Raw, heat-treated hitch ball from B&W has a 1-1/4" diameter x 3-1/4" 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 be taking a look at part number BWHB94003. This is the B and W two and five sixteenth inch hitch ball. The hitch ball is going to provide a good connection point for your trailers coupler. It's going to feature the built in rise. That's going to let you easily mesh the ball to your trailer height. The trailer hitch ball is going to sit about an extra inch above the ball mount platform.
This unit is going to feature a fine thread system about twelve threads per inch. It's going to provide a nice, tight, strong grip. It's made from a heat treated steel. It's very strong and durable. It has the raw steel finish.
You're going to get the hitch ball, the lock washer, as well as the nut. The product is made in the USA. The ball diameter on this unit is going to be two and five sixteenths of an inch and it's going to have a weight capacity of twenty-four thousand pounds. We'll take a look at some other dimensions real quick starting with the shank diameter. That's going to give us a measurement of an inch and a quarter. The shank length measuring from the bottom of the rise to the end of the threaded portion is going to measure three and one quarter of an inch.
The rise is going to give us a measurement of about one inch. Now this unit, when installing it, it's designed for a ball mount platform with a thickness of at least three eighths of an inch. Take a look at the overall length. Measuring from edge to edge, it's going to be about seven and one quarter of an inch and then from the top of the hitch ball to the bottom of the rise, it's going to measure about four inches. When installing this, this portion right here goes through the ball hole on the ball mount platform. Then, on the underside of the ball mount platform goes the lock washer, followed by the nut.
Then you will need to torque it down to the specifications listed by the manufacture to finish off the installation. That's going to do it for today's review of part number BWHB94003.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (282 Customer Reviews)
Raw, heat-treated hitch ball from B&W has a 1-1/4" diameter x 3-1/4" long shank with 12 threads per inch. Built-in rise lets you match ball to your trailer's height. Designed for heavy-duty towing.
The gooseneck hitch in my pickup was threaded to accept a ball. The threads were damaged beyond repair and this was the only ball I could find with a long enough shank to reach through my hitch plate and still have enough threads for a nut on the backside. Worked perfectly. Just what I needed! Ball is high quality and well made.
Great company ordered several items ,fast shipping and great on returns
Made in the USA with a great load rating. Very thin finish; mine arrived with rust spots.
use it on a ford tractor to pull a dump trailer works great never disappointed with anything i get at etrailer
Great hitch ball...... Actually the only I could find on line that would adapt to my Case tractor (needed a 3"+shank so the lock washer could be used with the nut) draw bar and could handle the weight with my dump trailer ....... 13 tons
Nicole R at etrailer.com went the extra mile to find this hard to find hitch ball with a long shank. The hitch ball is as specified.
The long shank worked great on my tractors drawbar for pulling a trailer in the field with a tractor.
GREAT QUALITY!
Shipping time, quality of product, and services... excellent.
VERY GOOD PRODUCT WOULD RECOMMEND TO AN YONE.
Very good service & shipping very good product,
Great quality
Product was delivered as described. Good packaging, and fast shipping.
Product was perfect!! Got it very quick!! Will definitely was again!!
Great product just what I wanted
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Well made and perfect fit, thanks etrailer for having the ball with correct shank diameter I needed and getting it shipped quickly. Was stuck not being able to get a trailer I purchased and couldn't find the 1 3/8 diameter shank anywhere but etrailer.
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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.
Rachael H - 06/23/2018Review from a similar Heat-Treated Hitch Ball in Trailer Hitch Ball
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.
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Looked everywhere for a certain size ball for a gooseneck, even on Amazon. Found it here. Good prices and speedy delivery.
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3" Ball is just what I needed bolted right on. easy to order and fast shipping
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