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No Standardization There are no agencies to assign, test or enforce "Load
ratings" An inquiry to the D.O.T was answered with the statement that
" ......Each manufacturer sets their own load ratings....." The A.S.A.M.E. (American Society of Automotive Manufacturing
Engineers) recommends (but has no power to enforce) bending the hitch in a
calibrated press and the pressure to bend it is 300% of what it is to be rated
if it is a ball and 115% of its rating if it is a fifth wheel pin. (???) I suspect that some manufacturers only test the ball or pin and
apply that figure to the complete hitch. (Ask for documentation) In fact, the
test results for a ball or pin can be predicted with a calculator from the steel
specifications. (Steel specs. are standardized.)
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