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Heavy-duty coupler has a high-profile latch and hinged ball socket that offers a tight fit with visual indication of proper closure around the ball - all to ensure quick, easy and secure hookup.
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Hello neighbors, Steven here with etrailer.com. Today we're looking at this Bulldog Collar-Lok coupler with a high profile latch design and it's made for a two inch ball. As you can see, this is for a round trailer tongue and it is a well-known application. Now folks, this is gonna be perfect for those heavy duty couplers such as the utility trailer, livestock trailer, cargo and construction trailers. The nice cargo lock design here is gonna offer automatic, continuously tight fitting for absolute security. So you can see it's spring loaded here on this guy right here where that gap is.
This collar goes over there. So if I pull this pin and I open the latch here, I get it all the way open, it automatically spring loads open. You can see that spring in there and the collar here is actually holding that open. So again, nice high profile handle latch there. The steel tubing is super strong and durable.
As you can see, it's been painted a gray color. You can paint it whatever you want, obviously. And a few things I like is the visual indicators that it's either open or when it's closed, the visual indicator that it's closed. The collar will cover this, locking it, and then you also have the pin inside with the handle down. So it's a very, very nice design as far as number one, durability.
And number two, just knowing that it's actually closed. So I'm gonna grab a ball here that says a demo. So again, a 52 inch ball, and I'm gonna have to invert this so I can show you here. But as I could say, get the spring in there so the ball goes in. If you get the latch pulled back, you close that and then the collar will slide over again, closing that.
And as you can see, the ball's not going nowhere, so it's nice, tight closed again. It's closed here. You can put the pin back in here and you can be rest assured that the ball's not coming out. No one can accidentally open it. All that stuff. Taking it off, pull the pin back. Now this is probably gonna drop 'cause it spring loaded. There we go. And again, it opened by itself after, well, I pulled this, but it stayed open by itself and that spring latch popped it out so that it's ready to go for the next time that you re-hook onto a ball. I'm gonna put that ball away. So again folks, that's been our look at this Bulldog coupler lock. Some measurements I wanna mention now before I close, the whole thing overall is about 10 3/4 inches long. Again, if it's a two inch ball size, it's rated at 5,000 pounds capacity. That's all stamped on top of the coupler head itself as well. Now as far as the tubing itself, the outer diameter here is 2 1/4 inches wide. And the inner diameter there is 1 3/4 inches thick, or wide, sorry. The hole inside is 1 3/4 inches inside. So if you're welding this on your round tubular trailer front, that's the measurement you're gonna need, obviously. Well folks, that's gonna wrap it up. This has been our look at the Bulldog Collar-Lok coupler with the high profile latch, again for a two inch ball with a round tongue. I'm Steve. Thanks for watching.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (592 Customer Reviews)
Heavy-duty coupler has a high-profile latch and hinged ball socket that offers a tight fit with visual indication of proper closure around the ball - all to ensure quick, easy and secure hookup.The couplers (3) are of excellent quality. Ordering was very simple by telephone. All questions were answered. Shipping was immediate and the product arrived in an unmolested box which surprised me due to the weight. I expected the box to be dented and the corners smashed. Tracking of shipments was important to me. Couplers will be installed on a rather unique vehicle. Each of the three cars of this miniture train will receive the new couplers.
Bull dog has been a great hitch. One time I pulled a load upwith a five ton comealong.while winching I noticed the trailer touched the ground needless to say the truck was in the air.the tounge is rated for seven thousand, the load weighted eight thousand six hundred pounds plus the trailer. What a hitch. The only draw back I wish the insert for weldingis a little short for my preference. Wish was about three inches longer. Thanks
Just what I needed and couldn’t find at local stores. Great price.
Great Product, Fast SERVICE!
Five star service from etrailer, and maybe a two or three-star product from Bulldog. Aside from the rust and the fact that the collar is so stiff that it can't be operated by hand, the fabrication on the steel attachment plate is poor. The holes for the tongue jack are punched out, twice in some cases, resulting in an enlarged hole, but there are no threads for the tongue jack so you'll have to fumble around and use nuts underneath. The vertical angles on the steel are wrong, so it will splay out at the bottom and won't fit tightly to the A-frame and you will need to shim it out. The interior of the casting is full of weld spatter that will chafe the tow ball. I bought the less-expensive Ram sleeve-lock coupler under a Curt label and the fabrication is much better, having none of the problems the BullDog did. etrailer kindly sent me an RMA to return the BullDog.
