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Fully welded vehicle trailer hitch is strong and durable. Draw-Tite's Tested Tough guarantee ensures that this hitch exceeds industry standards. The combination of an e-coat base and a powder coat finish provides excellent rust protection.
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Draw-Tite's Tested Tough program provides testing standards far superior to those outlined by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), the go-to source for engineering professionals.
Each Draw-Tite trailer hitch receiver undergoes extensive fatigue testing and static testing with the ball mount that is either supplied or recommended for use with that particular hitch, thus ensuring results that are applicable to real life use. Fatigue testing is also conducted on hitches rated for use with weight-distribution systems.
In addition, Draw-Tite performs static testing on a simulated automobile, as opposed to the rigid fixture used for SAE testing, resulting in a more true-to-life scenario.
At etrailer.com we're committed to the products we sell, and to our customers. Our experienced and knowledgeable staff are available via both phone and email to address your questions and concerns for the lifetime of your hitch. The technicians at etrailer perform hitch installations on a daily basis, making them a valuable resource for do-it-yourselfers. The one-on-one, personal service you'll receive comes straight from an expert in the towing and automotive field. We've installed it, we've wired it and we've towed with it, so whatever your question, we can answer it.
Tech Tip
Some models have plastic panel covering driver side frame. Remove this panel to install hitch and leave panel off or trim to fit and reattach. No drilling required for installation
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Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (1599 Customer Reviews)
Fully welded vehicle trailer hitch is strong and durable. Draw-Tite's Tested Tough guarantee ensures that this hitch exceeds industry standards. The combination of an e-coat base and a powder coat finish provides excellent rust protection.Purchased this hitch rather than others because I like that it picks up all six factory weld nuts making the bolt pattern long and strong, has massive bent up shear webs, uses welded lug design to retain tube, exceeds my vehicle rating, and is compatible with j-pins. I have a steep driveway so ground clearance was a concern. While several other hitch models/brands have slightly better clearance (better by 5”-.75” at receiver) they require more install time and vehicle mods, or don’t look as structurally redundant. My hitch arrived in a banged up box, which is understandable given the products’ size and weight. One spot of powder coat was chipped off. I spray painted the spot before install. I used ramps for more working space. My Ody has factory mud guards, so I had to remove the driver side guard before the fascia. Fascia protected driver side weld nuts from rust, but pax side rust was moderate. Did not drop the exhaust. Used 2x6 on a floor jack to lift and roll hitch into position. Rolled right over exhaust without problem. Kids served as outriggers on 2x6 to prevent tip over, which never was an issue. Exhaust is directly below aft two weld nuts but a socket wrench with long extension can be used to push the exhaust pipe genially out of the way, even when still connected to the rubber grommets. It took some a little shifting and trial and error to get all six bolts to line up and go in. I found it best to put aft bolts on each side in first, then the forward, then middle. Like a tire, I incrementally torqued in a star-like pattern. Total install time was 3hrs, but I wasn’t in a hurry. After installation I checked clearance at bottom of driveway and found it to be 1.5”. I’m looking into skid wheel options for when I’m loaded. All-in-all, I’m happy with my experience thus far.
Product received in good condition and in time. Took 20 minutes to install. Have to see how it goes with hitch cargo carrier.
Order shipped very quickly, tracking made easy Thank you However the package was damaged and hope this will not impact the hitch
The kit was perfect. I had real trouble finding the proper tap to run into my threaded holes in my Honda Odyssey. Not sure if etrailer sells a kit that has the right tap or not but they should. I had trouble tapping the holes around the muffler. All in all the kit I bought fit perfect and it was just my own short comings the gave me the trouble. Highly recommend etrailer!
Victoria B - 06/16/2020One of the easiest things I have ever added to my car. It only took 30 mins start to finish and the quality is very high and works well pulling my utility trailer to the dump.
Bought a trailer hitch for our 2009 Honda Odyssey. The only hitch (get it) was that it was delayed in shipping by one day. The delay was by UPS, not etraler's fault. We live in a remote part of California, so that's not very unusual. The hardest part of the instillation was getting the rubber exhaust hanger free. A squirt of WD40 took care of that. It bolted up perfectly, as if it came from the Honda factory. I also bought the trailer wire kit. My biggest anxiety was getting the interior panels off without damaging the clips. They came off easily and the wire kit installed as easy as the hitch. Overall, it took about 2 hours from start to finish. That includes getting out the jack, stands, tools, being interrupted by my two year old a few times and cleanup. I chose etrailer because of the price for a Draw-Tite hitch. I had found cheaper hitches online, but didn't know the brands. I trust Draw-Tite. We are in the market for a vintage camping trailer and this is what we need to pull it. I told my wife that this was easiest part I've ever installed. It went as straight forward as the instructions showed. Thank you etrailer.
Dave C - 04/28/2019The original receiver I ordered was not in stock. Customer service was very quick in contacting me and offering a substitute. It was an easy install. The videos posted by etrailer are very helpful! I would definitely buy from etrailer again.
