Blue Ox Adjustable Ball Mount with Clamshell for 2" Hitch - 4" Drop/Rise - 10,000 lbs

Video Transcript for Review of Blue Ox Trailer Hitch Ball Mount - Adjustable Ball Mount 2 Inch Hitch - BLU74HR

Hi, everybody, Andy here with etrailer.com. Let's take a real quick look at this Blue Ox Adjustable Ball Mount with Clamshell for your two-inch hitch receiver. Now, this adjustable ball mount with the included pre-installed two-inch hitch ball, we'll slide into your two inch receiver, and this is going to give you a maximum drop or maximum rise if you flip this over of four inches with an incremental adjustment of one inch, and this is going to give you that height adjustability that you're looking for so you can tow trailers of different heights with the same vehicle. So, this includes this clamshell adapter, so you can have a 2 5/16 inch hitch ball option, and it's going to easily install by just clamping around the two-inch ball. So, you're not gonna have to worry about installing another ball or flipping the ball platform over or anything like that. This is just gonna be a very easy thing to do that if you need to in a pinch, tow something that has a 2 5/16 inch coupler, you just put that over the two-inch ball and you'll be good to go.

Now, this does have a gross towing capacity of 10,000 pounds and again, you'll get a maximum drop or rise of four inches. This hitch is constructed of a powder-coated steel, so it's heavy-duty rather, and it's gonna hold up really well for you. The stainless steel hitch ball and clam shell are corrosion-resistant, so they're gonna hold up really well as well, and this is going to be pretty easy to adjust. You're just going to slide the ball mount platform up or down the shank and secure it in place with the included pins and clips. So, lemme go ahead and remove these clips and then just give you a brief demonstration here.

So, I'm just popping this clip open, and you do wanna be careful. You probably know that those clips have a pretty good recoil on them and I have bruised a few fingernails with those closing up on me, so just be aware of that. So, I'm gonna remove the pins that come out pretty easily and so you're just gonna be able to slide this up and down or if you could even flip this over if you're wanting that rise. So, you're not going to be in the back of your vehicle struggling to get the right adjustment, you'll just find what's gonna work best for you and insert the pins. So, lemme go ahead and reinsert those pins.

So, that's what I appreciate about this is it's relatively easy to adjust. So, just line up my holes there, those pins slide in out really easily, and then replace the clips, just like that. And then another nice addition is this does have a 5/8 inch pin and clip that's included to secure your ball mount to your trailer hitch receiver. If you don't have a hitch lock option, I would recommend checking out the options that we have here at etrailer.com just to make sure that your investment here is secured to the back of your vehicle and someone can't come by and easily yank it out of your trailer hitch receiver when you're not by your truck. Some measurements that I took that you might be interested in.

Measuring from the center of what I'm calling the first hitch pin hole to the center of the ball, we're sitting at about 8 1/4 inches. Moving over to the second hitch pin hole, center to center, 9 5/8 inches, and then from the center of the second hitch pin hole to the end of the shank, about two inches. So, if you're looking for an adjustable ball mount, that's gonna be even easier to swap out the ball sizes, this might be a great option for you to consider. Well that's gonna wrap up our quick look today. I do hope that it was helpful for you. Again, my name is Andy, thank you for joining me.