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 YouTubeSway-Tab Ball Mount Tips (Canada)
Looking for practical sway-tab ball mount tips in Canada? Start by confirming your hitch already uses a two inch receiver and that tongue weight is honest for the trailer, then open CURT 45820. That sway-tab ball mount gives you a mounting tab for a sway control trailer ball on a two inch shank with a seven thousand five hundred pound rating on the live card. Three quarter inch rise or two inch drop helps level the trailer once the hitch is on. This page is about using the mount with weight-distribution and sway setups, not a second kit comparison essay. Confirm ratings on the live product card. Canada orders often ship free on qualifying baskets, so confirm the cart note before you check out.
Parts-counter shortcut.
A sway-tab mount does not invent a higher tow rating. Read the door sticker, the hitch card, and the mount card. For kit install notes open
hitch sway control kit tips.
For shank choice with weight distribution open
weight distribution shank tips.
Broader Canada help also lives in our
sway control guide
and
do I need a sway bar.
Prefer the full index?
Open the towing guides hub.
Watch these CURT videos first
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. Sway-tab ball mount shoppers still need an honest tongue-weight plan and a clear sway-kit path before they treat a tabbed mount as a fix for every trailer shape.
Trailer Hitch Installation Techniques
Confirm the live card still lists your year and configuration. Shared sheets are easy to mix up when sibling badges sit nearby.
Watch on YouTubeHow to Connect a Trailer Wiring Harness
Plan lights after the hitch. A four-flat or seven-way still needs a clean ground before the first night tow.
Watch on YouTubeHow to Choose a Ball Mount and Trailer Ball
Match shank size to the live tube, then level the trailer with rise versus drop once the hitch is on.
Watch on YouTubeWhat this mount actually does
CURT 45820 is a sway-tab ball mount for trailers hitched to a two inch by two inch receiver tube. The live card lists a seven thousand five hundred pound capacity, a one inch hole for the trailer ball shank, and a mounting tab for a sway control trailer ball. Three quarter inch rise or two inch drop helps you level the trailer once the hitch height is known. The hollow shank can pair with an anti-rattle kit when that path still matches your receiver.
This mount is a hardware path for sway control and weight-distribution setups that expect a tabbed ball mount. It does not replace reading the hitch class, the vehicle door sticker, or the sway kit card. Lowest rating in the stack still wins. We are not inventing provincial legal cutoffs from a parts page.
CURT 45820 sway-tab mount
In-stock two inch shank ball mount with a sway control tab, three quarter inch rise or two inch drop, and a one inch trailer-ball hole on the live product path.
Open live 45820 product →Parts-counter note. Confirm the hitch tube is two inch before you cart. Pair with a live sway kit path when the trailer still needs that friction bar.
How to use it with WD and sway setups
Step 1Confirm the tow plan
Read the door sticker and hitch card first. A sway-tab mount does not raise capacity.
Step 2Match the two inch tube
45820 fits a two inch receiver. Do not force it into a one and one quarter inch Class 1 or Class 2 tube.
Step 3Set rise versus drop
Use three quarter inch rise or two inch drop to level the trailer after the hitch is on.
Step 4Add sway kit hardware honestly
Open the sway control kit tips page when you still need the friction bar and trailer ball path.
Mount path
45820 sway-tab mount
Two inch shank mount with a sway control tab on the live card.
- Seven thousand five hundred pound rating on the live product
- One inch hole for the trailer ball shank
- Hollow shank can pair with an anti-rattle kit when that path matches
WD and sway honesty
Companion pages
Use existing tips pages instead of reinventing kit essays here.
- Sway control kit tips for friction kit install
- WD shank tips for weight-distribution shank choice
- Do not duplicate the kit comparison page on this mount tips page
Capacity honesty
No invented cutoff
A sway-tab mount does not invent a legal tow limit.
- Lowest rating in the stack still wins
- Do not invent provincial cutoffs from a parts page
- Confirm hitch class and door sticker before you load
Related guides worth opening
Sway control kit tipsPractical kit install notes that pair with a tabbed mount
WD shank tipsWeight-distribution shank choice without duplicating this page
Sway control guideBroader Canada sway shopping notes
Towing guides hubFull Canada index of hitch guides and tips
Parts-counter summary: sway-tab ball mount shoppers confirm hitch class and tongue weight first, start with live CURT 45820 on a two inch receiver, set three quarter inch rise or two inch drop to level the trailer, and open the sway control kit tips or WD shank tips pages when the question is kit install or shank choice rather than this mount path.
