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Today in our 2015 Chevrolet Equinox, we'll be having a look at, and installing, the Draw-Tite Class III Max-Frame Trailer Hitch Receiver, part number 76028. All right, here's what our hitch looks likes installed. As you see, it fits in nicely behind where the cover was in our fascia. When you're standing behind the vehicle, the majority of the hitch frame will be hidden behind your fascia. Now if you look over towards the side of our receiver, we'll see that we have two pin holes. The one closes to the front is our larger, 5/8" diameter hitch pin hole, to secure any hitch mounted accessories that we may have. The one closest to the rear of the vehicle is our J-Pin stabilization device hole.
J-Pin stabilization device is a separate device, which we have available on our website if you need one. What they do is, they take away some of that annoying shake, play, and rattle out of what's inserted in your receiver, if your hitch mounted accessory doesn't already have an anti-rattle device built in. Now, on the bottom of our receiver, welded on, are a rolled steel safety chain loops, which have a fairly decent size opening, which should make it easy for us to clip on any of our safety chains from our trailers. This hitch features a 675 pound max gross tongue weight rating, which is the amount forcing down, and a 4,500 pound max gross trailer weight rating, which is the amount we can pull. It does support a use of weight distribution, but those numbers don't change, they stay the same. You wanna make sure you consult with the owner's manual of your Equinox, and not exceed the capacity of the vehicle tow ratings when you're towing a trailer.
You don't wanna tow more than what the vehicle's rated for, or what the hitch is rated for. You don't wanna cause damage to either one. What I really like about this hitch, compared to other hitches for the Equinox out there, is how well it looks underneath the vehicle. It's a nice, clean look; almost looks like the factory hitch, so it blends in nicely with your vehicle. It also has the weight distribution rating, and the J-Pin hole, which gives us a lot of versatility when using our hitch for recreational usage. Now for a few measurements to better assist you in choosing any hitch mounted accessories that you may need, such as a ball mount, bike rack, or a cargo carrier.
You're looking at about 14 1/2" from the ground to the top of the 2" receiver opening, and about 6" from the hitch pin hole to the remotest part of the back bumper. Now that we've gone over some features, we'll show you how to get it installed. All right, the first thing we need to do before we install our hitch, is locate our rear fascia door. Okay, on the underside of our fascia we'll find a tab at each corner of our door, we squeeze the tab in with a pair of needle nose pliers so we can pull down on it. Then we can grab our door, pull back and down away from our vehicle, and it comes off. Okay, now we're on the driver's side of our vehicle, our passenger side of the vehicle will be the exact same, so we'll just repeat the same process that we do one side, on the other. We're gonna do what's called a reverse fish wire technique.
On the bottom of our frame rail, towards the end, near our bumper, we find a large oval access hole. So we'll take one of our fish wires, our bar or spacer block, stick it on the wire, thread on a carriage bolt, take the bolt inside our hole, followed by the block, pull the bolt on down, and we can remove our pull wire. Okay, now what we're gonna do is standard pull wire technique. On our rear bumper beam we'll find two round holes. So we'll take our pull wire and we'll insert it into that hole, like so, then we look at the other side of our bumper beam, over here, right above our exhaust tip, our pull wire will come out there, and that is where we'll place on our small block, and then our carriage bolt, and then pull it in through that hole. Now additionally, on each side of our frame rail, we'll find two well nuts that we will use to secure our hitch up with bolts, once you've raised it into position. Okay, now when we raise our hitch up, the bolts that we installed in our frame rail we will install with a conical tooth washer and a nut. The teeth of the washer will face straight up towards the hitch. Now, with an extra set of hands we'll raise the hitch in position, and secure it with our hardware. Okay, I have all of our hardware in place, we'll start to tighten it down using an 18 mm socket for the bolts. All right, now we'll torque all of our hardware to the amount specified in the instructions. And that completes our look at, and installation of, the Draw-Tite Max-Frame Class III Trailer Hitch Receiver, part number 76028, on our 2015 Chevrolet Equinox.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (960 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.Sturdy construction and went on without a hitch... 694730
Installation took a little bit longer than the literature quoted. Two sets of hands are a must for DYI home installations. Hitch fit well and all hardware appears to be of the highest quality. 677553
