Tone style trailer hitch on Amazon

[vt_maverick]

Tom's hitch or the Dylan/Curt style are definitely stronger. I had the Tone model and the downward bend/flex was significant. Tom's hitch has no such bend, though if you carry serious weight back there (like a loaded hitch platform) you may want to consider air springs to prevent the "porpoising" and rear "low rider" effect.

[tom4bren]

twostep,

Good find. I hope the hitch works out for you.

My thoughts:

It does look remarkably similar to the old Tone hitch ... so it will have all the same limitations. It'll have plenty of draw strength but it will not have much strength for tongue weight. It'll be fine for light duty towing or a bike rack but you shouldn't load it down with a heavily loaded basket.

It looks like they spread it out further across the crossmember (which is good). That crossmember is fairly soft material and will deform if the hitch is used for heavy duty applications. I tweeked mine just by tightening the bolts too tight & further tweeked it when I tried to strap a tree stump. I don't think that I'd use the receiver as a snatch point for 4 wheeling.

It's hard to tell from the pix but it looks like the hitch is made from some fairly thin material. Tone's (& the Tone Clone) were made from pretty beefy angle iron similar to a lintel in brick constructed homes. Check it for deformation after you use the hitch a few times.