One of the reasons I got the max was to tow vineyard trailers. We have one section of trees that requires a sharp turn and the steering axles on the trailers combined with long tongues and the skid steer means I can turn in one row width.
I got a free harbor freight 8’ trailer from a buddy the other day for yard chores so I welded a receiver to the hitch to easily switch from ball to Ag hitch and everything in between. The little trailer works great for brush, but yesterday I put about 500# of DG in it and the max2 hitch bent like it was wet spaghetti. Granted, my ranch guy did load it pretty tongue heavy. I never realized that while the hitch bracket innthese are very well integrated to the frame, the actual plate that ties the hitch to the bracket is a simple 1-4” bent plate. Has anyone reinforced theirs to allow for a reasonable amount of tongue weight. You definitely couldn’t get 10-15% of the towing capacity on the tongue with how it is.
I won’t load the tongue up super heavy ever, and most of our trailers are tandem axles or steering, but I don’t want to jack it up if something accidentally happens either.
