Competition What do you think of this pulling hitch?

[GOT-Torque]

Curious what everyone thinks of this. Purchased from Enterprise Engine Performance



I am a little concerned about the fact that all of the force put on the ring is only held to the main portion of the hitch by those two little 1/4" thick flat iron pieces.



Also, the hitch design itself puts the hooking point back pretty far compared to others I've seen? I suppose I can just run it a little higher to compensate for the extended length?



Opinions?

 

[getblown5.9]

what do they charge for something like that?

im building my own now, wondering if i am really saving money this way

 

[GOT-Torque]

If you have the time, you would be saving money. I planned on building my own as well, but with all the work I needed to do in the next few months I ended up buying this one. I'll PM the price to ya.

 

[jwilliams3]

Looks plenty stout but yeah it sits a little far back. Good hitch for those starting out or mid level. I wouldnt worry unless your down to splitting hairs with your truck.

 

[JerrodGlover]

How about a picture from the top so we can see how its put together. Also got a tape to show some scale?

 

[PSU-CE]

Enterprise has put out more than a few good pulling trucks, I'm sure they know it will hold.

 

[Nate]

$165.



It's not crazy, but a guy could buy one for ~$75.

what do they charge for something like that?



im building my own now, wondering if i am really saving money this way

 

[JFlagg]

You could build it for about 30 bucks though, as long as you have a welder. The clevis is the expensive part, about 30 bucks at a farm supply store...

 

[Tcolesanti]

Looks plenty stout but yeah it sits a little far back. Good hitch for those starting out or mid level. I wouldnt worry unless your down to splitting hairs with your truck.

So, your saying some of us "split hairs"?????:-laf :-laf :-laf

 

[Nate]

No way you could do that for $30 unless you had all the steel on hand.



I figured $75 buying all the steel. Sure I have stuff on hand, but I did pay for that at some point so it wasn't free.

You could build it for about 30 bucks though, as long as you have a welder. The clevis is the expensive part, about 30 bucks at a farm supply store...

 

[jwilliams3]

So, your saying some of us "split hairs"?????:-laf :-laf :-laf

Some of us are at that point... .

 

[Rebel Ram]

I am not a competitive puller since I broke my truck on my first try. But I built a couple of these to see if they would interest anyone.

 

[Nate]

The problem with that is going straight out from the hitch would put alot of people over 26". My hitch is like 28" from the ground.

 

[Rebel Ram]

I just wonder why it is that some pulling and racing truck have super nice engine parts and other components only to have nasty ***** fabrication work on other areas. If an adjustable style of this were made would there be interest?

 

[Tcolesanti]

"Beat to fit, grind to flush paint to match" right? -Tom

 

[y-knot]

The pulling head looks very stout, and should not be a concern. But what you need to address now is the actual hitch, the cheap class IV hitch that came stock on these trucks are known to be rather week and the older ones are well worn and pass due for replacement. Look for a ClassV hitch and install it right.

 

[KevinH]

the hitch i bought from EEP last year was alot different that that one. it was 2 pieces of 3/8 plate steel bolted together and had like five holes in it so you could move it up and down. the bolts were 3/4in and it used the tensile strength of the bolts and not the shear strengh like the one in your pic

 

[Nate]

Hmm, my truck only had a Class III from the factory.



Really in theory your probably overloading a Class V too. The sled I pull weights around 15,000 from what I've been told. Class V is only good to 10,000lbs.

The pulling head looks very stout, and should not be a concern. But what you need to address now is the actual hitch, the cheap class IV hitch that came stock on these trucks are known to be rather week and the older ones are well worn and pass due for replacement. Look for a ClassV hitch and install it right.

 

[fest3er]

Hmm, my truck only had a Class III from the factory.



Really in theory your probably overloading a Class V too. The sled I pull weights around 15,000 from what I've been told. Class V is only good to 10,000lbs.

One thing to remember. The Class III/IV/V limits are based on over-the-road operation. They're intended to withstand a large amount of dynamic forces for a long period of time. Figure, for instance, you tow a 10,000 lb. trailer for 50,000 miles. Figure you average 40 MPH (average speed while in motion) over that time. That's 1250 hours of dynamic operation. Now figure one minute per pull with a 15,000# sled. And we'll derate the hitch 75%. That's over 1 million hooks to the sled. If you were to pull every day for six months each year, that's around 6,000 years. 40,000# sled? We'll derate the hitch 95%. That still figures to over 1,000 years. Not even [genuflecting] Sled Puller could pull that much.



I think it's safe to say that any decent hitch well made of heavy, good steel will hold up for 500 hooks or so: at 2 hooks per weekend for six months each year, that works out to around 10 years of pulling. That might be stretching the life of the steel a little, but then it might not be. Receivers, on the other hand, probably don't last that long; if you used a good class V receiver solely for sled pulling, you might get 3-4 years out of it, given a average puller's seasonal schedule.



And a silly, weak tongue twister. How many sleds would Sled Puller pull if Sled Puller could still pull sleds?

 

[DRadzierez]

One thing to remember. The Class III/IV/V limits are based on over-the-road operation. They're intended to withstand a large amount of dynamic forces for a long period of time. Figure, for instance, you tow a 10,000 lb. trailer for 50,000 miles. Figure you average 40 MPH (average speed while in motion) over that time. That's 1250 hours of dynamic operation. Now figure one minute per pull with a 15,000# sled. And we'll derate the hitch 75%. That's over 1 million hooks to the sled. If you were to pull every day for six months each year, that's around 6,000 years. 40,000# sled? We'll derate the hitch 95%. That still figures to over 1,000 years. Not even [genuflecting] Sled Puller could pull that much.



I think it's safe to say that any decent hitch well made of heavy, good steel will hold up for 500 hooks or so: at 2 hooks per weekend for six months each year, that works out to around 10 years of pulling. That might be stretching the life of the steel a little, but then it might not be. Receivers, on the other hand, probably don't last that long; if you used a good class V receiver solely for sled pulling, you might get 3-4 years out of it, given a average puller's seasonal schedule.



And a silly, weak tongue twister. How many sleds would Sled Puller pull if Sled Puller could still pull sleds?

Not always the case. Michelle had a brand new hitch (class 5)at indy (on her burgandy and purple flames truck)and she ripped it off the truck. It was a reese and mounted properly with the enlosed hardware. We had to buy a stock dodge hitch off a truck in the parking lot to pull the next day.