[Sirrotica]

I was in Walmart the other day and they sell Reese hitches, looked at the country of origin and guess where they are made?......................

Same as many other name brands that for the sake of a dollar they're made in China. Reese was a trusted name in trailer hitches, but I'll be looking elsewhere for hitch products for my own vehicle from now on.

I'd be curious as to what their (Reese) opinion is of why the hitch broke.

And one more thing about 5th wheels and using your bed, mine have an inverted 5th wheel and the only thing in the bed is a 2 inch pin the fifth wheel is on the trailer so the bed is fully usable. They also make a pin that will recess flat into the bed when not in use, so there is a way to haul with a 5th wheel and still use the bed fully. You just have to mount the 5th wheel to the trailer.

Here's an article on how a guy changed over his camper to an inverted 5th wheel and a picture of the pin in the bed: http://rvtravel.com/blog/jerry/label...l%20hitch.html

[60man]

This baby is made in the USA....if you blow up pic 2 you can read label..
Been toating a 9K loaded trailer around for 10 years now..now cheap steel here..damn thing weighs about 25 lbs or so..

[GT182]

I've got 2 Reese 2" ball mounts like that and never have had a problem with them. Had them for 15 years.