Most Popular Visible Cross Tube for Ford Explorer

The hitch looks good but tore through the box from shipping and has the powder coat rubbed off on the side that faces out. I had to touch up with paint . Is there anything you can do for me? I needed it so don’t want to exchange or return. Thank you

Product is ok overall but it was packaged carelessly and arrived poking out of the box. No padding or support whatsoever. Paint was scuffed off the edges from being bounced and dragged around during shipping. Additional smaller boxes were inside the main box and all had holes or were also crushed. Response from seller was that the packing worked as intended.

Got it for a bike rack for my mini bike came with everything I needed and instructions way better than I expected and a great price would buy again 10000%

Looks great, easy to install. I am Very happy with the results!

Hitch arrived very fast and fit perfect on my 1999 Ford Explorer...very satisfied!

The hitch and wiring harness were very quick and easy to install. The design allowed the full size spare wheel/tire to be kept in the original location. Shipped the hitch and wiring harness in the same box and it got here fast. Very happy with the purchase.

My entire experience with etrailer.com was outstanding. This Receiver was exactly as advertised and fit beautifully. The website is fantastic and easy to navigate. The customer service is superb! When the product arrived, it was packaged expertly and easy to handle. The product was great, but it is everything else that will keep me coming back for all my trailer needs. I can't recommend etrailer.com highly enough. Stop looking everywhere else because etrailer is the only site you need!!

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The fit was poor and took several hours - maybe 5hrs I think to install. Optional instructions should be mandatory instructions like ways to spread the hitch since it was around 1/4 inch too narrow. The current instructions are backwards in order. Wasted a lot of time and with contacting support. Also a big challenge to remove the 1-1/4 inch receiver bolts to replace with the bolts for the 2" receiver - then need a ton of work to remove with lube, heat, breaker bar, impact, etc. And to put in the new bolts required oil and lube.

Very easy to install it, fits perfect and made very strong. Someone really used his head when he designed it. Only one thing- bolts don’t fit they are little smaller but I used the original so all good. Thank you etrailer

Hitch and wiring harness works great on my 2015 Ford Explorer. install only took about 30 minutes. would definitely recommend purchasing from Etrailer.

This was a perfect fit for my 2012 Explorer. It looks and functions great and the price cannot be beat! eTrailer is a great company; you can tell this by the organization and details on their website. Tracking the package in transit is a breeze and items arrive on time. The hitch is solid. The moment you take it out of the box, you’ll know you got a great part. I was able to install it myself, though it would have certainly been better to have someone help hold it in position just to get a bolt started on each side. In any case, it does not take long to install. All hardware was included and directions are minimal and straightforward. You’ll need some WD-40 to get the exhaust off its hangers, a strap to support the exhaust while it’s lowered, a socket set, and a torque wrench to tighten the bolts to specs. I did not have a torque wrench that went all the way up to the required torque value, so I ended up purchasing one at the local box store. If you don’t like acquiring tools, you could always ask a neighbor or maybe rent one from the local auto parts store. In any case, with the new wrench, as well as the 4-pole wiring harness and magnetic trailer lights (also purchased from etrailer), I still came out way ahead of what it would have cost to put on a hitch at the dealer. In essence, the $450 bike rack that goes in the hitch receiver and the quality torque wrench ($80) serve as “free” gifts to the family/myself for the DYI installation. Finally, some might want a Ford OEM hitch setup but the curved design of this particular custom hitch looks great. Happy hauling!

Great customer care and service from Chris and the Etrailer employee's. Got back to me to let me know of a item was back ordered from a manufacturer, didn't try to over sell me on products, asked what I'd like to do. Helped me make changes to my purchase that I needed right away. Two days later they now have my business shopping loyalty from here on out. I can't thank you guys enough.

Fit well and I have towed several times from Stroudsburg to Baltimore (a four hour trip each way).

This hitch did not fit as delivered. The spacing between the vertical mounting ears was too narrow to embrace the vehicle's frame rails by 5/8 inch! As the original owner of my 1996 Ford Explorer, I attest to its integrity and history of no damage and no abuse. I am a professional mechanic and was comfortable with, and capable of, spreading the attaching flange, "ears" gap a bit wider to fit the car's frame rails. It was much more of a chore to install than expected. All is OK now. It was disturbing to view the fine print at the top of the instruction page, 757230, which states, " Will not fit with full size spare tire". That contradicts your web page's guidelines and applications charts.. This hitch, in fact, does accommodate the full size spare on my vehicle. The quality of constriction is good and the powdercoat finish is good The packaging was good. The hardware kit and diagrams are good. The free freight is remarkable and the two-days delivery time was astonishing!

The hitch itself is well constructed but does not fit the Explorer without modification to make it wider to fit over the framerails. I had to take it to my mechanic to be altered to fit.

Robust construction, nearly perfect fit. Installation was straightforward.

