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Weigh Safe/
Adjustable Ball Mount/
Fits 2-1/2 Inch Hitch/
Class V/
14500 lbs GTWItem # LTB4-25
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This rustproof aluminum, adjustable ball mount with stainless steel hitch balls lets you tow up to 8,000 lbs with the 2" ball or up to 14,500 lbs with the 2-5/16" ball. Use in drop or rise positions. Ball platform locks to shank.
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Towing trailers with different coupler sizes just got easier thanks to the 180 Hitch 2-ball mount. This ball mount features a 2" and 2-5/16" hitch ball on opposite ends of the ball mount platform. Switching to the opposite ball is fast and easy - simply flip over the platform, hitch-up, and go! Because both balls are contained on the platform, you won't have to keep track of separate balls that must be completely removed and installed each time you need to switch trailers.
Adjusting and setting up the 180 Hitch 2-ball mount to work with your specific trailer is easy. To switch hitch balls, unlock and pull out the dual pins and remove the platform from the shank. Next, flip the platform 180 degrees so that either the 2" or 2-5/16" hitch ball is on top. Then replace the platform and slide it along the shank to the desired height. Insert the dual pins and use one of the included keys to lock the pins in place. A dual-sided hitch ball with a 1-7/8" and a 2" hitch ball (TB03 - sold separately) is also available.
The 180 Hitch 2-ball mount can be used in either the drop or rise position to best suit your application.
Superior Aluminum and Stainless Steel Construction
From the first moment that you lay eyes on the 180 Hitch you'll see that you're getting a superior, well-made product. The 180 Hitch's shank and ball mount platform are made entirely of 6061 T6 billet aluminum, which is the same material that is used to build aircraft components, automobile frames, and freight liners. This type of aluminum is known for having superior strength while maintaining its light weight, which makes it highly desirable over hollow steel components. 6061 T6 aluminum is also rustproof, which means the 180 Hitch will maintain its clean, shiny, and impressive appearance for years to come. And the hitch balls are made of solid stainless steel, offering far greater protection against rust and corrosion than other steel hitch balls that are only painted or plated on the surface.
The 180 Hitch meets VESC V-5 regulations and is SAE J684 certified. These regulatory bodies - the Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission and the Society for Automotive Engineers - create standards for the design, construction, and performance of automotive and towing accessories. Weigh Safe has had this ball mount thoroughly tested in simulation to ensure that it complies with these standards. The result is a strong, safe, sturdy product that is built to last.
Video of 180 Hitch 2-Ball Mount w/ Stainless Balls - 2-1/2" Hitch - 4" Drop, 5" Rise - 14.5K
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the Weigh Safe line of 180 hitch two ball mounts. These are available for multiple size hitches in different rise and drop combinations.Now, to find the right drop that you're going to need you'll start by measuring the inside top edge of your receiver tube opening down to the ground, and you'll record that measurement. Then you'll use your trailer jack and level out your trailer, and you'll measure to the bottom of the coupler here. That difference figure is going to be the drop that you need. If this is at 21 and if our trailer, the bottom edge of the coupler here is at 17, we'll know we need 4 inches of drop. You want to measure all the trailers that you have and make sure that you buy a ball mount that has the right drop or rise for your configuration.Now, having a fully adjustable ball mount like this really makes towing and hauling much safer.
You can see here on our smaller utility trailer we had to drop it down to keep everything level, but with our trailer level, as we accelerate and brake the trailer's going to be pushing straight on the back of the truck. If this coupler we're too high, when we tried to stop it would push up on the back of the truck, when we'd take off it would pull down. Vice versa, if the tongue was too low, when we would stop it would push down on the back of the truck and when we accelerate that's going to pull up, so this is going to give us a much safer towing solution. Now we'll head over to the bigger trailer and see how it works there.Now, in this situation we've got an enclosed trailer. This has the 2-5/16 inch ball, and as you can see, the coupler is up a lot higher than what it was on our smaller trailer.
