Insert this heavy-duty mount into your 2" hitch to get 6 stacked 2" receivers for mounting the included 2" ball, 2-5/16" ball, pintle hook, or other hitch-mounted accessory.
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Note: Because this mount has a significant drop, a stabilizer kit (sold separately) is recommended to prevent wobble and to keep the mount stable as you tow.
This unique mount from Gen-Y Hitch includes a ball mount that can be easily positioned in one of the 6 stacked receivers that sits along the vertical shank of the unit. This dual-ball mount lets you tow a trailer with a 2" ball coupler or a 2-5/16" ball coupler.
Also included is a pintle lock, which can be inserted into the receiver directly above the ball mount to create a pintle hitch for hooking up a trailer with a lunette ring. Unlike other adjustable pintle hooks on the market, there are no nuts and bolts to remove and retorque when you change the positioning of this hitch. Just move the ball mount and pintle lock up or down to get the proper height and secure them in place with the included pins.
With the 6 stacked receivers, not only do you have the ability to adjust the height of the included ball mount, but you also have the ability to add various other hitch-mounted accessories. Insert a bike rack or cargo carrier. Mount a spare tire carrier. Use a tow bar to flat tow your vehicle. Or just add a fun hitch cover. This heavy-duty mount is built with a 2,000-lb tongue weight, so you can even use multiple hitch accessories at the same time, as long as there are no clearance issues. This means that you can use your hitch-mounted bike rack to haul your bikes while also flat towing your vehicle.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Hello everybody, this is Jeff at etrailer.com. Today we're gonna take a look at this Gen-Y Adjustable 2-Ball Mount with the Pintle Lock and a 12 and a half inch drop for your 2-inch hitch. Has a 16,000 pound gross towing weight capacity. Now, this is an adjustable ball mount that'll let you hook up your trailer to your tow vehicle. The solid shank portion right here is what'll slide into your 2-inch hitch receiver on your vehicle. And up front, you'll have a choice of either a 2 and 5/16 standard ball or a smaller 2-inch diameter ball.
This will provide the connection points for your trailer coupler. And also this part number includes this pintle lock accessory. And this is used to be paired with this larger 2 and 5/16 ball, and it'll provide a connection point for a lunette ring coupler. So if you're not familiar with a lunette ring coupler, a lot of your larger trailers, heavy duty trailers, they have a lunette ring at the front coupler which is just a large ring and it's designed to drop over the ball. And what's nice is when you drop it over there, you wanna make sure it stays on the ball.
So they include this pintle lock accessory. And how that works, we just pull the clip and the pin out. With that out, we move that back in there and you can see, you can now have room to drop your lunette ring over the ball. Once it gets fully over the ball and sits down there at the bottom, then you can slide this over the lunette ring. Once you get it over the lunette ring, line the hole up, slide the pin through, clip it in place and that'll lock it over the lunette ring.
So it keeps that lunette ring from coming detached from the ball. Now, if you're not using it with a lunette ring at the time, you can totally remove it if you want. But if you wanna just store it out of the way, there's another hole you can slide this back, put it in there, clip it and it'll hold it and store it in place like that, still gives you room for to use a regular coupler. Now you can see this has 6 stacked 2-inch receivers which will accept the included, accept the included ball mount and pintle lock accessory as well as other hitch mounted accessories. It does come with these two, 5/8 inch diameter stainless steel pins with the clips.
