Demco Trailer Coupler - Flat Plate Mount - 3/4" Bolt Hole - 2-5/16" Ball - 21,000 lbs

Video Transcript for Review of Demco Flat Plate Mount Trailer Coupler - Fixed Coupler - DM99VR

Hello everybody. This is Jeff at etrailer.com. Today, we take a look at this Demco Easy Latch Flat Plate Mount trailer coupler for a 2 5/16" diameter ball. Has a 21,000 pound weight capacity, and it comes in this nice prime paint finish. Now, this is a heavy duty ball coupler. Just to let you hook up your trailer to your tow vehicle.

Right here it provides the connection point for your 2 5/16" diameter hitch ball, so it's ideal for utility, livestock, cargo, and construction trailers. What's nice on this one, it uses that easy latch mechanism right here, which is a corrosion-proof composite latch handle. It ensures a nice, simple, secure hookup and disconnect. And, what's nice about it, is it's an easy latch, so it'll let you hook up, when the latch is in the closed position, like it is now. All you do is just have to drop the coupler over the hitch ball, and the latch will snap into the place.

I wanna demonstrate that. I happen to pull a 2 5/16" diameter hitch ball, right there, so you can see putting it over there, drop it into place. You notice the latch automatically connects, and you're hooked up all ready to go. And then, when you're ready to disconnect, just lift up on the latch, and it comes right off. So, pretty simple to attach.

Just set it on the ball and push it down, and it connects just like that. Also, it's nice if you notice, a lot of your couplers will have the trigger latch, where they sit up real tall, they could get damaged. This one is a nice sleek, low profile design, so it'll allow any type of hazard that might slip over the top of it, from damaging the latch components. They'll just slide right over. Now, also, unlike most couplers that have the pinhole on that tall handle latch, this easy latch coupler will feature its 5/16" diameter hole on this side, and it goes through all the way to the other side.

And, that's for the coupler lock. You can put a coupler lock through there. This will keep the latch from lifting, preventing disconnect and theft. Now, the coupler locks, we do sell separately on our website. The diameter we mentioned of the pinhole is 5/16ths of an inch, and you just wanna make sure to get a lock that has a minimum span of three inches. Now, this is a nice sturdy steel construction. You can see it does have a nice powder coat prime paint finish on it to give you excellent corrosion resistant. Meets a 500 hour salt spray rating. So, it is great for marine applications. If you notice the flat plate mount design, it is a bolt on installation. This plate is six inches by six inches, and it'll bolt directly to the trailer, using the 3/4" grade five hardware. Now, the mounting hardware is not included. You would have to supply that. We mentioned the bolt hole diameter, you can see, is 3/4", and the bolt pattern, if we measure the distance center to center, horizontally is 4 1/2" and vertically is 4 1/2". Again, the ball size this will fit onto is a 2 5/16" diameter ball, and the weight capacity again is 21,000 pounds. But, that should do it for the review on the Demco Easy Latch Flat Plate Mount Trailer Coupler, for the 2 5/16" diameter ball, with a 21,000 pound weight capacity..