MAXTRAX Hitch 50 Recovery Point

The MAXTRAX Hitch 50 is a rear recovery point that slides into a standard 2-inch (50 mm) receiver and gives you a rated place to clip a soft shackle. It's machined from a single block of 6061 billet aluminum, then anodized so it shrugs off mud and salt without rusting like a steel hitch. The working load limit is 19,400 lb, and the destructive break load runs all the way to 97,003 lb.

The whole shape exists for one reason: soft shackles. A normal hitch or tow ball has sharp edges that saw into the UHMWPE rope under load. The Hitch 50 uses a large, constant-radius curved surface that spreads the load evenly, so your shackle lasts. It only accepts soft shackles by design — steel won't fit, which is the point. Keep steel out of a kinetic pull and there's far less mass to become a projectile if a link fails. The load face also lets you pull from off-angles, vertical or horizontal, so you don't have to re-rig when the recovery vehicle can't line up straight behind you.

This is a recovery point, not a tow hitch. It weighs 1.45 kg, fits any standard 2-inch receiver, and every unit ships with its own serial number after being individually x-rayed for internal flaws. A hitch pin and soft shackle are typically supplied separately.