Excellent product. I'm glad I did business with etrailer. We put this on our 2016 Honda Odyssey and carried 3 bikes to Colorado from Texas for vacation. Works perfectly!
David - 12/16/2020This can be a one man job if you have ramps and a short step stool. The thing that made the install take longer than 30 minutes was that the bolts on the passenger side would not line up if the drivers side bolts were on. I had to remove all the bolts on the driver side and set the hitch on a step stool 12 inches high so that the driver side was about 3 inches away from the mounting location. This was the only way i could get all three passenger side bolts to line up. Torqued to 69 pound-feet and i was done. Three stars for those three bolts.
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-- Rachael H - 6/15/2015I cannot grade the towing capability yet, but this review is on installation. Less than one hour from start till I was putting tools away on the same day of arrival. One man job with the assistance of a rolling floor jack. Put rear up on ramps, hit holes with wd40, used one bolt to test run all threads, did not unhook tailpipe, simply insert the plate in, over, and let it rest on on exhaust (majority of weight still supported by jack). Start with left side, place 1 bolt loosely and then continue to switch sides with two at a time. Used torque wrench at 68 lbs to finish securing. Done. Looks great too! Up next: electrical and trans cooler. Thank you etrailer for the product and videos. Bought the hitch bc of such great reviews.
Jarrett e - 03/09/2016I paid someone else to install, but fit was perfect. I loved the fact that this hitch has a higher capacity than the "standard" model the other places were offering. I got a better hitch and paid less than I would have buying their standard one from the local shop. Great service and great videos.
The trailer hitch I received had chipping paint and a scratch where it had clearly rubbed against something. I customer support, who offered a $xx paint credit but assured me the product was new and unused. When I tried to install the hitch, I discovered that the damage likely resulted from someone trying (and failing) to install the part on their vehicle. The front bolt assembly was 1/4" narrower than the location of the actual receiver threads on the vehicle. Unfortunately, it took me an hour and a half of fiddling with the product under my car to reach that conclusion, and that followed the 30 minutes I'd already spent cleaning and painting the part. I managed to get a pry bar to stretch the hitch mounting assembly enough to barely fit, putting my total install time at 2 hours and 30 minutes. In retrospect, the scratches aligned perfectly with where I had to place the pry bar to lever the hitch mounting into place. I can only assume that the last person who received this hitch was smarter than me and returned it after realizing it wouldn't fit.
Very easy install. We did it between one adult and a nine year old assistant and it went very smooth and quick. Luckily we had a couple of bricks about because it's a good idea to have something to hold up one end while your putting in the bolts on the other side. Bike rack already attached and ready to go. The hitch and the screws look super solid. So easy - I should have done this years ago!
Great product, installed it in about 40 minutes. Didn’t need to remove the exhaust, just pushed it out of the way. Also didn’t use ramps or jack the car, just lifted the exhaust side of the hitch into place, started a bolt, then lifted the other side and started a bolt. Then put the washers and plates in place and the other bolts. Used an impact and a socket wrench. Pretty easy. Haven’t done the light kit yet. Great product and looks nice too.
Michael - 12/19/2020Great trailer hitch, easy installation! Excellent service by etrailer.com! Using it primarily for my bike rack; unfortunately, picture doesn’t show much of the trailer hitch, sorry. Folks at etrailer are VERY customer oriented, friendly and and thorough! Highly recommend this company!
Hitch was very easy to install per included instructions. The hardest part was holding the hitch in place while I installed the bolts. I used blocks of wood to hold the hitch in place. Thanks again for a quality product with easy installation!
I'm not sure how a hitch install could be any easier. It doesn't require two people because you can hang the passenger side of the hitch on the tailpipe while you start one of the bolts on the drivers side. By a mile, the hardest part is chasing the existing threads on the van. My van had traveled many dirt roads and the grime was thick on the underside. Still, this wasn't a hard job at all. I've included pics of the installed hitch and the 6 bolts (yes, only 6) that are required to do this job. We're going to the lake this weekend and we'll be pulling the popup behind us. We also bought a transmission cooler from this site as well and it's going to keep the transmission cool while we're hauling kids, bicycles, pets, and everything else down to the campsite.
Chris H - 06/08/2017can be a one person job when following the video guide and do a little bit research, this hitch is solid and sturdy, have been loading a 75 pounds ebike for a few weeks without any problem. i built my own ramp using solid wood as many reviewers did.
figo - 09/24/2018Hitch did arrive with some scratches in the finish even though the shipping box was undamaged. The scratches are in places where they aren't visible after installation. Installation would truly be under 30 minutes IF you were installing it on a new vehicle or somewhere outside the rust belt perhaps. I had to spend a couple hours chasing the threaded holes in the vehicle's frame with a thread tap before the bolts would go in. Once I did that, the installation went smoothly, except one of the six bolt holes didn't line up. I put five of the six bolts in loosely, but even with the slotted holes there wasn't enough adjustment to make the sixth hole line up. The wiring was pretty easy and took than 15 minutes.