In this situation, you would have to have multiple ball mounts in order to make this work with different size balls, and a lot of time you'll have to switch those inaudible 00:01:39 take them off one ball mount and put them on the other.In this case, we can just pull our locking pin here on the side, slide that out. Now we'll rotate our ball down and around, bring it up to our appropriate height. We can replace our pin. I'm going to go up just a little bit higher than that to make sure we keep our trailer level. Then of course, to keep dirt and grime from getting into our lock, we want to put our dust cover back on.
Then we can lower our trailer down onto the ball.Now, if your trailer is even higher than the enclosed trailer we have, it's a super easy process to get it in the rise position. Of course, you'll pull your pin and clip or lock, and it's just a matter of flipping it right over. It's going to work exactly the same. You can pull your lock out and adjust for height up and down to match your setup. Now, on the 2 inch shank models, you are going to have two holes to choose from.
In some instances your 2 inch hitches kind of sit further in underneath the bumper, that allows you to extend it out a little bit without sacrificing any of your weight capacity.Now we want to go over the weight ratings, and with the different size shanks you're going to have different weight ratings to follow. With the 2 inch shank model we've got a 1,500 pound tongue weight rating, that's the maximum downward force we can put on the receiver tube opening. We have a 10,000 pound gross trailer weight rating when using the 2-5/16 inch ball. That's going to be the total weight of your trailer, anything you might load up on it.When using the 2 inch ball, we've got an 8,000 pound gross trailer weight rating. The 2-1/2 inch shank model has a 2,200 pound tongue weight rating, 8,000 pound capacity for the 2 inch ball, and a 14,500 capacity for the 2-5/16. Then once we go into the 3 inch shank, tongue weight's still at 2,200. Our 2 inch ball's going to still be at 8,000, but the 2-5/16 inch ball goes up to 21,000. Of course, you're never going to want to exceed the weight ratings for your vehicle, so go off whichever those sets of numbers are lowest.Now, the 180 ball mounts are designed to give really good adjustability. Being able to raise and lower the level of our ball is going to help us with a lot of different trailers, or if we want to use the ball mount on several different vehicles. Now, this allows for 1 inch incremental adjustment of our ball platform so we can raise and lower it to custom fit it to any situation we might encounter. We have them all the way down to a 10 inch drop up to an 11 inch rise, so we've really got all spectrums covered there.Weigh Safe has used really high quality materials. We've got T6061 aluminum, this is going to be solid block aluminum so we don't have any seams or any welds that we have to deal with. The same for the ball platform, it's the 6061, and we're also going to have our 2-5/16 and 2 inch stainless steel ball. These two materials are really going to do a great job at resisting corrosion, and you really shouldn't have any issues for the life of the hitch.Now, also included with your 180 ball mount, we've got the dual locking pin here. This locks our ball mount in position so it can't be moved up or down without us knowing it. Has a simple key lock here, we'll just turn that 180 degrees, see we're able to remove those pins. Simply let our ball mount come down off, we can switch that around into the 2 inch version, set it to our desired height, and now when you flip it your lock's going to go in on there other side so just keep that in mind. That's just a push it in until it clicks, make sure it's secure, and then just flip the cover right back on.Now, with the Weigh Safe ball mount you will need to provide your own pin and clip. Something we do recommend, however, making an investment like this is securing it to the truck. You can do that with part number WS05. That's going to be the Weigh Safe Locking Hitch Pin. That's going to work out for the 2, 2-1/2, or 3 inch ball mounts. Now, the 180's designed to fit the three major hitch sizes that we're going to encounter. We've got the 2 inch by 2 inch version, the 2-1/2 by 2-1/2 inch, and the 3 inch by 3 inch.Now, here's a good look at the different rise and drop combos available. We're going to have the 4 inch drop with the 5 inch rise, a 6 inch drop with a 7 inch rise, an 8 inch drop with a 9 inch rise, or a 10 inch drop with an 11 inch rise. Now, one thing to keep in mind when we're