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B and W/
Class V/
2 Inch Hitch/
1600 lbs TW/
16000 lbs GTWItem # BWHDRH25198
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This sturdy steel hitch from B&W is designed to fit your heavy-duty towing needs. Safety chain loops are built in and an electrical bracket is included for mounting your 7-way trailer connector (sold separately). Powder coat finish resists rust.
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Video of B&W Heavy-Duty Trailer Hitch Receiver - Custom Fit - Class V - 2"
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Today on our 1997 Ford F-350, we'll be installing the B and W Heavy Duty Trailer Hitch Receiver. Part #BWHDRH25198. Here's what our hitch looks like installed on our vehicle. We'll go ahead and give you a couple measurements in helping you choose some accessories for your hitch. Such as a ball mount, a bicycle rack or a cargo carrier. From the top of the opening of the receiver to the ground is approximately 21 inches from the center of the hitch pin hole, to the outermost edge of the bumper on this vehicle is approximately 11 inches. Note that this vehicle does have an aftermarket style bumper installed. Let's go ahead and install our hitch. Let's first begin by pointing out our attachment points. There's a total of six locations that will mount the hitch to the frame of the vehicle.
On this particular vehicle, four of the holes are existing holes and two of the holes, one on each side, will need to be drilled out. Since our frame is 37 and a half inches wide, we'll be placing the mounting tabs towards the outside on the side plates. This here is how our side plate would be mounted. Now that we know we need to put the ear space on the outside, we'll go ahead and attach our side plates to the center section of the hitch. We'll do this by using half inch by inch and a half long hex bolts, half in lock washers and half inch hex nuts. Let's go ahead a put our hitch together. Now that all of our hardware is installed, we'll go ahead and snug it up a little, but don't fully tighten it at this time. Let's go ahead and point out the hardware that we'll be using for the two forward as well as the two rear most mounting locations.
We'll be using a half inch by two inch hex bolt, an inch and a quarter round hole spacer block and on the underside, we'll be using a one inch round hole spacer block, a half inch block washer and a half inch hex nut. Let's go ahead and show you how it'll look. Now let's go ahead and put our half inch hex bolt and round hole spacer block in the forward and rear most mounting locations. Next we'll go ahead and install our hitch. It's a good idea to get an extra set of hands to help you raise the hitch up into position. With the hitch raised up into position, we'll go ahead and line it up over the front and rear most mounting location. We'll then take our one inch round hole spacer block, slide it over the bolt, followed by the half inch lock washer and finally the half inch hex nut.
Go ahead and just put them on loosely for now. Now that we have our hitch up on the frame and it's tightened down enough to hold it in place, we've made sure that it's centered. We're going to have to drill out our center hole on each of the two side plates. We'll go ahead and begin here with a pilot bit and then step up to our half inch drill bit. The hardware that we're going to use for the two center locations is a half inch by two inch hex bolt, an inch and a quarter round hole spacer block that'll go over the hex bolt and come in from the top side, then in between the frame and the hitch, we'll install a large round hole spacer block. Then on the underside, we'll put our one inch round hole spacer block, half inch lock washer and a half inch hex nut. Now we'll go ahead and we'll tighten down the hardware that secures the side plates to the frame. Once we have all six of these locations tightened down, we'll go ahead and torque them to the manufacturers specification. Before tightening down the center section to each of the two side plates, you want to make sure that the bottom and the rear most edge are even.
If for some reason the center section is not even with the bottom and the back section, you'll need to loosen up the bolts that attach the center section to the side plates and move it to the appropriate position. Now that we're sure that the center section is lined up on the bottom and the back side, we'll go ahead and tighten down these eight bolts and then torque them to the manufacturers specification. That will do it for our installation of the B and W Heavy Duty Trailer Hitch Receiver, Part #BWHDRH25198 on our 1997 Ford F-350. .