The best coupler we have used for our construction business. I have been using these for 14 years now without any problems. We replace them every 5 years at about 160,000 miles when we purchase new trailers. I currently need three now but they have been out of stock for several months. Still waiting for new stock to arrive so I can order. I feel safe with this type coupler and my employees also like the security it provides.
Don’t buy this!!! It literally does not work. You can’t open the coupling because it was built incorrectly. There isn’t enough room to slide the coupling back. Of course I didn’t realize this until I had mounted it on my trailer. etrailer customer service is about to get an earful!
The Bulldog coupler is SO MUCH easier to hitch up and disengage than my previous coupler which required several back and forth movements of my tow vehicle to engage/disengage the hitch ball.
Receiver worked perfect with 3” square tube
This is how I received my merchandise I was lucky the part was still
In side the box
Heavy duty, clean - no bulk to deal with and can step on the tongue easily to climb up, etc. Perfect for up to 7K# trailer. When it is latched, it is latched and in the truck and away you go! Great Bulldog product.
Really fast shipping, install only took 15 min, and much more solid than the original coupler on the trailer that used two long bolts (which wore and caused the holes to get oblong making the connection to the trailer sloppy), as compared to the four bolts provided with the new coupler.
Great site. This is the second time that I have purchased items from etrailer. Your web page is easy to use and I like the product videos. The trailer couplerI bought was very good and fit properly.
Works great. Welded it on and was ready to go. Have ordered from etrailer before, and just like every time before my parts arrived very promptly and have never had any complaints with service. Will definitely be using etrailer again.
This coupler was not only a replacement part but an upgrade over the OEM coupler on this trailer!
I have a 2003 Jeep Liberty CRD. The spare tyre of the Liberty means the standard tow hitch is on a long bar to clear the spare tyre. I wanted a low profile coupling so I could bring the hitch point in closer to the rear axle to improve the towing characteristics with a 5000 lb trailer. One photo shows my old set-up and the other with the Bulldog. This coupling was ideal.
LOVE this Bulldog hitch! I welded it to my new custom built motorcycle trailer and I will never go back to the other kind again. So much easier to get a positive connection. I also like the integrated lock hole in the latch. It's definitely worth the money.
Good product, good price.
I bought this old really cheap to rebuild. One of the parts that had to be replaced was the hitch, I towed it home with my fingers crossed. I googled trailer hitch, trailer and etrailer was one of the sites that was suggested. I had to find a hitch that fit the 3 1/2" pipe that was the tongue, voila there it was to my amazement. I ordered it right then, 4 days later it was delivered yesterday. Today I mounted it, it was an easy installation and I am really pleased with the hitch and install. My fears of losing a trailer are now history, tomorrow it gets tested with 1 1/2 yards of gravel for the slab for my new. shop
Just a safer product than most other drop on hitches.
This one is great!
Works great
I changed out the conventional ball hitch on a dump trailer to a bulldog style hitch. There were issues ensuring the original hitch was on the ball correctly. The Bulldog hitch will eliminate that potential problem. Installation was easy. Took about 10 minutes to get the old hitch off and the new one on. The only improvement that I would suggest is to have the lever to retract the collar as the lighter Bulldog hitches do. This one simply has a sliding collar that must be forced back by hand. I always use my foot on the hitches with the lever. But this is a Bulldog issue and not an etrailer issue. etrailer service was outstanding.
Exactly what I needed! etrailer seems to have just what I need in times of need and they were able to get this item to me the next day as I requested. Very trustworthy and very knowledgeable staff. Thank you!
Very good quality coupler HOWEVER I wish you would ship with fedex or ups. Usps tracking is horrible and there is a good likely hood your package will be delayed.
IT WAS NOT WHAT I WANTED. HOWEVER, I WAS NOT GOING TO WAIT TILL JULY. I KNOW IT WAS NOT YOUR FAULT. AFTER LOOKING AT THIS ONE IT WILL BE FINE. THANKS.
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