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Question: If the bolt selected for a "standard" application (bolting two stationary pieces together such as the hitches here...) is of a proper size, and properly torqued that would mean that the opposing forces from each side of the joint would never exceed the preload. I'm straining my brain...

Yes, on the gooseneck the ball mount sits directly on a frame, but then that "lower frame" does not sit on the truck frame, it bolts to the outside of the truck frame, so the bolts are horizontal. Those are always in shear no matter what you do. But there again, they're bigger. I guess that's...

I didn't measure them all, but I'm pretty confident that every bolt we looked at was a half inch bolt. I see a lot of bolts in the course of a day, I'm fairly confident in that. EDIT- The gooseneck hitch does use larger bolts. But the lower frame is good for 20,000 lbs, and the bolts (and the...

FWIW: I just barely installed a two inch on a new (to me) F-250. The hitch is rated for 15,000 pounds. (The truck, not quite so much so...) But the 15,000 pound hitch came with grade five bolts. I thought this odd, and discussed it with the fellow for a minute. (He runs a trailer sales...