Bob,
I may give that a try, but they may not even make them anymore as that system has been discontinued. It looks like the newer trunnion knuckles are about $50.00 each and the head is about $130 at etrailer, $114 on Amazon,. So its pretty much a wash on price anyway if I could even find the old style knuckles. If I went with the new head I would have the beefier new trunnion knuckles on my 1200 lb bars, a brand new head without the old style trunnion retainers that you have to lift up while installing the bars, and getting a replacement bar in the future if necessary would not be such a PITA if I did not have a discontinued hitch head. I`m thinking that the new head would fit on my existing shank as the bolt holes are the same, 1.25" on center. Any thoughts on that? I would contact Reese or etrailer first to confirm. One other thing, the 1200 lb bars are about two inches longer then my old bars so I would have to loosen the ubolts and move the cam arms back that distance then align it again by doing the "drive straight for 100 feet" procedure with tension on the system and the ubolts loosened. This supposedly self aligns the cams. Then you retighten the ubolts. This is one advantage the old system has over the new one that is drilled in the frame. It allows generously for future adjustments. Of course the propane tank pan has been known to get in the way of the ubolts with this system, I have raised mine up with longer bolts and washers for spacers.
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