And these are included to secure the ball mount and the pintle lock accessory to the shank. And I did wanna mention these clips. They're pretty unique. What I like about 'em is they're a twist design. So a lot of your clips are just straight pins and you try to slide 'em through there. Sometimes they're hard to install or hard to remove. But on these, all you have to do is twist it. So to remove it, it's pretty simple. Just twist it and it comes right out and you can slide your pin out. When you go to install 'em, same way you just push on 'em and they'll twist in and lock in the position. So it's a neat design, very easy to use clip. This does offer adjustable height and let you tow trailers of different heights with the same vehicle. Works well if you have a lifted truck. And the ball mount right here can be installed and lowered or raised to meet your application. Now, this does install just like this. It gives you a maximum drop of 12 and a half inches. Meaning that if we put this in the lowest receiver, that'll get you your maximum of 12 and a half inch drop. This isn't, not made to be used in the rise position. And just to show you how you move your ball. What we'll do is take the clip, remove the pin. That'll release the ball, and then you can just slide the ball out just like that. And if you wanna flip it around 180 degrees to use the smaller 2-inch ball, just like that. And then pin it, you're ready to go. Far as we mentioned, you can slide this up or down, put it in whatever receiver opening you need. I'm just gonna install it back into the, where we took it out of. Line the hole up, with your pin. There we go. Get your pin through there. Take your twist clip, push it on and you're ready to go. Now you see you have the 2-inch ball. This is a heavy-duty steel construction. They do use a zinc primer first, and then it's coated with a durable Silver Vein Epoxy powder coat to resist corrosion. Now, when you do install this into your hitch receiver, you can see there's two hitch pin holes here. It do will require a hitch pin and clip or a hitch lock for securing it to the hitch receiver. They are not included. You would've to supply those or we do sell those separately. The two pin holes here, the hitch pin holes are 5/8 inch diameter. This is SAE J684 certified. It is made in the USA. Application again, is 2-inch by 2-inch trailer hitch receivers. Now the weight capacity on this will just depend on the ball size you use. So if you use the smaller 2-inch ball, gives you a gross towing weight capacity of 12,000 pounds, maximum tongue weight of 1500 pounds. If you flip it over and use the larger 2 and 5/16 standard ball, capacity of for a gross towing weight to 16,000 pounds, maximum tongue weight of 2,000 pounds. Last thing I do wanna mention, this shank and ball mount will have many different dimensions to it. So what I do recommend for you to do is go to the product page of this part number and we'll have a picture of this shank with the ball mount and all the dimensions put on it. That way you can verify any dimension that may be needed for your application. But that should do it for the review on this Gen-Y Adjustable 2-Ball Mount with the Pintle Lock and a 12 and a half inch drop for your 2-inch hitch. Has a 16,000 pound gross towing weight capacity..
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (244 Customer Reviews)
Insert this heavy-duty mount into your 2" hitch to get 6 stacked 2" receivers for mounting the included 2" ball, 2-5/16" ball, pintle hook, or other hitch-mounted accessory.It is exactly what I needed to keep my trailer level when in tow. My old hitch wore out the back tires on the trailer because the front end was raised up. I needed a heavy duty hitch since I have 2 water tanks holding 275 lbs. of water each. I've had comments from people saying they've never seen a hitch like that, I just say its a good one. If they ask I tell them where I got it, etrailer.com.
Very versatile hitch. Very stout. High quality. You can hook to pretty much any trailer with it. Some slop when using it for pintle trailers. I wouldn’t recommend it if you are primarily going to be pulling Pintle trailers. Some side to side wobble when pulling a car dolly. That being said it is my favorite hitch I have used. It is very quick and easy to adjust for different height and ball size trailers
received the hitch this morning,it is very heavy and well constructed. IT should do
the job,as I will use it to pull some of my smaller trailers and a heavy duty grain
trailer.Sorry I donot have the capability to send pictures of the application.
Again, I am very impressed with the heavy construction of this hitch.
Good Communication, fast shipping, and one tough hitch!
I wanted to be able to tow any trailer with a single hitch and that is why I purchased this model. Any size ball and pintle hitch all in one implement is great.... the drawback, this thing weights a lot. I don't like leaving the hitch on the truck if I'm not towing, but this thing is too heavy to move and I'm worried about this much weight bending the toolbox on the truck if I hit a bump.