I received this hitch with some chips down to the metal. So I repaired these. Alll holes lined up except one. The hitch was bent 1/2 inch on one side. So with a steel rod, wood blocks, and a pump jack, I bent the hitch into place. All the extra work is why I gave this hitch a 3 star rating. I now have a 5 star hitch that works great with my Thule bike rack.

This Hitch Reciever fit my '89 Ford Ranger perfectly. Had it installed in less than 30 minutes. Heavy duty design. I've had it over a year now and it has held up great. A huge improvement from the original ball in bumper design.

Fits right. Had to cut the corner at a 45 on one of the square shim washers due to a lip on the frame rail at the spare tire. Wouldn’t sit flat. Other than that, about 30 minutes from start to finish.

Fast shipping. Mounted right up and looks great best price on internet.

Fast shipping well packaged everything included to install. Quality product

This is a nice, heavy duty hitch. Probably heavier duty than the 2011 Rav4 I put it on, but I like the 2" size reciever for the flexibility. You can always adapt down, but going up can be tricky. It was about a 20 minute install with about 40 minuets of up and down looking for a tool. Mine dod not have the bolt on muffler hanger the instructions referenced, but that was just a couple of bolts I didn't have to worry about. One trick I have learned with installing hitches on the ground by yourself is to use a jack to hold it up and in place while you start the bolts. The other is to run the bolts into the holes before you get the hitch into position. If the hole wasn't use, it ca be full of grit and road grime and it is a lot easier to deal with it before you have an 80 pound hitch hovering over you head. As always, eTrailer was a great source. I think this is the seventh hitch I have bought and installed from them over the years. I still the they need to include an "I got hitched at eTrailer" bumper sticker with every purchase, but I suppose solid service and affordable pricing is good enough.

The vertical plate on the passenger side was visibly bent, maybe from weld - hard to say. This made the holes for mounting the hitch to the car frame too tight by about an 1/8". I had to auger all 4 holes out with a Dremel cutting wheel and then repaint. This made the installation quite a bit more difficult and time consuming. The hitch is on and works fine but it didn't need to be this hard. The first image is the bent passenger's side plate (the part coming off the round tubing and running up to where the hitch bolts to the car frame). The second shows the straight driver's side plate. Two images of the resulting misaligned holes. I removed about an 1/8" of metal from the outsides of all 4 holes which juuustt barely allowed me to get all four bolts threaded. One other note: This hitch went on a 2017 Toyota Rav 4. 3 of the 4 threaded frame holes were unusable: rust and corrosion made threading the bolts impossible. I had to purchase a 12mm x 1.25 tap and clean out the threads first. The one good set of threads had a pre-existing bolt in it which kept those threads clean. The other three were open to the elements and didn't fare so well. They were fine after using the tap to clean them out.

Easy replacement for GM's rusted out 2011 Chevy Silverado 1500 hitch. Attaches to bumper and vehicle frame with 6 bolts (which lined up perfectly). The original GM hitch used 8 bolts but was rated for 5,000 lbs gross trailer weight compared to the Curt#13322 hitch's 6,000 lbs. The powder coat finish on the outside of the hitch looks flawless. Hopefully the inner walls of the tube, where salt and water will collect, hold up. Curious why the access holes to the tubes are both located on the ended plates, instead of having one hole at the bottom of each tube to act as a drain.

I purchased this hitch to replace the factory receiver hitch on my 2007 GMC Sierra (new body style) that had rusted out and wasn't safe to use. This was a perfect fit and installation was easy except for holding the hitch up while starting the first bolt. Two bungee cords helped with that. The hardware worked great and the instructions were quite good. I did not need to drop the spare tire as was suggested, which did speed installation. Installation time was 30 minutes but that included three trips to the tool box and extra time spent using healthy amounts of anti-seeze. No drilling was required. Five stars.

Nice hitch, install was kind of a chore. Took about 3.5 hours messing with everything. I did have to bend one side of the hitch to make one of the bolts go in. This took some time. I get it’s probably a manufacturing/engineering thing but my suggestion would be to put some troubleshooting tips in the instructions on how to safely bend one side. Also the driver side panel cut out is incorrect. Needs to be cut farther North if you’re looking at the picture. Other than that, I’d say I’m glad I purchased and it’s a good product, just needs instructions update. I did install this hitch by myself and used jack stands to hold up both sides to make it easier.

I live on acrea I was not notified that the delivery had come until 12:30 at night had to get up out of bed in my pajamas and drive my UTV down to pick up the trailer hitch by the road the box was pretty trashed I'd get the shipper one star product itself is very well made nicely painted although there was a few scratches from the rough shipping.

Ordering was a breeze. Delivery was quick. Installation went smoothly. Couldn’t be happier. I bought the unit for carrying bicycles so did not bother with the wiring harness.

Great so far. Recieved hitch but haven't installed it yet. But the product looks very well made and no damage from shipping.

The hitch receiver was busted through the box

Quick easy and with great support. I love etrailer for their service and support.