"Wheeled" Receiver Hitch Helps With Heavy Loads

"Wheeled" Receiver Hitch Helps With Heavy Loads HITCHES Hitches 30-1-18 "Whether you're hauling or pulling a heavy load - anything that makes the rear end squat down - this hitch helps keep your front end on the ground," says Bob Cremer, president of Hell-Ya Productions, who came up with the idea of putting a wheel on the hitch after pulling many loads of heavy machinery for farm implement dealerships with a 1/2-ton pickup. The wheel attachment slides on a 2-in. receiver hitch. "There's nothing like it on the market," says Dallas Henry, vice president, who helped Cremer create the hitch helper. It weighs 55 lbs. and works with any drop, clevis or ball hitch. It travels safely up to 65 mph. The tire will handle 900 lbs. "That's an awful lot of weight in back of a pickup," Henry says. "It takes the whip out of a bumper trailer. It's what I call the ætail wagging the dog effect' because you're about 4 ft. behind the axle when you're hitched up," he says. "But with this, when you're hitched up you're right over that tire and it can't hardly whip you." But Henry was surprised at how much it also helps smooth out the ride. "With a truck that's heavily laden on the rear, a lot of times when you hit a pothole or something, there's a æbucking' effect. You don't feel that once this hitch is installed." Sells for $649 plus S&H. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Hell-Ya Productions, Inc., 114 E 2nd. St., Miller, S. Dak. 57362 (ph 877 851-0096 or 605 853-0096; fax 605 853-0102; www.hell-ya.com).

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