Motorhome Trailer Hitch Kit

One of the most popular additions to anyone’s racing artillery has been the use of a motorhome. In regards to race track comfort, there is no substitute. However, towing a race car trailer with a motorhome is another story altogether. They simply were never designed to handle thousands of pounds of trailer and tongue weight.

DRC has been fabricating and installing heavy-duty trailer hitches on motorhomes for years, hitches designed to handle large enclosed trailers. Our system first replaces the light-weight hitch which comes standard on most motorhomes. The new hitch is manufactured from heavy-wall steel tubing and utilizes the same 2-inch square receiver bar generally used, but also includes bushings to alleviate hitch pin elongation, which is a common problem. But then we tie the hitch back into the original chassis of the motorhome, in some cases extending the hitch all the way back to the rear end assembly.

In some cases, the attachment point of the stock hitch is connected to frame extensions which have been added to the frame simply as a method of holding up the back of the motorhome body. It’s for this reason that manufacturers attach very light (by enclosed car trailer standards) tongue and trailer weight ratings. The new hitch we install ties the whole rear frame assembly together for increased strength. The downside to this all is it needed to be installed at our facility in central Pennsylvania. If you happen to live within reasonable driving distance, this is not a problem, but we did get calls from all over the United States with people wanting to purchase some form of a kit. We listened!     

We have recently made available a universal Motorhome Trailer Hitch Kit. The Kit uses the very same materials and design to allow a customer to install a hitch and frame supports on their own motorhome. There is one forewarning though: This Kit requires a fair amount of fabrication and welding expertise. However, it’s supplied with all the material necessary to install a heavy-duty trailer hitch and supports to most gas- and diesel-powered motorhomes. It comes standard with a 2-inch receiver bar which is pretty much the standard of the industry, but it is available optionally with the larger 2-1/2-inch receiver bar.

The Kit is supplied with the center hitch and receiver bar section welded together, but long enough to accommodate the various frame widths. Two side plates are included to attach the center section to the chassis. Two bent lengths of tubing are supplied to tie the hitch to the chassis and are long enough to cut to fit, a smaller section of tubing is sullied for gusseting. A set of generic blueprints as to how we install a hitch are also included, but it is here where it requires a bit of common sense and fabrication to fit it up to the wide range of motorhome chassis and body configurations.

For more information, check out our Motorhome Hitches page (http://www.drcraceproducts.com/motorhome.html), or call us at 570-658-3515.