount?

Overpriced and to many parts that can go wrong ☹️ !

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I'm very impressed with the idea here but I don't see it being worth anywhere near the prices on their site.
A ball mount with pin and ball can be had for $15 and up. A clamp is $12 and up.

I've had similar hitches if you live near the oceans or you live where they use road salt I would remove it every year and and a layer of grease

Not bad ⚡️

Thank you for the review and I’m glad it’s been working out for you. I feel like it has to many hidden moving parts for my liking.

What if a bad guy were to hit it with a sledge hammer? I think you would not be able to get it off your vehicle?

Interesting product. I'll be interested to see how they hold up.

As a side note, I was taught on the safety chains to hook them the opposite of how yours ate in the beginning of the video. Less of an issue with the safety clips, but when the trailer drops and you apply the brakes, the chains pull forward, and that can cause them to unhook from the tow vehicle. When hooked the other way, they rotate deeper into the receiver.

I'm old school i guess. I like the standard hitch pin and if you lose the key your hooped! Just saying. Interesting though.

That would be so illegal here. All removable trailer couplings here must have a "visible and confirmed locking mechanism using a pin and latch or pin and clip"

That would be one of the most dangerous things ive seen in a long time. How do you confirm the locking pin is actually engaged in the sleeve on the vehicle? Does it protrude both sides? I.e. its a solid rod through the entire assembly retained by a latch or retaining clip? Looks like its relying on frictional force to keep the (single sided?) locking pin in place.

I think I'll stick with my bulletproof thank you

That'll be siezed in the hitch in no time

Glad that type of hitch is not legal here in UK. All bolted are the best, no rattle, lasts the life of vehicle. That product has too many moving parts.

It appears to me the anti rattle part should always be on the bottom when installed.

You can accomplish the same thing on a ball mount that you already have with a few dollars of hardware. I've done it.

Just wondering how that screw mechanism will hold up after a few months of mud and dust. Also what about freezing up?

That looks like a good product. Thanks!

Nice product…good price too

Seems like everything will seize up after one or two winters with salty and sandy roads. Maybe a good thing where there's no snow.

I would hate to have that on my truck when one of the mechanisms broke and he could not retract the pin or the anti-rattle wedge you’ve never get it out

Probably something you don't want to have in Maine .....

Just me, I like a pin going all the way through with a secure clip on the other end. Rattling, while annoying, is of no consequence.

After one winter in Michigan Salt it would never come out again.

A test someone should do:
With the hitch locked in place, contrive a very stout clamp with pins protruding from its jaws just a bit smaller than these locking pins.
Apply pressure against the locking pins to compel retraction against that angled thngy that rides in the slot to extend them through the outer tube.
The idea is to see
1. Can any amount of force break that extender mechanism?
2. If so, how much force?
3. Would this serve to remove the device if frozen in place, as some fear?
4. Would this serve a thief better than, say, simply torching off the ball?

Given the number of parts and their necessary level of precision, and the convenience, the price is not bad.
However - is this USA made, or China?
Also, why 2 levels of capacity? Just make all product to 10K; the price difference hardly justifies 2 manufactures.
Finally, far as I can see, no, you can't invert this; it is drop only.

I'll stick with my b&w

no drop hitch options!

No way would I trust this hitch!!!!

GREAT REVIEW RICK❗ Informative and thorough ! GTSY 2 again and still !

One trip on wet highway and it will never work properly again 😅

Once that anti rattle lug beds into the receiver no more anti rattle and a wear spot in one place of the receiver…..
No thanks.

I don't like how when you use it in the rise position that the anti-rattle device is pushing the hitch down ahead of the pin causing the ball to raise and the tongue weight is not bearing on the pins and anti-rattle device. In the drop position, you have the opposite. The tongue load reversal causing rattle is relatively low compared to the tongue weight. My point in saying this is that with time, I suspect you will see wear in the reciever pin bores. I think I still prefer the u-bolt device even if it requires a wrench.

About time someone thought out of the box and invented something like this. Thanks for the review.

When you hook up your safety chains, the rule of Thumb is "Hook Up". Turn your hooks around so that you don't just drop them on to your receiver.

Cool.
I wanna see in that trailer though. 😳

I don't know if I would trust the mechanism that moves the 2 pin halves.
I think I would prefer to trust the single solid pin that runs all the way through the receiver.

A bolt through the receiver tightens the hitch to stop rattle, pretty standard here in Oz and a padlock can be used on the retaining pin if you don't want to pay for a locking pin. So all up $10 max.

I wrap some electrical tape on the slide in.. doesn’t rattle…

Pass for me. I'm of the keep it simple way of going.

Good clear product review. TY

That thing is an accident waiting to happen!

Run it up and down some gravel roads and dirt roads like we live on until our trailers and tell me once the grime and grit gets into that mechanism how good it works

I don't haul anything with a trailer. I'm wondering why one crosses the chains like that?

Id have to try one. If it worked out then I’d buy it.

They also asked me to review it. I ditched it almost immediately. It took 8 seconds to take that lock off and I would rather have a through pin.

Love mine too!

UPDATE: I now have over 5,000 miles on the hitch and it's holding up great and is unaffected by all the dust and rough use it gets on the dirt roads that we travel.