I need a new hitch

Bunk1 · Feb 12, 2008

Im sure you can figure out the appropriate adjective. It was bolted on. New one will be welded.

How big should i go? Is class 3 fine or should i go bigger?

skrause · Feb 12, 2008

Bunk said:
Im sure you can figure out the appropriate adjective. It was bolted on. New one will be welded.

How big should i go? Is class 3 fine or should i go bigger?

Class 3 is only 5k, you want class 4 (10k) or better. What happened, bolts break?

Bunk1 · Feb 12, 2008

skrause said:
Class 3 is only 5k, you want class 4 (10k) or better. What happened, bolts break?

Out of the 6 or 8 bolts 2 held(the forward ones) and the rest ripped apart. I couldnt see how many bolts were there since the flange is soo ass'd out.

skrause · Feb 12, 2008

Damn, that sucks. Lucky those last two held together or it could have been messy. :eeek: Makes me want to take a close look at the factory hitch on my Dodge now.

Bunk1 · Feb 12, 2008

Um yeah, EVERYONE here should. Once yer done weld that sh!t up. This was way beyond a holy fawk situation for me.

Nuzzy · Feb 12, 2008

Jesus. All right, no more giving fat chicks trailer rides for you mister! :haha:

skrause · Feb 12, 2008

Nuzzy said:
Jesus. All right, no more giving fat chicks trailer rides for you mister! :haha:

I figured it was this :haha:

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NotMatt · Feb 12, 2008

Holy fawk... that picture gives me the heebie jeebies...

Lucky Jeff · Feb 12, 2008

Dodge hitches had a recall.. Get a superhitch and be done with it.. NO WELDING!

War-Jeeper · Feb 12, 2008

Don't Weld it!!, get a good class 4 bolt on. if you weld it onto the frame which is a high strength low alloy steel it will eventually crack and break off, unless of course you go through the proper preperation for welding high strenth low alloy steel's but even if you do that there is more ptential for failure of a welded hitch than a bolt on. We had like an hour discussion on this in my metallurgy class

Not Jobless · Feb 12, 2008

Class 3 is all I have on the dually, it's more than enough for your POS and a 16' trailer...but that would be it.

I would have gotten something bigger but at the time the Class 3 was less than half the price of a 4.

TreeClimber · Feb 12, 2008

Bunk said:
Out of the 6 or 8 bolts 2 held(the forward ones) and the rest ripped apart. I couldnt see how many bolts were there since the flange is soo ass'd out.

Why not just re-bolt it back into place with one size bigger bolts? Save the $ for something else.

And I'm not trying to be a smart azz, I'm truly just asking a valid question that nobody else seems willing to bring forth?

The hitch isn't bent. You simply have a hardware failure? Yes? So just replace the damn hardware.

82toyomud · Feb 12, 2008

War-Jeeper said:
Don't Weld it!!, get a good class 4 bolt on. if you weld it onto the frame which is a high strength low alloy steel it will eventually crack and break off, unless of course you go through the proper preperation for welding high strenth low alloy steel's but even if you do that there is more ptential for failure of a welded hitch than a bolt on. We had like an hour discussion on this in my metallurgy class

I agree with the no welding, but I didn't know you could make low alloy steel brittle by just welding, without an almost instantaneous quench? Do you know something i dont:scratchhead:

Have you looked at a CCT (Continuous Cooling Transformation) Diagram? If you had, you would understand...

War-Jeeper · Feb 12, 2008

82toyomud said:
I agree with the no welding, but I didn't know you could make low alloy steel brittle by just welding, without an almost instantaneous quench? Do you know something i dont:scratchhead:

Have you looked at a CCT (Continuous Cooling Transformation) Diagram? If you had, you would understand...

im taking a lecture class on weldable and non-weldable steels:awesomework: over at edmonds community college, if you preheat it sure no problem but if you just go cold turkey there will be under bead cracking and will eventually fail

Lucky Jeff · Feb 12, 2008

damn kids and their classes... lol..

and treeclimber like I said.. they already had a recall for cracking on the factory dodge hitches.. might as well dump the POS while you're working on it..

War-Jeeper · Feb 12, 2008

Lucky Jeff said:
damn kids and their classes... lol..

and treeclimber like I said.. they already had a recall for cracking on the factory dodge hitches.. might as well dump the POS while you're working on it..

whats wrong with schoolin:eeek: :fawkdancesmiley: :haha:

CrustyJeep · Feb 12, 2008

War-Jeeper said:
whats wrong with schoolin:eeek: :fawkdancesmiley: :haha:

[CCR]Someday, you'll understand[/CCR] :flipoff:

War-Jeeper · Feb 12, 2008

CrustyJeep said:
[CCR]Someday, you'll understand[/CCR] :flipoff:

when im old like you:fawkdancesmiley:

skrause · Feb 12, 2008

Lucky Jeff said:
damn kids and their classes... lol..

and treeclimber like I said.. they already had a recall for cracking on the factory dodge hitches.. might as well dump the POS while you're working on it..

Do any of you guys know what years? All I was able to find was 2000, and I haven't heard anything about my '06.