1-7/8 TRAILER BALL FAILED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHILE CARRYING SMALL LANDSCAPING TRAILER AND GOLF CART. ITEM WAS INSTALLED AND TORQUED CORRECTLY BUT WHILE UNDER LOAD SNAPPED MIDWAY DOWN THE SHANK CAUSING THE TRAILER TO DETACH FROM THE TOW VEHICLE, DESTROYING BOTH THE TRAILER AND GOLF CART. LOAD WAS FAR LESS THAN THE 2000LB MAXIMUM AS PER REESE. *TR