For measurement purposes... This is a 2000 F-350 4x4 on stock 16" rims and tires and a CM flatbed. I got the 5" drop\rise model and it looks like it is going to be great. In case i need it, I added the 1 7/8" ball to the drawbar. When I can afford to get three matched key pins I will order them.
Overall the hitch is heavy duty and solid. I have ready some reviews about the Pintle option and have used mine for the first time towing an empty trailer. It is showing some wear behind the ball where the wedge is welded. I will try it with a load and see how it holds up.
i hate to give a negative review but for the money it should not have that excessive amount of wear with it’s first use.
I have a curt hitch with the Pintle and it has worked perfectly. I was looking for something that had a better curb appeal with the Gen Y.
Just received my new hitch and my first impressions is that this is a very stout hitch. The hitch is very heavy, so I won’t be taking it off and on much. I’ll leave the stacked receiver on the truck, I had a locking pin to secure it to the truck. I will store the 2-ball mount in the cab for now until I get some locking pins. Don’t want to become a victim of theft! When I obtain the locking pins, I will leave the balls attached. If you want a very stout adjustable hitch, I definitely recommend this Gen-Y hitch. Can’t wait to test it out on the road!
The best hitch you can buy! I run these in my company trucks. Makes connecting to anything we have simple and easy. No searching for lost hitches or figuring out who is using what.
Best hitch on the market . I have them on 33 trucks
best hitch I've owned. I have no doubt it will pull any of our equipment with no problem. odelelia was a big help and so nice when I ordered it a year ago.
Heavy duty, strong and reliable. The black color on the ball scratched off fairly quickly, and the additional length of the hitch may keep some safety chains from reaching the vehicle. These are just things I noticed, but the quality of the hitch is tremendous.
It’s heavy duty. I think it weighs as much as my equalizer hitch. I just got a new truck so we’ll see on a hitch height but on my old truck I wish I’d gotten the hitch with one height up so I had more adjustment and so it’s off hitting the ground. Oh well I tried guessing. I should of listened to the spirit. But a great heavy duty hitch.
Very strong hitch
This is a very functional and versatile hitch. Incidentally, the extended horizontal length allows me to drop my tailgate and not hit my trailer jack. The only theoretical downside is the increased torque on the receiver because of the horizontal extension inherent with the hitch design, as well as the massive weight. these issues do not seem to be functionally relevant however. Pintle may come in handy someday. I would buy again.
We love these hitches so much we’re replacing all we have in the fleet with the Gen-Y. Etrailer’s customer service is the reason we don’t shop anywhere else.
It's a great hitch. Fits our needs. Only negative thing I can say is the paint/coating rubbed off almost immediately after putting it to use so there's a rust ring around it where it meets the receiver.
WOW. That is pretty much the word that sums it up. WOW. Not only because it weighs roughly 60 pounds, but she is pretty to look at to boot. Aside from that - the construction on this thing in a monster. Overbuilt by Hercules to pull down a mountain kind of over built. Exactly how we expect anything truck related to be. You do not want failure at any point, ever. This takes your drop hitch to a whole new level. I have owned B&W and Bulletproof before - and while there is nothing wrong with them - I do not think I will ever use another brand again. This is as good as they come.
I used adjustable ball mount to haul a tow dolly and also carry a hitch haul with wood. It worked great.
Another great purchase with etrailer. Fastest shipping and the same price as the lowest competitor.
I just installed the Gen-Y and its way better than my last one (much more stout). I put it on a 2011 f350 with a leveling kit on 35s and Im defiantly glad that I got one with the 7 inch drop. Im also going to be putting it on a Kubota M-120 to pull a 12ft box scraper.
Arrived on time and as specified.
Tow hitch is 100% expensive but towing my trailers has been so smooth it’s defiantly good quality and worth what you pay , defiantly recommend buying a $10-$20 lock so nobody steals it off your truck though!
Bought this product from etrailer and was amazed at the high level of customer service and knowledge. The product arrived ahead of schedule and was packaged well. This product is made well and I’m glad it’s a product of the USA.
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