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Old May 9th 06, 05:00 AM posted to rec.autos.makers.ford.explorer
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Default 02 hitch and ball receiver

In article >,
WilM > wrote:
:I am also going to be pulling a 17' boat... single axle trailer. The lowest
:drop I have found is 2.5". I, too, have the Class II hitch which sits
retty high in the bumper. I am going to go re-measure the height of the
:trailer toungue and see if the 2.5" will cut it. If not, I might just have
:to live with it and consider replacing the hitch with a class III in the
:future.
:
:Will
:
:> I visited my 17' pleasure boat today in it's storage place and
:> compared my leveled trailer to the hitch on my '05 with 235-70x16 tires
:> and found out I am going to need a 5-6" drop, which I have discovered
:> is not going to be an easy find in a class II drawbar.

Here is a 6" drop but it's not very long (7"):

http://www.hitchcorner.com/ball_moun...lass2_standard

The BR_BM96 model in the Class II section...$40.95)

I saw another one on the web somewhere but can't find it now.

Bob
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