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Homemade Gooseneck Hitch - Safe?
Hi All -
We have a friend that will be pulling 5k - 12k horse trailers and he went the homemade hitch route.
I would just like to know if you all think it is safe-enough or not.
It uses a piece of 3/8ths c-channel with what looks like an 8" web spanning the frame rails. It is mounted to the frame rails with (2) grade 8 bolts drilled down through the channel and frame per side. The c-channel flanges were cut down a little bit where it meets the frame in order to fit under the bed.
The thing is that the bolts on each side are only about 4" apart.
Seems to me like there will be a lot of stress on those bolts being so close to the centerline of the ball. Is this set-up robust enough for pulling these loads?
The truck is a '99 F-250 gas 4door SWB.
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