Great shipping time. Placed my order Sunday and products arrived on Wednesday. Everything fits perfectly. Ordered the Class III hitch by DrawTight and a cargo basket to fit by Curt. Everything is exactly what I thought it would be. 271957
I received the product as expected and on time. The nice thing about ordering through etrailer is there is never any guessing on your order status. Prompt emails and follow ups always let you know when your product will be shipped and if anything is on back order. I have had to contact etrailer customer service (because of an error I made) and dealing with Amanda was fantastic. There was no deep accented male named "Becky" answering the call. Amanda was very polite, educated in product knowledge and answered every question without making me feel like it was the dumbest thing she's heard. Thank you etrailer, Paul 10785
Excellent fit perfectly just struggled getting the bolts into the rear top mounts on my equinox hooked two of the wire bolt holders together and put it though the small bolt hole first then screwed on the bolt and easy after struggling with the first one 565291
Excellent product, arrived on time and great quality. 688425
I was very impressed with e-trailers willingness to exceed expectations. I placed my order late at night and within 7 hours I had received an email indicating my purchase had been shipped and the shipping method had been upgraded for free to cut the delivery time down a couple of days. The install was a little more difficult than what e-trailer had made it out to being. Not that it was any more complicated, but the wires they provide in order to fish the bolts through the bumper are inadequate and in my case would have been impossible to do. I ended up using my own fish tape to pull the bolts through. However once that was done, the install went extremely smooth. I am very happy with my purchase, and I would definitely recommend e-trailer to anyone looking to purchase from them. 125454
Aaron G - 04/16/2015This is my second tow bar I brought from etrailer Bolt on pattern simple hardware all included holes lined up perfectly smooth installation fast and easy very pleased ! 453865
I installed the 76028 on a 2017 GMC terrain in 45 minutes with no problems.I cut out the access panel a little different than the instructions showed for a more hidden look.The ball mount locking pin and safety chains install with no problem with access panel cut as in the photo and give the hitch a clean hidden look.Would recommend this hitch for any one wanting to add a hitch to a GMC Terrain ,well built and easy to install! 439320
The quality of the hitch is very high and it's fit to my vehicle perfect with all installation holes a brackets lining up perfectly. I will stress the need to get an M12 tap and chase (re-tap) the weldnuts in the vehicle body. The vertical holes, because they do not hold dirt and water, required only brushing out. However, without tapping the horizon holes (2 on each side) the bolts were not going in. Temporary use coiled wires worked like a charm for installing blind bolts. Have a partner install nuts on the blind bolts while you steady the hitch. Installing at least bolt in the middle loose helps hold up the hitch. Start all bolts by hand before tightening any bolt/nut. Be sure to use a torque wrench...what your hand thinks is tight is a long way from the required bolt load. 141812
75681 seems to be a fine product. I really like the extra strength of the 75681. The only thing which I would suggest for consideration would be for the addition of 2 (two) more Pull Wires. The Pull Wires are a great idea and a real time and trouble saver. My installation required the use of the 2 (two) Carriage Bolts and the 2 (two) 1-1/2 x 2 (Small Blocks) for the Bumper Mounting Bracket. I did my installation on my driveway. A small hydraulic jack was very helpful in lifting the receiver socket towards the frame while installing the Bumper Mounting Bracket Hex Nuts and Conical Washers. The installation did require me more than 40 (forty) minutes. The online installation videotape was very informative and helpful. This was a very smooth project. Thank You! John M. Habak 95168
John H - 02/13/2015I received the ordered hitch for my car right on time, but the box had taken a real beating where the flanges that attach to the frame rails had broken through the box Since I am by myself I needed to review the video that eTrailer had on the internet.Very good but I noted that when it came time to attach the hitch to the car the demo shows two people making the install!. wow now what do I do to get the hitch into place without losing the bolts back up inside the frame at the four points that the bolts just hang in place. So, I figured out a way to balance the hitch on a floor jack( see picture) to slowly and careful to position the hitch up in position. Since I was nervous about losing the four free hanging carriage bolts back up inside the frame rail and bumper I left the pull wires on each of the carriage bolts and laced the wires through the hitch in each of the four location. When the hitch was up sufficient to pull the carriage bolts through the hitch four