Average Customer Rating: 4.9 out of 5 stars (37 Customer Reviews)
This sturdy steel hitch from B&W is designed to fit your heavy-duty towing needs. Safety chain loops are built in and an electrical bracket is included for mounting your 7-way trailer connector (sold separately). Powder coat finish resists rust.High quality product and easy to install. I bolted up to some of the holes already aligned and marked the rest for a perfect fit. Drilling was hardest part. Make sure you have good drill bits. 491774
16,000 lb hitch .. easy to install .. instructions were easy to follow .. I tow for a living and this item WORKS. 501616
This hitch seems well made. I just installed it today on a 1992 Ford F350 that has a cummins 6BT with 4-inch exhaust. Only the rear most holes lined up. The other 2 pre-existing holes on each side were from a much smaller hitch. Thus I had to drill 4 holes total. I also worked alone, so I did as most other reviewers and assembled the hitch as instructed, then used a floor jack to raise it up to the two rear bolts and installed the spacer, washer, nut. Then used c-clamps to hold rear tabs while I readjusted the floor jack. Using a 36-inch piece of 4x4, I supported the rear of the hitch with the floor jack. This allowed me to remove the c-clamps, so I could drill the rear holes. Once I had the rear holes hardware installed, I could drop the jack and move it out of the way to work on middle holes. This is why I mention the exhaust on the truck. The bracket holding the exhaust and the large diameter of the exhaust were both in the way of drilling the middle hole on the passenger side. When I unbolted the exhaust bracket, there was just enough play in the exhaust pipe that I was able to have my wife pull it aside while I drilled the hole and installed hardware. All in all it took 2-hours. Now the down side, my hitch was packed only in an etrailer.com box and all hardware was in clear ziplock bags. The bags had torn open in shipment and some lock washers were missing and a spacer block was missing. Etrailer.com support is great and replacements are on the way, but I cannot finish the install and torque everything down until the remaining hardware comes. Minor issue and not a reflection of the quality of the product. 237269
This thing is stout! I had to drill all 6 holes, using a small pilot bit, then a 1/2". I installed myself which wasn't terribly difficult. I used a hydraulic jack to hold the hitch in place to mark the locations to drill. Then I lowered the hitch, drilled holes, and again used the jack to hold the hitch in place while installing the bolts. I have a 6" drop bumper. I initially thought this would be too low, but its perfect for my application. 225143
It works great and was easy to install (heavy duty) 642520
The B&W hitch was installed on a 1997 F350 in Feb 2018. The installation was not as easy as described, four holes had to be drilled in the frame. For some reason the mounting holes had not been drilled out by Ford, who knows this may have been one of the last 97 F350 built. The hitch has worked great with no problems. I've pulled an RV over 10k miles without a hiccup along with utility trailers, great quality hitch. etrailer delivered the hitch in just a few days from ordering and their customer service is wonderful. I would definitely purchase this hitch again. 606419
Installed on a 2wd 1993 Ford F-350 dually. I'd been looking for a hitch that would fit without requiring me to modify or replace my deep drop bumper. This B&W hitch worked perfectly. I have ordered from Etrailer several times and the products always arrive before the scheduled delivery date. The hitch was well packaged and in perfect condition, all the needed assembly parts were in the box along with easy to read and follow directions. The truck frame was not pre-drilled for a hitch so I bought new drill bits, charged up the big drill and 2 hours later we're ready to tow. 593901
Installed on 68 f250. Only thing I needed to do was move the rear exhaust hangers. 593437
Great product fit well 517329
Good product, easy to mount 515049
The product showed up quickly and undamaged which is really nice. It was a simple bolt on installation which included all the hardware and even some extra nuts and bolts. Awesome product. 509904
i am well pleased with the b&w hitch. 487377
worked as advertised and installed as anticipated. directions were correct and clear. 370314
Very nice hitch. Installed it on my 91 f350 dually crew cab. Some drilling involved but not difficult with a good drill and bits. Have pulled my 28ft, 7000lb travel trailer with no trouble. Hauled my 22ft flatbed trailer with an extended cab truck on it, handled it fine. Excellent hitch, great price too. Thanks etrailer! 360204
Had to drill all the holes on a 93 Ford but thanks for the hitch love it, Wonderful website to buy from. 346143
Fit my 85 Chevy dually perfectly! No drilling, no welding, just bolt on. Great price and fast delivery. Very happy with my purchase ! 334272
