Durable, cold-forged steel ball has a 1" diameter x 2-1/8" 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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Hello neighbors, it's Brad here at etrailer and today we're taking a look at the Draw-Tite hitch ball. This is gonna be an inch and 7/8 with a one-inch diameter shank. For something like our kayak trailer, or a small boat, or even a small utility trailer, this is gonna be a great option. Being a 1 7/8 inch ball is gonna mean that it's gonna be good for a smaller trailer. In fact, this one's rated at 2000 pounds, so you're gonna want it to adhere to that number. You're also gonna want to obviously compare, make sure that your ball mount, as well as your hitch and your vehicle also equates to that.
But at 2000 pounds it's gonna be really good, again, for maybe a kayak trailer or small utility trailer or something along those lines. Now this does have a 1-inch shank diameter, so make sure that the ball mount that you're picking up is adequate for that 1 inch. And this is gonna be 2 1/8 inch long, so it's gonna work on a standard ball mount pretty easy. It's just enough, but it's also not gonna be excess. So perfect for a just normal one like we have here.
Being chrome-plated means that it's gonna hold up to elements long term, even after lots of use. You may want to grease it here and there but being chrome-plated again is pretty heavy duty. So you can leave this on the back of your vehicle, won't have to worry about this rusting. Now you will have torque this down. It's nice, it has built-in flats here.
That way you can get a wrench on here as you're torquing down the nut on the bottom, and we're gonna show you how to do that. Now, before you start using your ball with your ball mount, you're gonna wanna make sure that it's torqued down properly, and that way, it doesn't become loose over time. Now there's a few ways to do this. You are gonna need a 1 1/2-inch socket to tighten down the nut. And what's really nice is the ball mount that we have here today is a TowSmart, and this actually has grooves in place and that's gonna allow us to slide this in.
And once it's tight, it's gonna kind of hold that in place allowing us to just use our torque wrench on one side and not have to mess around with a wrench on the other. Whereas other times, you are gonna have to put a wrench on this edge or use a vice, that's another option. You can tighten that down and torque it. But either way, it's a decent amount of torque. So having this little groove here is gonna help us out. So what helps if you're doing this on your car if you don't have a vice, you can kind of turn it sideways and that way, you have nice mobility with your torque wrench on one side. We'll just get our ball torqued down and then we'll be ready to use it. (torque wrench beeps) And that was a look at the Draw-Tite 1 7/8-inch ball with a one-inch diameter shank.
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