beags86
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Well I believe they do, I've seen them around. Not a huge market but i've seen them.
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What Do You Thnik Of This Automated Safety Hitch?
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Well I believe they do, I've seen them around. Not a huge market but i've seen them.
Years ago, I had a job installing truck accesories.
We had this handi-hitch thing the salesmen would always try and sell.
You backed up to the trailer and could swivel the tow ball if you were off a bit.
Then it locked in place.
Never sold even one of those things.
This gadget reminds me of that.
Who is the market?
Are those people going to pay for this?
I highly doubt it.
We had this handi-hitch thing the salesmen would always try and sell.
You backed up to the trailer and could swivel the tow ball if you were off a bit.
Then it locked in place.
Never sold even one of those things.
This gadget reminds me of that.
Who is the market?
Are those people going to pay for this?
I highly doubt it.
I don't dispute that this thing may be cuter than a bees knees and finer than frogs hair.
But it is just too expensive to produce and the market is too small, and the problem it "solves" does not really exist.
But it is just too expensive to produce and the market is too small, and the problem it "solves" does not really exist.
Slightly off the subject but I feel still relevant. I bought a fifth wheel camper several years ago and my 2500 would barely even slow it down with the built in brake controller turned all the way up. Before that truck I had always had an aftermarket brake controller and I always had brakes on all trailer axles and could always count on the trailer to do all or at least most of it's own stopping. The dealer I bought the camper from just said well the truck is supposed to do most of the stopping anyway to which I replied BS! If an axle is rated for a particular weight that means carrying weight and stopping weight. Long story short I learned the factory brake controllers are crap. They don't put out enough power to stop the trailer when it is loaded close to axle capacity. From what the truck accessories guy told me, aftermarket controllers can't be added to vehicles with factory controllers.
All of this to say I went to the website and watch some of the shorter and better videos on the safety hitch and one of their sales points was added safety from better braking.
Not to say I'm going to run out and buy one but there may be some benefits.
All of this to say I went to the website and watch some of the shorter and better videos on the safety hitch and one of their sales points was added safety from better braking.
Not to say I'm going to run out and buy one but there may be some benefits.
years ago i saw a vehicle where the WHOLE 2" receiver hitch would swivel up to 45* off center and lock in place . never seen one before or since then .
That would be a nightmare to back up. I never could figure out backing up with steerable trailers or hay wagons!
beags86
Eastbound and Down
With a truck or tractor?
It also has a two point hookup, it wouldn't work like a running gear.
Both, ha. When I was a kid growing up on a farm I never really could back them up repeatably. It was easier for me to maneuver the wagon/trailer into a position I didn't have to back it up than to back it up. A single point trailer is cake walk, but a steerable wagon/trailer is another story. I could back it up and keep it straight, but once I had back it up and make a turn, I was screwed. So was the wagon if I didn't stop in time, ha.
beags86
Eastbound and Down
Without the steering brakes of a tractor a running gear can be damn hard to back up..
