Durable steel ball has a 3/4" diameter x 1-9/16" long shank. Built-in wrench flats ease installation. Chrome finish resists corrosion. Fine threads provide strong grip. Lock washer and nut included.
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Today, we're going to review part number 19258. This is a 2-inch hitch ball with a 3/4 inch shank from Tow Ready. This is our hitch ball right here. You obviously get the hitch ball, lock washer and a nut. You also get this label which actually tells you your torque specifications of whatever you're going to install it onto. One thing I want to point out is when you install a hitch ball, every now and then you'll see the tag left on there.
Don't do that. Aside from looking tacky, this actually can crush over time and whole hitch ball can loosen up from the lock nut, so always take this off. You always want to install this in a ball mount with a 3/4 inch hole. There are bushings that you can fit in there with that, but this actually still gives it room to move around and potentially loosen up. Try to use the same matching hole as the hitch ball. This ball is ready to have 3,500 pounds and this is the diameter, that's 2 inches.
Always use a decoupler that requires a 2 inch ball. The 2 and 8th inch, this will pop off, so don't use it with that, it's a style coupler. Obviously not much to it. Has a chrome finish. Let's put it in a typical installation. In this case, we're using a light duty hitch, a class 1.
Typically, we're going to mount in an up position like this, or a raised position. Simply put your lock washer nut into place, run the nut down, and then tighten it up. Let's put it into our hitch of our car and we'll tighten it down. I'll show you a little trick in tightening these down. We're actually going to put our ball mount in sideways.
That way, we can get leverage on our tool to go down to the ground. We'll go ahead and snug it up with a regular ratchet and a 1 and 8th inch socket. We'll take our slack, then we're going to use a pipe wrench on these flats right here on the ball. Put your wrench on the flats right here. That way you won't mess up the finish on the ball itself. You'll notice that we also have our pipe wrench on the ground. We'll put our torque wrench on and finish torquing the nut. We're constantly pushing down, we won't have to worry about the ball mount sliding out. Take your pipe wrench off. Then, we'll put our ball mount in correctly. Now our ball is ready for service to pull a trailer. That will finish it for our review of our hitch ball with 2-inch diameter and a short shank ready for 3,500 pounds tongue weight. Part number 19258, from Tow Ready. .
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (448 Customer Reviews)
Durable steel ball has a 3/4" diameter x 1-9/16" long shank. Built-in wrench flats ease installation. Chrome finish resists corrosion. Fine threads provide strong grip. Lock washer and nut included.Being completely clueless and brand new to the towing/trailer world, I ordered mismatched parts. Roger R immediately reached out to me to ensure I had what I needed to properly install my hitch. I'm completely impressed with the customer service and affordability of etrailer.com and will recommend it to anyone... now to just get the parts installed and go get on the water!! 860421
Excellent fit & finish and exactly what I needed! 858466
I ordered and received 4 items related to a trailer hitch for a 2002 Toyota Great service, good quality products and fast delivery. I love it when a plan Comes together! 858093
Everyone said that they never saw one on a Mercedes-Benz, let alone, a convertable. This is my father's 1965 sailboat and 1965 Sears trailer. The car is a 2002 Mercedes-Benz CLK 450. I had not sailed the boat since 1977. I have the license plate from the trailer to prove it. The dealer who sold me the car had never put a hitch on a car. After he saw the trailer attached to the car, he offered me a job. I turned it down, but I told him if he ever got a request, I would help him with it. Thanks for everything. 854444
Good quality, Good fit, good price. 852746
Exactly what I ordered. Packaged neatly and delivered promptly. Excellent service from a quality company. 852003
Quick. Fair Price. Excellent Communication. First, we ordered the hitch and had it installed. Then we needed the perfect fit for the task at hand: to pull a tank with gray water through a campground. Very specific. Just for our toad, a Smart car. Etrailer.com has the perfect software to lead you to what you need for the perfect combination. Quick shipment, reasonably priced. Direct communication for every step in the process. All in all, exactly what you’d hope for during these extremely dysfunctional time. 851673
Great product, great service, great prices. Installed in about 40 min. Easy to install, helpful instructions. Thank you! 855987
I'm very please the way you handled my (knowledge?) on ordering trailer hitch and everything that goes with it and corrected my mistakes and how easy it was to track the process and delivery of products to me. This morning I told my wife I 'll check where the part are now and found it'd be outside the door 20 mins ago and we laugh for good reason. etrailer is everything about customer. Thank you very much. 845498
It's a 2" ball and it works, that's about it. 845352
I am very satisfied with my trailer hitch and wiring purchased from etrailer for my 2011 Buick LaCrosse. 844790
Great products and very helpful video. 827756
after a year, working as expected, no i ssues 820311
Great product. Poor instructions. Once I was given correct instructions it was put on without issue. 819768
Great quality, thank you guys 819480
Agreeable. 817748
I got the hitch to tow my pond boat/rig. So far so good. Got the products in quickly and came with a load of good and helpful information to install it. 815697
Very good service and fair price! Hitch got here pretty fast too. Highly recommend. 814935
Great Quality and Price - directions and online video was perfect and easy to follow for installation. 817119
The hitch is perfectly fine. Very solid and fit appropriately. However, what I didn't reallize is that the mounting shelf on my mower wouldn't support much weight. I have a John Deere D100 and the mounting tray where I attach my utility cart and other tools will not support the tongue weight for my boat - or even a small (5' x 9') empty utility trailer. It's a fairly thin piece of sheet metal on the mower and bends immediately as weight is applied. 812230
Everything I needed, mechanic installed it in about an hour. 812360
Not much to say about a hitch ball. Appears to be a quality product with no visible issue. 807340
Also bought a class II hitch both installed perfectly! 807080
Used mine to pull my jetski for a year now, works great 803179
After one year there’s been nothing but solid performance from my trailer and accessories . Nice equipment and nice support. Would buy again for sure. 804489
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