dealing with the 3 inch shank version, the rise and the drop will stay the same, so 6 and 6, 4 and 4, 8 and 8, 10 and 10. Now, the 180 ball mount also meets the criteria to be SAEJ684 certified and VESC regulation V5 compliant. Also, the 180 ball mount is made right here in the United States.Now let's take a minute to compare the 180 ball mount versus others that our customers look at. For a more cost effective option, very often they look at the Fast Weigh Flash E Series. This is going to be an adjustable ball mount. It's going to give you the 2 and the 2-5/16 inch ball. The biggest difference you're going to notice is that it has more of a chrome kind of a look to it, even though it is an aluminum mount, but the balls are chrome plated. These tend to rust and corrode more, whereas when we look at the 180 ball mount, it has the stainless steel ball, so we really won't have to worry about that.Also, your 180 hitch is going to use two pins to hold our ball mount in place, where the Fast Weigh just uses one. The biggest difference you'll see there with the single pin, all of the pressure's being placed on that one pin and over time they can wear. Whereas, with the two pin setup you're spreading that energy out over a greater area. Something else you're going to notice with the E Series is that it doesn't quite have the fit and finish that we get out of the 180. The 180, you can tell is really machined very well with close inaudible 00:07:53 to keep everything nice and tight. The Flash E Series is just going to be a little bit looser.Now, on the other end of the spectrum our customers often look at the Weigh Safe with the built in tongue weight scale. Essentially, this is going to give you all of the same functions that we get with the 180 hitch, it just offers the built in scale. This is going to add convenience when trying to get the proper tongue weight and comfort in knowing that you're loaded properly. The downside would be that both balls aren't attached to the ball mount at the same time, so when you're using your 2 inch ball, you'll need to store your 2-5/16 inch ball, and vice versa.Now, in taking a look at our customer reviews, there's several things that you'll notice right away. The first is everybody talks about how good the build quality is and how convenient it is to have. It's like Larry F. said, "This product is awesome. I can tow anything with it and it's easy to use. No more carrying six different ball mounts at different heights when I want to hook onto a trailer. I set it and done. I love it. If I ever thought I would need another one I would buy it. By the way, I have buddies that decided after seeing mine they could get a cheaper steel one, and they hate it. They all went and spent again for this one. Buy one and never have to buy another."Or Jim who said, "I wish I would have bought one of these years ago so I wouldn't have a whole collection of rusty ball mounts of different drop heights laying around. This one will never ruse, which is great for me because I trailer during the winter and my state uses salt on the roads. I have four trailers with different drops, it does it all, and I can turn it around so it doesn't stick out of the back which is now illegal in my state, so it solved that issue also." That'll complete our look at the Weigh Safe line of 180 hitch two ball mounts.
Average Customer Rating: 4.9 out of 5 stars (396 Customer Reviews)
This rustproof aluminum, adjustable ball mount with stainless steel hitch balls lets you tow up to 8,000 lbs with the 2" ball or up to 14,500 lbs with the 2-5/16" ball. Use in drop or rise positions. Ball platform locks to shank.Arrived quickly, really easy to set up / install Looks to be a well made, high quality hitch 674873
Ordered at 5:20pm on Monday and delivered Tuesday at 1:20pm 20 hours later! Let's see someone beat that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 611157
Very light weight and user friendly 599908
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The Receiver is a bit heavy, but other than that its everything I was looking for. I had multiple receivers for 2 vehicles. A ford expedition and a Toyota Venza. The venza needs lift and the expedition needs drops. This one hitch does it all for me. 200 was a lot but it is the last hitch I will ever buy. The aluminum receiver will hold up better than the powder coated ones I had and will not freeze to the hitch. Stainless steel ball will never rust. The instructions say to not leave it in when not towing is good advice because you forget about the other ball. Pricey but you get what you pay for. 572790
