Gen-Y Torsion 2-Ball Mount - 2-1/2" Hitch - 3" Rise/12" Drop - 21K

Video Transcript for Gen-Y Torsion 2-Ball Mount Spec Review

Hi everyone, Aidan here with etrailer. Today we're gonna be taking a look at the Gen-Y torsion ball mount with a 9" drop for your 2 1/2" hitches. This is gonna be a really high end and pretty unique ball mount. It offers a lot of adjustment in that height. It's gonna have two different ball sizes that come with it and it's got a built-in torsion system to act as a shock absorber. So as our trailer is going up and down, all that shock and vibration is gonna hopefully get absorbed completely by this ball mount or at least most of the way and not transfer that all the way into our truck, creating a much more smooth and enjoyable towing experience.

Let's check it out. A couple things to note here. Like I mentioned, this is the one with the 9" drop. You can get some other configurations of this one with the same weight capacity that offer different drop variations so if you need a little less or more, you can get that. Plus this one's going to be rated for a certain weight.

If the two ball configuration right now it's got a 16,000 pound gross trailer weight rating that's how much weight it can pull and a 1,500 pound max tongue weight. But we can very easily switch that ball around to the included 2 5/16 ball to get a 21,000 pound gross trailer weight rating and a 2,400 pound max tongue weight. So that's kind of weight capacity we're working with here. If you need a little bit more, you can get that with other versions of this ball mount and they make plenty that have lighter versions as well. Now what makes this ball mount unique is the torsion system.

That's going to be found internally here and here where we've got an inner solid bar that runs the whole width of the ball mount here surrounded by thick rubber cord. And what this is designed to do is as our trailer loaded up with all that heavy weight, bounces up and down, hits any bumps in the road and has all that shock, that's going to cause those rubber cords to twist and that's going to act as a shock absorber with some cushioning and making this whole assembly move with the trailer rather than being rigid and get jostled around by it and transferring all that energy to our truck. It's a pretty unique system, but it does have some caveats to it and that caveat is that you need tongue weight to make it work. We've got our built-in tongue weight scale in the back with this hash mark to let us know where we're at. Right now, it's aligned with that red zone at the top letting us know that we don't have any tongue weight on there or we just don't have sufficient tongue weight.

Since we're not hooked up, that all checks out. The red zone on the bottom lets us know that we're overloaded and we have too much tongue weight and have more than what the ball mount can handle, and that green zone in the middle is going to align with our ideal tongue weight. Anywhere from 1,600 pounds all the way up to 2,400 pounds is going to make this work the best. Now, something you might remember from the weight capacities is that our 2" ball is only rated for 1,500 pounds so it's really not going to work super well with the shock absorption on this system. So this is really designed for heavy hauling with that 2 5/16 ball. Speaking of heavy hauling, if you've got a lunette ring trailer this is gonna work really well for that too because you have an included pintle lock. So all you need to do is hook up your lunette ring trailer, lower it down over the top here and take your included pin and clip out of the pintle lock. This just slides into the receiver tubes right above where we have our ball mount and will re-secure with a newly aligned pin hole over top. So once that lunette ring trailer is on and this is locked in, it's going to hold it in place and you can carry that too with this ball mount without having to swap out for something different. Like we mentioned before with that maximum drop, you can also get a little bit of rise in this position. The top receiver tube here will give us 3" rise from our hitch. Now if we want to though, and we need more rise than that, we could take the whole ball mount out of the hitch and actually flip it upside down. I will say that when you're doing this, this ball mount is heavy. It definitely speaks to the fantastic construction that Gen-Y has because their build quality is just super solid. But I will advise you to just be careful when lifting it and working with it because again, it's heavy, hard to lift and you definitely wanna practice good lifting technique if you do need to swap it around. As we lift it into the hitch though, I do wanna point out that you've got two pin holes to choose from. The one out here will give us a little bit more clearance from our vehicle and about 1" over we've got another one that we can use if we want a little bit more of that shank in the receiver tube. That's the one I'll go with. And then because of the weight, again, getting it aligned can be a bit tricky, but not too bad overall. There's plenty of places on here to get a good handhold and get it hooked up. One thing to note with the hitch pin is that it doesn't come included with the ball mount. You will need to pick up one for yourself. I'd strongly recommend a locking hitch pin with a ball mount like this because you don't want it to go missing. And then for the stacked receivers and the pin holes and pins holding them in place, the pins are gonna be standard 5/8" pins. So if you need to swap these out for any sort of locking pin, you can. And the stacked receivers are gonna be standard 2" by 2" receiver tubes. So if you want to mount any other accessories in here, you can. It's all gonna be standard sizing and really easy to swap out or add to it. Like we mentioned before, the construction on this is next to none. Very heavy duty thick steel and it's going to have a zinc primer with a powder coat finish on top, that's gonna help it resist rust and corrosion over time. And then you also have this hammered textured finish for the powder coat, which gives it this really unique look and looks really good on the back of the truck too. Something people really like about this system is that it's very low maintenance. The only thing you really have to worry about with this is going to be greasing it every 3,000 miles is what Gen Y recommends. So beyond that, you really don't have to do anything else to upkeep it and keep it operating smoothly. As for greasing it, you've got two fittings located on the top and bottom of the ball mount to make that really easy. Otherwise, that'll do it for our look at the Gen-Y torsion ball mount. With this, the big thing is just making sure that you match the ball mount to your truck and trailer combination because you do need that ideal range of tongue weight to make it work properly. You wanna make sure that whatever loads you're carrying fits that bill. Like I said before, there's tons of different sizes in this. All kinds of different weight capacities that will have different ideal ranges to make the torsion system work. Within that, they're gonna have tons of options that'll work with your 2 1/2" hitch so you should be able to find the right one to fit the job for you. Otherwise, I think that'll do it for our look at the Gen-Y torsion ball mount. Thanks for watching.