How to Select a Trailer Hitch
Match hitch class to the door sticker and the live card before you shop a heavier trailer than the vehicle can honestly tow.
Watch on YouTubeNeed a pintle hook mount for a two inch receiver in Canada? Start by confirming the truck or SUV already has a two inch Class 3 or heavier tube, then open CURT 48343. That two inch pintle hook mount path is for lunette-ring trailers and commercial-style pintle setups, not for everyday ball-coupler camping trailers. Confirm ratings on the live product card. Canada orders often ship free on qualifying baskets, so confirm the cart note before you check out.
Shopping a trailer hitch for a classic Jeep TJ Wrangler in Canada? Start with the door-sticker year on this short-wheelbase Jeep, then open CURT 13408. That Class 3 hitch uses a two inch receiver for listed one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven through two thousand six TJ and Wrangler years on the live card. Utility trailers, light off-road gear, and cargo carriers are the usual ask when the Jeep sticker agrees. Confirm ratings on the live product card. Canada orders often ship free on qualifying baskets, so confirm the cart note before you check out.
All four videos are from the official CURT YouTube channel (@curtmfg). Use them for class selection, install habits, wiring basics, and ball-mount height before you dig into the product cards below.
If an embed does not load, use the YouTube link under the card. Pintle-mount shoppers still need a two inch receiver and a clear plan for hook versus ball coupler.
Match hitch class to the door sticker and the live card before you shop a heavier trailer than the vehicle can honestly tow.
Watch on YouTubeConfirm the live card still lists your year and configuration. Shared sheets are easy to mix up when sibling badges sit nearby.
Watch on YouTubePlan lights after the hitch. A four-flat or seven-way still needs a clean ground before the first night tow.
Watch on YouTubeMatch shank size to the live tube, then level the trailer with rise versus drop once the hitch is on.
Watch on YouTubeA pintle hook and lunette ring replace the ball and coupler on heavier or commercial trailers. The mount is the shank and face plate that hold the pintle hook in a two inch receiver. It is not a hitch cover, not a silent pin, and not a ball mount for a standard coupler.
If your trailer uses a ball coupler, stay on ball-mount hardware. If the trailer eye is a lunette ring, a pintle hook on a rated mount is the honest path. Read the live capacity on every card. Your tow vehicle door sticker still sets the ceiling.
These mounts need a two inch receiver. Measure before you open a card.
Open 48343 or 48328 for the mount, then pair a hook and lunette ring that still list the same duty on live cards.
Use the adjustable mount positions on 48328 when the trailer sits high or low on the lot.
Use a rated hitch pin and keep safety chains crossed under the tongue the same way you would with a ball mount.
Two inch pintle mount path on the live card.
Adjustable two inch pintle mount when leveling matters.
Heavy hook and lunette ring are trailer-side and hook-side parts.
Parts-counter summary: pintle mount shoppers confirm a two inch receiver, start with live CURT 48343 or adjustable 48328, pair a hook and lunette ring that still match on live cards, and stay on ball-mount hardware when the trailer uses a ball coupler.