awesome it is the last hitch Ill ever buy
Charles - 10/09/2019Review from a similar Weigh Safe 180 Hitch in Ball Mounts
I just received my 2.5" receiver 180 - 2 ball mount hitch, along with the hitch receiver lock. I could not be happier with this product. The manufacturing is flawless with a beautifully machined and finished end product. This thing is beautiful! It's a solid chunk of Aluminum with Stainless Steel hitch balls, and is machined so the ball mount may be reversed and stored to the back side of the drop. No more bashed shins walking around the truck! I couldn't ask for a better finish on this ball mount. I now have a beast of a hitch to put to work on my beast of a truck. 722696
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my second one. Both used on 2017 Sierra 2500 and 2015 Silverado 3500. 2 1/2" shake is awesome helps the clinking noise go away from the shim plate. 691904
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Once again etrailer hits a home run. Best price and super fast shipment. Have not used the hitch yet, but have no doubts that it will work just fine. Thanks again from a returning customer. 492405
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High quality machining. Great finish and look 636958
Review from a similar Weigh Safe 180 Hitch in Ball Mounts
love the hitch tows like a dream, love that it has the built in lock, i only wish i got better directions on how to remove the balls. other then that i would urge anyone to buy this hitch 557156
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2017 Dodge Ram 2500. Perfect fit. Looks great. 594144
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Ashley m was extremely knowledgeable and helpful. I received my order in a couple or days. I love my new adjustable receiver, quality is excellent. E trailer has never failed me! 564737
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I LOVE quality workmanship of any product and this hitch had it all! Well made, all edges radiused, fit and finish was a work of art! Been towing trailers for over 40yrs and wish I had something like this 40yrs ago. Would recommend it to family and friends! 607208
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super fast shipping and great product!! !!! 582586
Review from a similar Weigh Safe 180 Hitch in Ball Mounts
Great product.. doesn't feel cheaply made and very happy with quick shipment 570090
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Hitch and Balls had great fit and finish. The adjustable height was perfect to accommodate different trailer tongues heights. We have a four wheel trailer and one axle was off the ground with the previous hitch. This hitch allows weight to be distributed equally on the two axles. Crystal was an immense help in determining the product needed as well as the appropriate locking pin. She obviously had excellent product knowledge. She is the reason I would return as a customer. 596199
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Hello, this is my first experience with etrailer and i am so impressed with both the product (a work of metal art) and their customer service. I would recommend etrailer to anyone. 503487
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Great hitch, I found the quality of craftsmanship excellent and the hitch itself is beefy and up for the task of pulling my tandem axle utility trailer or boat, both of which require a different size ball. 523182
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Received my item on time and was exactly as described. 433435
Still working great! Use almost on a daily basis and has not shown any wear. Great product.
Rob H - 09/17/2018Review from a similar Weigh Safe 180 Hitch in Ball Mounts
While I have not actually towed with the ball mount yet it is a high quality piece of equipment. The machining work is excellent as all the pieces fit together perfect. It feels more substantial than I anticipated. Like I said I have not towed with it yet as my tow vehicle is new and not broken in yet but I have no doubt that this ball mount will suit my needs and then some. 570938
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It fits a little loose in my 2019 ford F2 52 1/2 inch receiver. It also is not long enough for me to lower my tailgate without hitting the top of the jack on the trailer. Is there a reason why it fits so loosely? I feel that this will wear the shank out over time. Please advise 607601
According to my contacts at Weigh Safe it is not uncommon for there to be a loose fit for some hitches. Their recommendation is to use some shim tape to snug everything up.
