Video Transcript for A Look at the Patriot Hitches 5-Way The Captain 3-Ball Mount for 2" Hitches with Blue Accent

Today, we're taking a look at the Captain from Patriot Hitches. This guy is rated for 30,000 pounds and you have five different ways to tow. So let's take a closer look at it and see what's special about it. The Captain is available in three different colorways. You have the gloss black, gloss red, and gloss blue to go against the matte finishes of the same color. So out the box, you're gonna have a lot of versatility as far as what you can tow with this guy.

You're gonna have a lunette ring adapter, as well as being capable for 2 5/16 ball, two-inch ball, you actually have a ring for toe straps as well as 1 7/8 adapter. Now, this guy overall has the length of right at 12 inches. The thing that stands out to me is the fact that it's solid steel. So outside of the bruises and scrapes that most ball mounts are gonna get, this is gonna hold up against the lifetime of abuse. Now, one thing to keep in mind with this also, you can always hit it with some spray paint if you're worried about the appearance of it, but the metal underneath is treated so you don't have to worry about chunks of it flaking off.

So again, overall length is right at 12 inches. Your overall width going from side to side and up and down is the same at 7 5/8 inch. Now, as far as the distance on your holes, you're at 2.5 inches from the rear here at the farthest hole. And the nearest hole to the center of ball is 4 3/16. Now, you're gonna have a pencil hole diameter of 6.5, so just keep that in mind.

And overall, I would say this is a pretty handy piece of equipment if you don't know what you're gonna be pulling. So now, we're gonna go ahead and put the Captain to use. I have this enclosed trailer here in my studio. I'm gonna go ahead and hook it up to this F-150 using the 2 5/16 ball. So I'm gonna back up and get this guy moving.

Also, since you have the lunette ring adapter, I'm just gonna go ahead and hook it up to this surplus trailer we have just hanging out back here, just so you can see a idea of how well that fits. Now, I have to roll forward a little bit to get that adjustment correct, but after that, you're just gonna insert your pin and you're ready to ride. Now, naturally, you know you're gonna hook up your trailer lights as well as your safety cables, but just to see how the lunette ring looks, there you are right there. Patriot Hitches does a great job of creating a product that you can just rely on and customize to your style. So if you have blue toys and a blue truck and you want this blue accent on your ball mount, it's just a little extra thing so you can have your own little flavor to your towing experience. And once you get everything set up, I'd love to see a photo of your setup because I just like having that interaction with you. Now again, this is Ed with etrailer.com, taking a look at the Captain 30,000 pound, five-way ball mount from Patriot Hitches. Have a great day.