Raw, heat-treated hitch ball from B&W has a 1-1/4" diameter x 2-1/2" long shank with 12 threads per inch. Built-in rise lets you match ball to your trailer's height. Designed for heavy-duty towing.
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Today we're going to take a look at the BMW two and five sixteenth hitch ball with the one inch rise. This is in a raw finish, has a 24,000 lbs weight capacity. This hitch ball will provide a connection point for your trailer's coupler, this built in rise right here will let it easily match the ball to your trailer height. The trailer ball will sit about an extra inch above the ball mount platform, the threads on the shank itself are twelve threads per inch, which will provide a tight, strong grip. It is made of a heat treated steel, which is very durable, has a nice raw finish to it. It does include the lock, washer, and the nut.
This part is made in the USA. A few specs on this, and they are stamped on the top of the ball also. The ball diameter itself is two and five sixteenths, the weight capacity is 24,000 lbs, and again we mentioned, I'm just going to put a ruler on it just to give you an idea of the rise, which is this portion right here. This is going to be right at one inch rise, and then on the shank itself, the total length of the shank is going to right at two and a half inches, and the diameter is going to be right at one and a quarter inches. When you go to install it, you should drop this into the hole on the ball mount, put your lock washer on, take your nut, go ahead and screw that on, and then just tighten that down to the correct torque specs for the application. That should do it for the review of the BMW two and five sixteenth hitch ball with the one inch rise and a raw finish, and a 24,000 lbs weight capacity.
Average Customer Rating: 4.9 out of 5 stars (423 Customer Reviews)
Raw, heat-treated hitch ball from B&W has a 1-1/4" diameter x 2-1/2" long shank with 12 threads per inch. Built-in rise lets you match ball to your trailer's height. Designed for heavy-duty towing.Its a good quality ball, threads were smoother than the curt and drawtite balls,
Price and shipping as always great with etrailer. good rating. The extra inch part looks good and strong. Im new to the B&W name, after buying some of their products i will only be buying that name brand, and its made in the USA.
Pro and cons imo
IT needs flats on ball base part where you can put a wrench/adjustable on. Doesn't need much, this would keep you from using a pipe wrench to hold ball while you tighten the nut.
Ball needs to be anodized to keep it from rusting. The B&W ball mounts has a high quality black powder coating. Yea the ball itself will rust no mater what when used, but the rest would be protected.
Hope my review helps
Rob
The customer service was very good.And the service was great.
Excellent quality. We tow almost all weekends, reliable with no issues.
Work like a charm
Impressive piece of steel, top quality. Just started using it, absolutely no issues. Uses a 1-7/8" bolt and tightened up without issue. B&W recommends spraying it with white lithium grease for corrosion prevention. With a 24,000 lbs. rating it's definitely not going to be the weak link in your towing setup.
They had the product that I wanted/needed & it arrived faster than expected. Great effort!!
really nice looking and work really good. nice to have that much wieght caring abililty.
Exactly what I needed to level my camper rig in tow
ordered and was given a time of delivery----they exceeded time by delivery early--It was a very good experience!!
Worth the money. Best in class.
GREAT QUALITY!
Quality material
Has been a great hitch for the custom gooseneck plate I made for my semi toy hauler set up. Highly recommend to anyone needing something like this. The 1” raise was a huge help with clearance between my plate and the hitch when going big dips and transitions.
Really good quality, harden . Been using it on gooseneck trailer carrying 30,000 lbs forklift. No wear so far , grease it every 3 months .
Very well made gooseneck ball and I was very happy to see that it was made in America
The B&W 2 5/16" ball is of a high quality build, just what I would expect. My only concern is that the base of the ball has no flat grab sides for a wrench to hold it still while the nut is being tightened. Once I got it as tight as I could, both the nut, shank and ball rotated as one. I did not want to use a pipe wrench to hold the base of the ball and gouge tool marks into the metal and finish. Something with this much weight rating, I think, should be able to be tightened down to a recommended torque spec, which was absent from the mounting instructions. I tightened it as much as I could and put a torque stripe along the mount, nut and threads... So far, it has not moved. Other than that, I think its great.
Great price for this very high quality hitch ball. B&W can’t be beat!
Just what I needed
s a full tim RVer, I've had the hitch now for about 14 months and have to say with the exception of it not coming apart on me, I'm pretty disappointed with the condition. Ive got about 10k plus miles on it. See attached photos. Its very noisy. It likes to slam forward and aft. They put pucks on the side to side but not forward to aft. The paint almost immediately started to flake with in one month of use and continued to..to-date. The bolt holding the yoke preventing forward and aft movement sherred with only 80 inch lbs of torque...twice. the factory and the replacement they sent me. Finally I had to upgrade the bolt to a harder bolt to alow me to get to the required torque of 100 inch pounds. The bolt has to be torqued every trip. Long trips...every day. The design distributes the load on the flat bed and bends bends the bed. Unfortunately, there is not much out there to choose from so its give and take. Its done the job but would like to see it hold up better and see some design changes. I just ordered a new base today so we will see how it does.
I received exactly what I was supposed to in the time frame that was givin. I will use this company in the future for my trailer hitch needs.
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