[stephen b. roth]

Hi
I Just received my F 350 Super Duty Today and it is incrediable. I do have a quick question I bought a 2.5 to 2.0 Reduction sleave for my Hitch. It seems a little sloppy when I tried it on the truck. My feeling is it will lock in tighter when weight is put on the hitch. Am I correct in assuming this. Any Answers will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Steve

 

[Stroking it]

I like most are not fans of this reduction sleeves. Why not just buy the correct hitch for the receiver. You can byt any ball size you want but I would like the extra capacity of a 2 1/2 hitch over a 2

 

[Ks5shooter]

Your super duty is a 3in draw and comes with a 2.5 reducer.

 

[Greg03PSD]

What Ks5shooter said - your F-350 probably has a 3" receiver. My 2020 has a 3" receiver and it came with a 3" to 2.5" reducer under the back seat. To go to 2" would require the second reducer. I did not want to use 2 reducers in order to use the drawbars I already had, so I bought a new 2.5" shank for my weight distributing hitch and use it with the 3" to 2.5" reducer and there is very little slop in the hitch. Could not find a 3" shank for the weight distributing setup so that's why I went with the 2.5" with the reducer.

 

[1997VAstroker]

Thanks Greg
You have given the best real life description of what i was thinking was going to have to happen. When or if my dad's new truck ever comes in.
Time to buy new hitch!

 

[Greg03PSD]

There are adjustable drop hitches available for 3" receivers that do not require a reducer. I also bought a 3" Weigh-Safe aluminum drop hitch with changeable 2" and 2-5/16" balls. This does not require a reducer at all.

Example:
Weigh Safe 2-Ball Mount w/ Built-In Scale - 3" Hitch - 8" Drop, 8" Rise - 21K Weigh Safe Trailer Hitch Ball Mount WS8-3

I have not yet found a 3" weight distributing hitch shank. There are 2.5" shanks available, but they require 1 reducer. I tried to find the shank I have as an example (Reese part #54977), but it looks like it has been discontinued. The shank I used with my previous F-250 was 2", but that truck was lifted 6" and required a much bigger drop to tow the trailer level. It still would have worked but I would have risked dragging it on the ground and would have had to use both reducers. As it is now, the 2.5" shank I have works great with a single reducer. There is a little bit of movement, but it is only just barely noticeable when first accelerating from a stop or when slowing down quickly.

If you have to use a 2" hitch, you could weld the 2 reducers together to take out some of the slop.

 

[Stroking it]

My hitch in my truck has some slop in it I can only imagine how much m ore slop there would be with a reducer.

 

[stephen b. roth]

Hi
I appoligize for not getting back sooner needless to say I have been getting my truck together with the items I need as far as the hitch is concerned I found a 3.0 to 2.5 inch reducer and then put a 2.5 to 2 inch reducer in that, ran the hitch locking through the 3 inch through the two reducers throught the hitch and reducers on the other side, pulled a 30 ft camper from PA to North Dakota(to visit my great grandkids) without any problems. The slop was minor. Anyway I wanted to say thanks again to all the replys I got

 

[stephen b. roth]

P.S. I will have to change the 2011 to a 2022.