Video Transcript for All About the Curt Class III Ball Mount with 2-5/16" Ball

Hello neighbors, it's Brad here at etrailer, and today we're taking a look at the CURT Trailer Hitch Ball Mount with a two and 5/16 ball or a two-inch hitch. Now this ball mount will give you a six-inch drop, like we have in our configuration here. And that's gonna give you some solid towing capacities with a gross trailer weight rating coming in at 7,500 pounds. So that's gonna be the weight of the trailer plus the accessories on it. You also have a tongue weight rating of 750 pounds, and that's gonna be the pressure that's put down on the ball mount. Now it can also be put in a rise position, and that's gonna give you a four-inch rise.

You are gonna have to re-torque your ball, but you just flip this over, undo this, torque the ball back down, and you do need to actually check the weight capacities on that as it does lower in the rise position. In fact, in the four-inch rise, we're gonna get a 6,000 pound gross trailer weight rating and a 600 pound tongue weight. The ball does come included, comes pre-torqued, so you don't have to worry about torquing it down if you're gonna be in that drop position. And it's gonna be rated at 7,500 pounds, so that's gonna be great for a pretty high capacity on a vehicle like this. Also included is a pin and clip, so that makes it easy.

Once you get this in the mail, you can simply put it in your vehicle, hook up to your trailer, and you should be good to go. Now if you ever want to upgrade to a locking pin and clip, you are gonna wanna pick up a 5/8 pin and clip, and that way you can leave the ball mount on the vehicle locked in place, and no one's gonna walk away with it. Now something you'll want to do on your vehicle is make sure that you have clearance for the coupler of a trailer to get onto the ball without causing any issues with your fascia or your bumper. And this measuring from the center of the hitch-pin to the center of the shank diameter is gonna be nine and a quarter inches. So it puts it out far enough on our Hummer today to make it nice and easy to hook up.

The steel construction is heavy duty, but you do have a hollow shank so it makes it a little bit lighter, which is nice. So that way if you're not using your ball mount, you can store it in your vehicle and it cuts down on the weight a little bit. And you also have a chrome ball here so that's gonna hold up just like the powder coat finish to the extremes of weather. That way you can leave it on your vehicle and it's gonna look nice for a long time. Now, even though you have a two and 5/16 ball included and already torqued down, you're not limited to just this size.

If you ever swap trailers or you need to use a two inch or a one and 7/8 ball, you can definitely put that on this ball mount and it's still gonna work. You are gonna have to torque those down. And when choosing a ball, you're gonna wanna make sure you have a one-inch diameter and that way it works with this mount. So this is gonna be a great option for some of your enclosed trailers or campers. Just that anything that has that two and 5/16 ball. Now keep in mind, you are gonna want to also check the weight of the trailer, the hitch at what it's rated at, and also what the vehicle's rated at towing, and take the lowest of those numbers that way you're not overloading anything during your towing experience and you stay safe. And that was a look at the CURT Trailer Hitch Ball Mount with two and 5/16 ball or two-inch hitch.