This hitch was/is a PERFECT FIT, it is exactly what i needed, the spare tire bracket will need to be relocated on the drivers side only, not a problem. It has solved all my towing needs and then some. GREAT product! 1982 C20 Chevrolet pickup truck. 323557
Great service, great price 308681
Good price, fast shipping, fit like it should. 294803
It was more than i expected to get for the dollars. High quality and fit in record time. I would recommend it to all, and great service and notifications about shipping with it arriving at at the exact time delivery was promissed. 278571
Fitment was great. Installing the factory m1008 rear brackets took some fab 268169
Installed hitch on 1986 Ford F250. I had to drill all 6 mounting holes on my truck. It took about 1 1/2 hours to install. The online instructional video of a similar model with a drop bumper helped. Hitch is very well made. 267294
Product was way better than I expected and the customer service from George was outstanding. Kept me up to date on the shipping status and followed up to make sure everything worked out. Good to see people that still know what customer service is all about. 267291
Good quality, finish, heavier duty than stock hitch. Got in time allotted. Good customer service. Fair price. Fit like they showed and all hardware was there. 266990
Great hitch. Quick delivery. Good price. Easy install. 265459
Great people at e trailer. Very helpful and actually seem to like what they do and understand their products and the applications. The B&W was the perfect answer for my needs. It fit (after the normal and expected minor bumper mods) great. Don't expect an installation like the 10 min video. More like 2 days for me. But most of the time and knuckle busting was due to the fact that my old drop bumper w/ 10K ball hitch had to be completely dismantled and was (after 20 yrs of salt roads) mostly a grinder, torch, hammer nightmare. Don't count on using existing frame holes either. Then imagine drilling 6 pilot holes, followed by 6 1/2 holes in 1/4 inch steel frame rails while laying on your back working over head. End result is worth it though, just that knowing what I know now, maybe it would be a job I'd farm out next time. BTW, my truck is 97 f250 HD w/ a 10" laverne drop bumper/hitch. 264805
I was able to get the hitch mounted on my K3500 Dump truck after a few modifications. Definatly not a no drill process. 257390
This is an outstanding product. Superb fit and finish. I will be towing a 1938 Buick around and wanted the best hitch I could find - folks, this is it! 240662
Received this today 01-19-16 after ordering last Thursday I believe. Was able to install in around an hour, and only had to drill two 1/2" holes for the mounting brackets. Was very easy to install, even with just one person. I'm writing this review the night of the install, so I haven't yet had a chance to use it just yet, but I'm sure I will not be disappointed, I've have B&W hitches and receivers in the past and have always had an excellent experience. I highly recommend this product! 235846
After receiving the hitch and reviewing the instructions, I knew the hitch would be too heavy to manage by myself. After drilling all the holes, I loosely mounted each side on each frame rail. This made it easy to mount the center section. Once in place, I tighten all the bolts. The receiver ended up a little lower than expected but the bumper hid most of the hitch. I am very happy how it turned out. 209531
The hitch still looks new. The finish is great.
Tony P - 07/05/2016The product fit perfect. I had to remove the spare tire rack but then the product said you would. Took two of us about 1 1/2 hours total time to install. We had to drill six holes in the frame. Make sure you have a high quality steel bit. Drilling the holes was the most difficult part. 203568
Working great!
Paul - 06/14/2016Instructions were great, An easy Install. Highly recommend this Hitch 177888
Great product! Bolted right onto to my 96 F-250 with the 10" step bumper after drilling the 2 holes as referenced. Impressed with the good price and happy to have a Made in the USA product. 170902
Fast service and great parts would definitely buy again from here 167551
Customer service was Great with finding me what I was looking for. Got my hitch in just a couple of days and was just what I was looking for. 147817
they have contacted me to let me know that my product was back ordered and would not take payment until it shipped then I get all products that was not back ordered and the next day I got the part that was back ordered 2 weeks early the only problem I had was it was to be bolt on no drilling or welding and I had to drill 2 holes to complete assembly. 140043
went together well and easy, but the 2 center holes did not line up and needed to be drilled 140042
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