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The Curt receiver itself is a well made fabrication. The welds look good, and the mounting plate is a heavy ¼”. Despite having a couple chips from shipping, the finish is nice as well. It is my second choice over the factory receiver, but my g/f’s first choice since she paid for it J The DrawTite hitch with the drop bar is garbage. It does not bolt to the reinforced unibody rails, but rather the weaker center brace. I would never touch one. The Curt receiver bolts directly to the reinforced rails and brackets on the unibody, and is only second to the factory hitch because it does not also incorporate the center brace like the factory receiver does. This is likely the reason the tow rating is reduced from the vehicle max of 6000lbs to 5000lbs. The rating makes no difference to me as we only purchased this receiver to mount a Softride bike/ski rack. And we also won’t need any wiring. When I want to tow I use my F350, and save the X5 for haulin’ ass up to the slopes. However, that doesn’t mean that a future owner won’t try to hook a trailer up, so I want it to be right!
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I love it, Guy comes on here and makes a pretty good write up. In the process he trashes the Drawtite 3 pt hitch as garbage. Basically questions the sense of anyone who would choose one as not knowing as much as his life as a failed design expert. tells us he is doing it the right way.... Then tells us he is going to tow a bicycle and a ski rack.
sounds like the tallest horse in the mini horse Rodeo.
I have a drawtite 3 pt hitch. I saw the Curt when I bought mine and I wouldn't touch the curt, looked flimsy to me. Mine is rated to tow 6000 lbs out of the box. Yours is 5000 pounds. Granted you modified with bigger bolts. I've been towing heavy loads for the last 3 years with this hitch and truck, probably about 9000 miles of towing MC, ATVs, Gear. My drawtite 3 pt hitch/reciever looks like the day I bought it. I'm not saying the Curt is a bad receiver for what it is even with the bigger harder bolts.
Who died and left you the king of hitch knowledge. Oh I just noticed you have 2 posts. You may think you know everything about steel fabricated add ons but, you don't know a thing about easing into the community.
I'm the first one to admit the BMW reciever is a better set up than the Drawtite. But the Drwatite is no slouch