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When your trailer sits uneven, you feel it in every sway and stop. The Curt Ball Mount gives you both a 3/4" rise and a 2" drop so you can line up your hitch height just right. That keeps your trailer level, which means smoother braking, steadier handling, and even tire wear on every haul.
Sometimes you need a little extra room between the tow vehicle and the trailer — whether it’s to clear a spare tire, mud flaps, or just get a better turning angle. This mount’s long 12-5/8" measurement from the center of the hitch pin hole to the center of the ball hole gives you that breathing space without needing adapters or extenders. It’s a simple way to make hitching and maneuvering easier.
Towing a camper, boat, or loaded utility trailer? This solid steel mount handles up to 7,500 lbs gross towing weight and 750 lbs tongue weight. The fixed design keeps things steady under stress, and the gloss black finish protects the shank from rust and road grime. It’s tough enough for heavy-duty use yet clean-looking enough to leave installed full time.
No need for oddball parts — this mount is ready for any standard hitch ball with a 1" shank diameter. Just add the ball size that matches your trailer coupler, torque it down, and you’re set. It’s straightforward gear that fits right and works every time you hook up.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
What's up, everybody It's AJ with etrailer.com. Today we're gonna be checking out this CURT ball mount. So it's gonna have a longer shank on it to help you with clearance, whether you have a spare tire or just the front coupler in the front of your trailer, too close to the vehicle. You can get it out there a little bit. Let's check it out. Now, when you get your ball mount, you're gonna just get the ball mount, so the ball's gonna be sold separately, and so is the pin and clip.
So make sure you pick those up on the website, as well. So you're gonna put this in your hitch. It fits two inch by two inch hitches. Then the ball is gonna go here. Now, when you're picking out your ball, make sure you look at your trailer coupler, and see which size ball it needs.
So this is gonna be a two-inch ball today. We'll put this through the hole. It's gonna be about one inch, so we know it's gonna fit in there. We'll put our lock washer and nut on the bottom. Now when you get it, you're gonna want to torque this down.
You can't tow a trailer with it loose there. But for demonstration purposes, I'm just doing a hand thread so I can show you. This is gonna be the drop position. This is a two-inch drop. You can also use it in the rise position, so that means you'll flip the ball mount over.
Now, that's not gonna work in our application today because of the spare tire. It doesn't quite clear that. There are longer ball mounts out there, too, you can look at if that's an issue you have. But as you see, you drop it in this way with the lock nut, and that on the bottom, and this would be the rise position, but not able to use it with the spare tire. In the rise position, it's gonna have three-quarter inch of a rise. So at least there's some kind of option with a ball mount if that's what you need. The ball mounts gonna be made out of a black powder coat steel, so if you're leaving it on the back of your vehicle at all times, the weather's not gonna bother it. It's not gonna rust or corrode on you. Now, it also has a trailer weight rating of 7,500 pounds. It's gonna have a tongue weight rating of 750 pounds. Now make sure you look at the other components in your setup, like the ball or the hitch. If those have lower weight ratings, go by those because you don't want to stress out your setup. That was a quick look at the CURT ball mount with the long shank on it, helping out with the clearance on the spare tire, or just keeping the trailer a little bit further away from the vehicle, as well. Well, I think that does it. Thanks for hanging out. I hope this helped.
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Ratings & Reviews
This was the perfect hitch length for my F-150 allowing me to open tailgate all the way down without having to unhitch trailer. Wouldn’t watch to go any longer though.
Needed an extra long shank to clear the back of my Range Rover, ETRAILER had exactly what I needed at a great price that no one around here could come close to. Fast shipping and great product, very happy with my purchase.
Scott
6/29/2019
Still very happy with my purchase. Works perfectly with either the 19 camper or the 10 utility trailer. Perfect solution for older Range Rovers that need the extended shank.
The hard-to-find , extra long trailer hitch ball mount was received in a couple days and is a well made , quality item. I would recommend etrailer to anyone.
Bruce T.
