Trailer Hooks don’t fit.....

NikoNiko said:
Same here they fit just fine. Some people just can not figure out how to get it in to the hole.
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It all depends on 2.5 or 3” hitch and the size of the hooks. The 2.5 has a smaller opening in front than the bottom. Coming from either the front or the back mine would not fit. The ones on the trailer had too shallow of a throat and the clips could not engage by about 4mm. Thicker hooks like the ones I purchased are too thick for the opening in the hitch. It’s not that people are dumb. The 2.5 really needs a hook that is on the thinner side with a large opening. The 3” just about anything fits.
 
Gingersnap155 said:
It all depends on 2.5 or 3” hitch and the size of the hooks. The 2.5 has a smaller opening in front than the bottom. Coming from either the front or the back mine would not fit. The ones on the trailer had too shallow of a throat and the clips could not engage by about 4mm. Thicker hooks like the ones I purchased are too thick for the opening in the hitch. It’s not that people are dumb. The 2.5 really needs a hook that is on the thinner side with a large opening. The 3” just about anything fits.
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Exactly. Or to put it another way, two objects cannot occupy the same space. It's that simple. We need flatter hooks with a wide opening which almost nobody makes. Ford engineers apparently didn't test a single hook design to find out what would or would not fit the 2.5" receiver. Sad! That engineer only had one simple job a blew it.
 
I've seen machined eye bolts installed on a f250 to just hook into instead of trying to clip into the hitch
 
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