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Rachael H - 03/01/2019Review from a similar Weigh Safe 180 Hitch in Ball Mounts
Absolutely love it , heavy duty , I like that it won’t rust . Diana was very knowledgeable and helpful, 569968
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Best hitch on this planet period!! 569928
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I've been a tool maker for 30+ years and I can say that the machine work and finish are pretty good for a ball mount. My only concern is the aluminum pin that will be holding all the tongue weight. I would have liked for it to be stainless steel, but overall a solid drop hitch ball mount. 581124
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Here's a pic of the hitch. Ain't it pu rdy! 591895
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The transaction could not have gone smoother. Technical support to ensure proper sizing was great. Noah was terrific in arranging quick shipping and the package arrived as planned and I was able to use the hitch to transport my BBQ trailer to a 300 person company picnic. Woo-hoo! 526423
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Excellent product. The quality of machining is very good. Looks great on my new 2019 Silverado 6.2 Z71. 584737
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Fits perfect. All pieces fit together easily. Works great. I own 4 trailers with each one having a different height adjustment. With this ball hitch it is very easy to adjust when switching trailers. 503526
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Awesome drop hitch! 561347
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Great products, emails re: tracking and follow up. Everything fit perfectly. Very satisfied! 468846
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etrailer is the best. great service and great products. keep up the good work. 560186
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This is the coolest towing product I've bought since I purchased my last brake controller. This unit is exceptionally functional, and allows me to properly tow both my trailers without compromise. The ease of adjustment and having both sizes in one unit makes it so functional. Best $200 I've spent all year!! 437514
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Great hitch! His boat takes the 2", my horse trailer takes the 2 5/16"... we now have these hitches on both of our trucks! 566996
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Installation pic 466097
Review from a similar Weigh Safe 180 Hitch in Ball Mounts
We'll made, easy to use, versital, shipped quickly, good price. Perfect for my requirements. 352534
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Ordered hitch with scale all the oil leaked out on first use sent it back and was sent a hitch without scale would not buy again 432054
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Great product. Solid engineering_easy to assemble and function is solid_use of either ball is easily applied. Company is very accommodating and responds to customer needs above and beyond. 316504
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Good quality Hitch. Looks very solid. Great customer service. 489555
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The hitch is great, fit and finish is nice. It is great to have a hitch that I don't have to worry about rust! The other great feature is how you can store the ball assembly in the front of the hitch, so you won't walk into it! 563335
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Rec on time just as PROMISED, perfect fit, NOT loose or sloppy, bought matching lock set. Extremely Happy!!!!!!! (ONLY thing that could make better would be matching trailer tongue latch locks) OVER ALL EXTREMLY SATISFIED 518265
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Heavy duty hitch, looks great on my 2017 F350. I tow a boat or 2 Sea Doos and it will allow for quick height adjustment between the 2 trailers. 575673
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great shopping experience. Prompt delivery on great products 567960
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Awesome product!!! Shipping was quick, I was originally concerned when I would receive the hitch because I needed it next Wenseday and wasn't sure if it would arrive. However I was relieved when I placed the order I received an email the same day the item had shipped. I got it the next day with plenty of time to spare. Thank you! 573645
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While looks are only skin deep :) this looks great, and the fit is excellent. I purchased a 2017 F150 and needed to buy a new ball mount, so I got this one instead of the 2 old units I had. The adaptability is a PLUS, and I will use it with the Blue Ox Hitch Receiver Immobilizer II - BX88224. I would suggest this combination to anyone 376049
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Heavy duty. Solid. Well worth the money 605547
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I just would like to say that everybody involved in the problem I had with the first hitch you sent me I would like to thank you for your help in fixing the issue. I also would like to say that the shipping was so fast it could make your head spin, the first hitch arrived had my problem and the second hitch showed up and I was able to catch the shipping driver and send the other hitch back all in less than a week it was amazing. Thanks to all that assisted. Vincent Zeimet 327756
Review from a similar Weigh Safe 180 Hitch in Ball Mounts
Best ever. Only downfall is that they do not offer a better lock for thieves. 448284
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Love etrailer. Great selection of products, excellent price, and fast and free shipping. Getting the 180 aluminium shank hitch with the 2 stainless steel balls will make all my towing easier and safer. Plus it looks great on the 2018 Silverado 3500hd duramax. 559350
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I haven’t towed with it yet, but the fit and finish is excellent. Can’t wait to try it out. 580626
Review from a similar Weigh Safe 180 Hitch in Ball Mounts
Product advertised as stainless steel and aluminum, which infers it will not rust. Ball hitch portion rusted within one month of use. Perhaps I received a defective ball hitch. Other than this issue, I like the product. 572245
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This mount is an amazing piece of engineering. My father was a machinist and I know he would be impressed. It functions flawlessly with all of my various trailers, and even looks great on my truck. The order was processed and shipped super fast, arriving within a few days. Great job and hats off to etrailer.com !!! 448206
Awesome ball mount. Very versatile and strong. And it looks great on the truck too.
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