Hitchmaster Question

Juane

New member
The company does not recommend mounting their D035 under the drawbar.
But I can't see what difference it would make in terms of stress.
The trailer pulls fine with the under mount.
By mounting the hitch under the bar I gain necessary clearance for my spare tire swing out and it helps to level the trailer.
The trailer weighs maybe 1500 pounds loaded. I'm guessing the tongue weight is a couple hundred pounds.
What am I missing?
Hitch.jpg
 

HaveeBear

Member
I wonder if their recommendation is because of the [different] torque that can be placed on the hitch. I'm thinking up/down and not from the pull.
 

Winterfell_JK

New member
The current model DO35 V3Plus can be mounted both on top or under the draw bar plate. Compared to your image, the V3Plus has more material in the casting near the rear two bolt locations, so maybe that is the difference. Mounted under the hitch the trailer load is prying away from the rear bolts, but mounted on top it's pushing against the drawbar plate. For what it's worth, on a 1500lb trailer it's probably ok being so far below their load rating.

The DO35 V3Plus I'm installing on my trailer build is mounted inside a 4"x4" 1/8" wall tube, so I'm not one to completely follow all recommendations if it seems reasonable.
 

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