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Originally Posted by Bill
Are you able to visit a Harbor Freight and look at one? The HF listing says that this hitch was built by Haulmaster Trailers, and there is / was a company called Haulmaster in Elkhart, Indiana (RV Capital of the World!) I'm unable to find a current link for them, and manufacturing facility at that address is now occupied by a trailer manufacturer called Team Spirit Trailers. Big manufacturing building, big storage lot outside, a common sight in Elkhart. As you may know, a large number of trailer and RV manufacturers in Elkhart have gone out of business in the past couple years, as the TV market crashed. Perhaps Haulmaster was a victim, and was bought by Team Spirit.
Or as Wayne says, the Haulmaster name may be a cheap Chinese knockoff, which raises the same flag with me that it does with him.
Bill
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Maybe these pics might help clear that up.
The jacks that I bought from HF were "Haul-Master". I'm not too concerned about them handling the job however because they are not a safety issue and they will never see over 25% of their rated capacity, less then 10% on most occasions.
Funny thing is........even if it didn't say "Made in China", the cardboard was a dead giveaway. What is it with Chinese cardboard? It's all the same too.......