Video Transcript for What to Know About the Demco Trailer Coupler w/ 5-Position Adjustable Channel

Hi there, I'm Michael with etrailer.com. Today we're gonna take a quick look at this Demco EZ-Latch trailer coupler with the five position adjustable channel. This is gonna provide the connection point for your two and five 16th inch hitch bar on your tow vehicle so that you can hook your trailer up to your tow vehicle and tow it. This does feature the easy latch mechanism that will ensure a nice, simple secure hookup and disconnect for you. I do have a two and five 16th inch hitch ball here to demonstrate how this operates. And so this will allow you to hook up even when your latch is in the closed position.

All you have to do is drop the coupler over your hitch ball (latch squeaks) and it will latch into place like so, and you've got a nice solid connection there. And to disengage you'll just slip up on that latch that will allow the ball to come free. So very, very simple. Much easier than most other systems out there where you have to have it opened to lower it onto your ball and so forth. So very simple operation here.

This is made here in the USA of a cast steel construction. So it is gonna be very durable for you. It does have a weight capacity of 20,000 pounds and it does meet the SAEJ 6 84 standard, so it is J 6 84 certified. It also has this silver powder coat finish on it that's gonna provide excellent corrosion resistance with a 500 hour salt spray rating. So it is gonna be great for your marine applications.

If you're wanting to put this on a boat trailer or something like that, it will hold up well for you. The latch handle has a nice low profile design and it's constructed of a durable polymer nylon resin composite. And so it is going to be corrosion proof and impact resistant. So it is gonna hold up well for you as well. To give you a few measurements here, you can see this is going to be approximately eight inches long.

We'll call it about eight and one eighth of an inch in total length. And then our width, we're looking at right about three inches wide, call it two and seven eights of an inch, just shy of that three inches. So it is going to fit into your three inch channel there. Our channel is a heavy duty steel construction. It is right at 12 inches tall, and this will weld right onto your trailer with the unfinished portion here. This is going to then allow you to bolt your coupler into one of the selected slots here. So we've got six different mounting holes. These are all five eighth inch diameter holes. So you've got five different positions that you can mount the coupler and to ensure that it's going to work with different tow vehicles' heights, make sure that it's gonna stay nice and level for you. We do have the four included grade five bolts, washer and nylon locknut that will allow you to have a nice secure rattle-free connection here. One thing in my mind if you are gonna be switching pretty frequently to adjust to different tow vehicles, you're gonna be using different vehicles to pull your trailer; that might not be the most convenient way of being connected. Having those nylon lock nuts is gonna be kind of difficult to undo. So I would recommend if you are gonna be switching frequently maybe consider switching over to a pen like you see on the screen there. That is going to have that same 20,000 pound weight capacity. That's going to be the five eight inch diameter that you need for these pin holes. And it is going to give you a four inch span. So it'll be plenty for our three and three quarter inch outer dimension here. So it will work for you if you are gonna be switching pretty frequently. You can more easily pull those pins out, adjust your coupler to the height that you need and put the pin back through. We also have locking pins available. If you want to add a little extra security you can put those in instead. And then we also have the locking option here. We've got a three eight inch diameter lock pin hole. So if you wanted to, you could add on a coupler lock that will go through that hole and will prevent the latch from being disengaged, so no one can come along and disconnect your trailer and take off with it. So you will just need to make sure that you've got a three eight inch diameter pin there with a span of at least three inches before it to work to secure that for you. So overall, really great option here to weld onto your trailer, give you that adjustability so that and no matter what vehicle you're using to tow your trailer, you can make sure that it's gonna be nice and level for you. And that completes our look for today. Again, I'm Michael with etrailer.com. Thanks for watching.