I’ve towed a lot of trailers throughout the years. I can’t differentiate how many were “bumper pull”, gooseneck, or fifth wheel, but let’s just say, I thought I had seen it all when it came to hitches. However, I recently found out about a product from Safe Towing Systems that completely caught me off guard. Check out the Safety Hitch System.
Many trailers that are being towed actually weigh almost twice as much as the vehicle towing it. Although vehicle manufacturers are constantly building better trucks, safety still needs to be a huge concern. Let’s face it, brakes are a mechanical item and can fail at any time, and when they are working, how adequate are they with a heavy load in tow?
But what is the Automated Towing Hitch and what makes it safer? According to Joe Jamieson of Safe Towing Systems Inc., “The Automated Safety Hitch is much more than a hitch. It is a system designed to eliminate the shortcomings of towing trailers from within the back of pickup trucks and a smarter option for owners of long-bed trucks, short-bed trucks, lifted trucks, and SUVs to pull the safer and more stable fifth wheel and gooseneck trailers instead of bumper pull trailers. The Automated Safety Hitch System is not a trailer. It is classified as a lift or drop axle that better distributes the load of the trailer.”
While the system looks complicated to hook, the video below shows how easy it is to make the connection. Simply back up to the trailer, attach the two safety chains, pull forward a few feet, press a switch and the trailer automatically attaches to the tow vehicle.
The Automated Safety Hitch System is designed to enable you to safely handle the loaded trailer and stop more easily with all of that weight behind the tow vehicle. This is accomplished by removing most of the trailer’s pin weight off of the frame of the vehicle and placing that pin weight slightly in front of the steerable axle on the Safety Hitch that is connected to the vehicle. The hitch contains 75-percent of the braking capacity of a one-ton truck.
The Automated Safety Hitch System is mounted rigidly to the truck, so it also effectively lengthens the vehicle’s wheelbase while pulling the trailer. It automatically integrates the vehicle’s brakes, the hydraulic disc brakes of the Automated Safety Hitch System, and the trailer’s brakes. The Automated Safety Hitch System brakes are adjusted by your vehicle’s…
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