Comments on: Curt After-market Trailer Hitches

By: Admin (Jason)

Admin (Jason) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:12:04 +0000

Brian – You bet. A trailer hitch company I used to work with all the time back in my dealer days sold Curt hitches almost exclusively. They’re a good yet inexpensive hitch manufacturer.

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:35:03 +0000

I was checking out their website. They look pretty nice. I want to put a hitch on my Sienna (which has predrilled holes) and the do-it-yourself idea really resonates with me. Has anyone ever heard of any problems with Curt hitches? Thanks for this article, Jason. Before this I had never even heard of Curt before.

By: TXTee

TXTee — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:38:21 +0000

I’ve never towed with the truck yet but at least the hitch is there. I can’t wait to put a U-haul behind it and do a one-way trip back home….

By: Admin (Jason)

Admin (Jason) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:34:00 +0000

mk – You know an old sailor like Mickey probably has the coolest damn boat in the world!

By: mk

mk — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:13:33 +0000

Must be a very nice boat/motor weighing 3,000lbs? My 17′ foot aluminum fishing boat, trailer, and 40hp Mercury outboard probably only weigh 1500lbs. maximum and about 2,000lbs. maximum pulling 3 ATV’s with trailer. Tundra does not even break a sweat, but I do use tow/haul mode to keep the tranny from kicking in and out of 6th gear and keep it in 5th gear longer. Tow/haul mode seems to work great and actually works even towing 2,000lbs. I agree with Jason, would not want to push over 8,000lbs. towing a large camper, etc., safely.

By: Mickey

Mickey — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:18:21 +0000

I only tow a boat about 3,000lbs max. So I would never know what my truck can do. It’s okay by me. I use it for what I got it for.

By: Admin (Jason)

Admin (Jason) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:12:57 +0000

mk- Good eye! That IS an old photo. I’ve added a note. Also, the truck is rated to pull 10,000 lbs safely but you’ve read here that 80% of max seems like a prudent load. I’ve pulled a 10k lbs racecar trailer off the hitch in the past with a diesel F250 and it did just fine…but the back end was definitely loaded up and the front-end didn’t feel all that tied down. Can’t imagine it would be much different in a half ton.

By: mk

mk — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:49:50 +0000

Maybe that is why all the farm and fleet stores in WI and other states switched from Valley Industries to Curt? I never had a problem with Valley receiver hitches and ball mounts, etc., but there must have been a reason for the switch to Curt from Valley. Not to be picky, but the picture of the receiver hitch is not a 2010 current Tundra but a 2007-2009 Tundra. The reason I can tell is the wiring harness is the old design that hangs down more and not more side to side like on my 2010 tundra. I wonder has anyone ever towed close to 10,000 lbs. with the stock Class IV receiver hitch on their tundras and what it did to the suspension without added lift and support? I bet towing anything over 7,000 lbs. would surely sag the back end a lot and raise the front end up way too much to be safe to drive without doing some modifications to the stock suspension or am I wrong?