bolt location and then remove each pull wire as I was able to have sufficient bolt thread to attach the conical washers and Hex nuts before removing the floor jack and tighten ing the four carriage bolts to snug the hitch into the final position in order to install the two metric bolt on each outside of the existing weld nuts in the frame rail. All went well except the bolt in the lower position on the frame rail drivers side appears to have hit something in side the frame rail and was not able to be treaded completely into the tight position. When removing the m12x1.75 x 45 bolt the thread showed the roll over of the threads (see picture). Off to Ace's Hardware and a new bolt m12x1.75 x 30 to solve the problem. Over all the hitch fit just as designed and I am very pleased with the produce, and proved to myself that I could do the install by myself! Where there is a will there is a WAY ! 498736
Heather A - 04/21/2018
Provided bolts for the hitch to frame rail to the factory mounting points did not fit. Had to purchase the correct bolts adding additional cost to the hitch set up. Contacted etrailer and they said to try cleaning out the factory point that the bolts go into, after running a wire brush through I was able to tread a tap in and it was a completely different thread pitch than the provided bolts were. After getting the right bolts I was able to use the hitch and have been happy since. 561131
2017 Chevy Equinox trailer hitch - not only was the product well constructed, but the videos on installation take the guess work out of it. My hitch came with a damaged box and scratches on the paint. Concerned about rusting etrailer promptly sent another which arrived fast in good condition. The service on the phone was wonderful. The local U-Haul dealer was going to charge me $4$$ for the installation which included $1$$ for the wiring. My Equinox has the trailer wiring quick connect which took me 2 minutes to open and connect the harness. So my total with receiver and harness was $1$$. Compare that to the U-Haul $4$$ quote. It was a no brainer. I am telling many friends about trailer.com. Thank you for a great product and great service! 360922
Short of installing it's self my son-in-law and I installed this hitch for my 13 Chevy Equinox in just under an hour. The only tuff spot was the two bolts below the license plate on the frame. My compliments to Hidden Hitch and Chevy. Thank You etrailer.com for the ease of purchase and fast delivery. The item was well packed. 68341
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-- Patrick B - 5/13/2013Thanks a bunch Edward!
-- Patrick B - 5/14/2013 Edward - 09/04/2014The hitch is better looking in person and well made. Haven't installed it yet. All the parts were in the box. Very happy with this purchase! 559992
Steve - 08/30/2019Extremely well made. My only suggestion is based on install, this is for a car a decade old. Hit the install threads with a rust spray, get a wire brush in there (spark plug cleaners work well) Otherwise, install is a pain. Use a penetrating thread locker and not a setting one, due to the time to align and get all bolts seated it may inhibit setting all bolts. 576491
From the time I placed my order to when I received my items, the whole process was pretty easy and quick. After watching the online video on how to install the hitch several times, the day finally came to install it. Had it not been for the snug fit, it definately makes the installation easier to have a second pair of hands! Luckily for me, since the hitch fit quite snuggly onto the frame of my Equinox, I was able to practically wedge it in place and it stayed up. I would say that the most difficult part of this installation was feeding the hardware fro the "front 2 bolts" through the bumper. On my first try on the driver side I lost the hardware 1/2 inside the bumper cavity. At first I paniced and decided to take a break. I proceeded to install the passenger side hardware and took my time and some extra jiggling to get the hardware to pass though. Luckily there was extra "feed" wire and I was able to use a magnet to retrieve the lost hardware. On my second attempt I was succesfull and was able to button up the install. Total install time was less than an hour!! Everything fit up nicely and worked like it should have. I'm impressed with how easy this was in install and how well the hitch fit the vehicle! Practically plug & play!! It really is as easy as it looked on the video! I was concerned at first because the box received a bit of damage from shipping but all the hardware was secured to the hitch and nothing was lost during shipping!! See attached pics. Once installed, this hitch isn't going ANYWHERE!! Very securely mounted and just a solid product! It practically becomes one with the vehicle. It will outlive the vehichle! 461505