Mike L - 07/06/2019 Jason P - 07/05/2020Get it done in 1.5 hrs without any help. Removing the plastic guard with the 2 bolts on the driver side needs a 10mm socket. To mount the hitch on, the instruction mentioned 18mm socket, but the bolts provided are 19mm. It’s just a typo in the instruction. Overall, I am very happy with it! Thanks etrailer!
Really great product. Fits my 2005 Odyssey like a glove. This was my very first installation and I can confirm that it can in fact be installed by a single person, without raising the car and without removing the exhaust pipe. It did take a while (probably 1.5 hrs total) to complete as I needed to clean the threads in the weld nuts. Following recommendation from someone on this web-site (i.e. one of the reviewers), I had purchased an M12 x 1.25 tap and it made the work super easy (initially tried just WD40 with steel brush with basically zero effect as there was some serious rust build up in the threads). I've positioned the hitch on two jack stands (which supported it at JUST the right elevation) and started "wiggling" it towards the car frame. The driver's side was a piece of cake. It took a bit of effort to squeeze the passenger side of the hitch in between the car frame and the exhaust pipe. Once that was completed, the rest was relatively easy. I forgot to mention that I did try to remove the exhaust pipe, but didn't manage to do so. It would have made the things easier, but in the end I ended up "deflecting" the pipe suspended on the rubber piece by hand in order to be able to work with the bolts on the passenger side. All in all, very nice fit, super strong and sturdy hitch and overall - a really great experience (and tons of satisfaction =). Thanks etailer.
Good hitch and pretty easy install. Took about 2hrs including wiring. I listened to other reviews and just bought a 12mx1.25 tap at Ace hardware. I used a ratchet and 9mm socket on the back of the tap. Used chain lube in the wholes and blew out with a air line when done. Propped one end on a jack stand and pushed the other end up to start bolt. The exhaust pipe is fairly simple to get out of the hangers if you use a pry bar like the install video show. Wiring was easy to install, only change I made was I drilled a small hole and fished the wires up under the bumper and thru. Eliminating the the need to let the wire hang out under the hatch. I cut the wires and respliced them together. Then siliconed around them to protect against water and rubbing against metal. They now tuck up behind the bumper cover with easy access. I'd say just about anyone can do this install with a couple tools and a little mechanical aptitude.
I was caught in a pinch. 5 days before our trip to the beach, found out my 2 nieces wanted to join us for the trip. More the merrier but the space would be tight. We were taking 5 golf club bags with us, which meant 7 people in the van along with 5 golf club bags which would take up the entire trunk space. Needed a cargo carrier ASAP for a much needed space. I had used the hitch from Etrailer before and knew the product was first class, but the time restraint made me hesitate ordering. I called Renee at etrailer and asked about the delivery time frame and she assured me that it usually took 3 days from MO to MD. So I placed my faith in her and placed the order. She made sure the delivery left the premises the same day, about an hour or so to be exact, and sent me a follow up email, with when it was shipped. Sure enough it came to md by Friday morning and I was able to install it that same morning. The attachment was a breeze as it took only 6 bolts to the existing frame to securely attach it. Great job etrailer. The vacation was saved.
Free shipping delivered within 3 days! The bracket ends were sticking out of the box and had minor cosmetic scratches which did not affect installation or function. Hitch is over 40lbs, oversized & bulky shape so not a surprise to see that. I read installation would take hours and required ramp to raise back end but that was not the case for me. We're in SoCal where there's not much rain so cleaning mounting holes on the frame was really easy. A single spray of WD-40 and I was able to hand screw all 6 bolts. I only had to pop the tail pipe off the last rubber mount to get at the bolts on right side. I used 2 car jacks to lift up & position the hitch to be mounted (see pic). In fact not raising the back end allowed easier installation for me. The longest time was spent nudging hitch to get that last bolt in. Total job time - about 2 hrs from opening box to completion. Excellent hitch, strong solid feel, and much easier installation than expected.
This product was easy to install. I don't have many tools, and frankly, you don't need many! The product was shipped via UPS ground. That same day I received two emails talking me my shipping had been upgraded and I received it in two days. I installed it the next day and it took me about an hour. Admittedly, most of that was trying to pop out the plastic pins from the facia on the drivers side of the van and removing the mud flap that was caked with dirt. Other than that, it was 6 bolts, washers and shims. I had to get my 17 year old daughter to hold up one side while I bolted in the other. There was no drilling at all. By the way, Honda wanted $933 for the part and another $400 to install. UHaul charges a little more than etrailer for the part and would have totaled out at $285 installed. If you have a hill for a driveway, you may find that once you install the towing ball into the hitch, it sits low. You can rectify this by putting the ball on the "bottom" then flipping it over so the ball is higher. Great service, great product!
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