10/29/2014
Bruce L.The Curt ball mounts have worked like a charm. The extra long mounts allows my wife to turn sharp corners without jack knifing the trailer.
here are pics of ball mount I purchased installed on son's Jeep
Always satisfied with my purchases at etrailer, this one was no different. The extra long ball mount easily clears the oversized spare on my Jeep. Great price and quick shipping!
Tom G.
7/22/2016
Thanks for following up...still thumbs up! Good product backed by great service at eTrailer!
This is exactly what we needed for our tow dolly . Going to pull our car behind or RV
I bought this Curt Trailer Hitch Ball Mount because of its longer length. This would position my boat far enough away from the back hatch of my car, that I can open the hatch without fear of hitting my boat. It has worked exactly as I hoped, and would highly recommend this item, and etrailier. I have bought other items from etrailer and have never been disappointed in the items or customer service.
Luke
6/11/2021
It is still working as advertised and what I had hoped for. No problems. Would recommend to anyone needing a little extra room between the back of the tow vehicle and the boattrailer.
The ball mount does what it is designed to do. It extends out enough to clear my oversized spare tire creating room to connect my pop up trailer to my Jeep with ample distance between the coupler and my spare tire. The 3/4" rise lifts up, and levels out my trailer, which until now, lacked sufficient ground clearance, and makes it safer to tow. This inexpensive purchase saved me a few hundred dollars by not having to purchase a new bumper and tire mount to relocate my spare tire. It's a quality product, and I would recommend it to anyone experiencing similar issues.
Tom1390
12/31/2014
Its still performing great!
Extra length will keep the front of my trailer from kissing the bumper of a motor home when making tight turns.
Nice hitch but the paint was chipped of of it in multiple places. Almost appeared to have been used or at least slid in and out of a receiver at some point.
Perfect! Gave me about 4" extra length so my trailer Jack was away from my trailer.
see our review on the converta ball. It includes the hitch
The extra long ball mount was exactly what I needed for my Jeep. The added length clears my spare tire and gives me the extra turning radius I need for backing my camper into tight spots!
I ordered this ball mount to get a better turning radius on my 2009 Ranger trail trailer after adding trick steps for easy mounting. This mount will eliminate the danger of bending your truck tailgate. Order was placed and received on the date promised. If you need parts don’t hesitate ordering from trailer.
Good quality product that gets hitch ball/trailer coupler a few inches further away from rear bumper of new NISSAN ROGUE.
Great product for getting out past the tire carrier on a small SUV. Customer service was wonderful with great follow through and any assistance I needed I will definitely use etrailer agin
Great product and mailed quickly.
Strong and puts hitch ball out past spare tire.
The D-26 is just the right length for my 2008 Jeep Wrangler. The 32in spare tire doesn't get in the way of the hitch even with 3/4" rise. yay
Recently bought a Kubota RTV x900. The receiver is located under the bed. With the extra long ball hitch drawbar I can easily get to the drawbar and use a clevis to hitch my 5ft. wide mower or attach a ball and use the trailer. The pictures will illustrate the length of the drawbar which makes access very easy. The product is heavy duty and well made. Ordered this product on Thursday morning and it was delivered the next day, Friday afternoon. Customer service was helpful, will use etrailer again. Thanks
Once it finally got here...after being routed from Missouri to Salt Lake City, UT, then to Denver and back to us at Grand Junction, CO....which is 250 miles WEST of Denver and only 250 miles East of Salt Lake City...It is exactly what I wanted to get. Many Thanks for the person on the phone who helped me AFTER I first received an empty, ripped up box with NOTHING in it, then had a second one sent to me.
This helps with the trick step clearance
Reaches out past the spare tire on my B ronco.
Fits perfect on my 2026 Polaris to pull my 4x6 trailer around for yard work
The Rock Tamer looks good. However, the Ball Mount class III 3/4 rise 2”drop by 12” long for a 2” receiver was not in the box. The box that had it listed was empty.
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Donald
4/7/2022
Works great but now I’m changing over to iron jaws for safety reasons. I do not believe it will allow my tailgate down all the way but it’s more safe