I searched the internet to put a hitch on my 2016 Chevy Equinox and found an instructional video from eTrailer.com where they installed on my exact car. I decided to go with eTrailer.com because they answered all my questions and because of the video-I support businesses that go the extra mile with these videos. Shipping was quick and well tracked, however, the box was flimsy and the one end of the hitch had come out of the box side and the ball mount could have easily come out of that hole during shipping. If I were eTrailer.com I'd charge an extra couple of bucks for more sturdy boxes-people will still buy as eTrailer is a well-trusted brand and this would overcome a lot of the negative reviews you'll see on their site about this shipping issue in their own reviews :-) I installed the hitch by myself (definitely recommend help as two people holding it up to the frame makes attaching 100% easier) in about 45 minutes total (out of the box, read instructions, review video again and installation complete). All hardware went on with no issues. Great quality hitch! I also bought the lesser expensive wiring assembly because most recent equinox's come hitch ready with pre-wired assembly in the left side compartment-snap and done. Picked up a new trailer at Home Depot within days and drove 5 feet and the clacking was horrible. I had always had a welded hitch before buying a hitch that took a ball mount. I really thought something was wrong and when I searched the internet that night it turns out this is very common. However, all you need is some sort of hitch "silencing" device. The number of options will drive you mad but I went with the Roadmaster Quiet Hitch and it did the trick for much less than most of the other options. If I were eTrailer.com I'd have that as one of the RECOMMENDED add-ons and explanation why its super-worthy when customers are buying a hitch. Would have saved me the time and hassle of dealing with it later and the extra shipping charge for buying after the fact when I got free shipping for the other items the first time :-) All in all, I'm super, super happy with my hitch, wiring assembly, ball mount, ball mount locking pin and the hitch silencer. Buy with confidence from eTrailer.com Paul R., Syracuse, NY 287168
Wow delivered in 3 days and installed in a little over an hour. Had to grind down large spacers to fit into frame rather than enlarging the hole. Pull wires worked awesome. Install wasn't to bad it's a really good fit but work for 1 person but I won out in the end. Shipment arrived with tabs sticking out if the box no damage but some foam packing might help. Would recommend you guys anyway. 411611
The product arrived in two days. I liked the custom fit for my vehicle to facilitate installation. I installed the hitch by myself and the process took a total of four hours including the wiring, setup and cleanup. I installed the hitch in my driveway without a jack or jack stands. The included directions were clear and concise. I will be using the hitch to pull a small trailer for home project materials. Mulch, top soil, plants and maybe moving furniture for friends etc. Adding the hitch allows me to not have to ask a friend to use his vehicle and trailer when I have a need. This way I can operate on my own schedule since I retired in Oct. 2017. I would suggest that if one lives in an area where there is frequent snow and the roads are treated with rock salt to be diligent about cleaning out the pre-threaded holes where the hitch mounts. I actually had to run a tap through the threads. The wire brush method did not do the trick. Overall I look ahead to years of service from the hitch and am glad I bought it! Customer service was exceptional (Thanks Paula S) and I would recommend etrailer.com to my friends and family! 495864
Grant - 04/15/2019Delivered in three days--Super! Everything packaged as ordered and, packed securely in shipping box. One of the larger holes--for the hitch pin--in the receiver was too small to get the hitch pin through: I had to ream it out a bit; debur the hole; then paint it. All else went perfectly. Thank you. 567269
Great product..Watch the videos this site has provided and installation is simple.. Only hassle was existing weld nuts had some rust since my Equinox is a 2014. So prep older vehicles and you should be fine.. 295845
Darryl - 10/01/2017Just finished up installing hitch #76028 on our 2014 Equinox. Will be towing a new Forest River Wolf Pup. Also have a Steadi-Flex weight distribution system ordered more on that later. As others have mentioned the packaging for shipping leaves something to be desired. The hitch arrived on time with the box badly broken, the hitch was scratched to bare metal in three places and one of the arms was bent. After straightening and painting it went on without a hitch. It took longer than anticipated due to having to first remove an old hitch, and that I am fussy. I took the opportunity to clean and paint the area where it mounts and to tap out all holes I think you should put a caution in your video about making your own tap that after each turn of the tap you should back up a quarter turn to clean out the threads, also DO NOT force the tap. Breaking the tap or the weldment loose makes for a LOT more work. The people I worked with to order were great and your website has a lot of good information. Will buy again and recomend to others 488175
Bolted right up, still holding strong a year later! 770112
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