anyone have experience with Hooke Road hitch?

Their website looks similar to the factory hitch though they rate their's as Class III...

Looking for a Class IV that doesn't cost $800 to $1200

 

There are plenty that are $300 or less.

https://www.reesehitches.com/75238-receiver-max-frame-draw-tite.html

I believe the Tacoma OEM factory hitch is Class IV also, even that costs less than $400 I believe.

 

Please let me know where I can get an OEM Class IV hitch for $400...I'm seeing silly prices...

Reese website doesn't show Gen 2 for that hitch

 

You should find your local buy/sell/trade thread here on Tacoma World and see if anyone has one for sale or for free. I had my 2nd gen hitch laying around for over a year before finally taking it to the dump's scrap metal area. People often put high clearance bumpers on and need to remove the hitch. I would have been happy to give it away for free.

 

except the thread police will not let me post a WTB until I meet their 50 post minimum... arggh!

 

Hooke Road is Chinese.

Factory hitches used are $50 all day anywhere.

 

The Buyers rule is at the bottom of the post. I believe only SELLERS need to have the 50 post minimum.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/buy-sell-trade-rules-rev-2019.2577/#post-19922

and I'm not suggesting starting your own thread, just post a looking for or WTB post in your local/active BST thread. What state you located?

 

I'm in NJ...got the error msg when attempting to post in the Buy/Sell/Trade forum.

 

Interesting. Didn't know they literally locked folks from posting. that must be relatively new. I've seen lots of folks post in our local BST thread that had like 5 posts. We usually just tell them to delete their for sale post before the mods see it.

 

I've been subscribed to TW since 2015 so this is more than annoying...not sure if my msgs complaining about it meet their criteria for being 'posts of substance'...

 

OK, that makes sense. Where I live in Washington state, we have an ongoing thread where people post their stuff for sale, so it's a pre-existing thread. There are nearly 2000 pages to this thread, and it's been going for years. If the North-East or New Jersey area has a thread like this, you could post there. It gets way more people seeing it too, since the threads can be pretty active.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/oregon-washington-craigslist-ads.244890/page-1995#post-29293642

 

I'll have a look, thx for the idea! Guess I can't start one though

 

dang you been member since 2015 lol

 

not active though... i average 600 posts a year. OP averages 2 posts per year.

 

I think I had 8 posts before I started this and if I wasn't towing a car on an open trailer I'd just get a Reese/Curt Class III... and if Toyota hadn't stopped putting a grab handle on the driver's side A Pillar I'd probably buy a new Taco/Tundra... I use a wheelchair so the grab handle has become an important part of my getting in/out of the vehicle...

 

Why would anybody need a class IV on a Tacoma?

 

So they can tow their 10,000lb trailer with 1,000lb tongue weight? lol

Agreed. The class 4 is WAY overkill for a Tacoma. But maybe it makes for a stronger rear "bumper"?

 

car on trailer weighs ~3000 pounds, Alum trailer is about 1400 pounds, tire rack on front of the trailer with four wheels/tires another ~200 pounds... so I'm about 4600 pounds which is a bit close to a Class III capacity... AND most of the Class III hitches I've seen say they cannot be mounted if a factory hitch has been mounted previously (no idea why or if it's bs)... been towing this way about 20 days a year since 2017 so not full time, Taco does fine though breathes heavy on the hills and I probably haven't done the rear diff any favors... but 193K miles on it and have only done one U joint, front wheel bearings, a trans cooler line, brakes a few times (fronts only, still original drums!), and regular fluids/maintenance etc... oh yea and I added AirLift bags to the rear because the rear leafs are tired...

 

Class III is 8000 / 800 tongue. It would be plenty for a Taco with it's 6500/650 rated capacity.

4600 is about what I'm usually towing. 16ft steel car trailer, plus utility quad and SxS. Now that I also haul the Scout camper around, I'm happy to have re-geared my truck from 3.73 to 4.56.