Last summer I decided to put a class 3 receiver on my '82 K250...I had gotten 2 very nice tubular ones off 2 later model Dodge trucks that a friend was going to scrap--I figured the brackets could be swapped around to fit my frame,as most of them are somewhat "universal"--but they ended up not lining up with my trucks frame either way....bummmer---one was a nice Valley one rated at 10K GVW too..other one was slightly smaller tube and had a 7000 LB rating...................................................................................My older brother said he had a receiver off a late 80's GM truck,so I swapped him for my two tubular ones,which would fit his '2002 2500 HD 4x4...but when I got it home and went to install it,it too,was wider than my frame rails!..I think it came off an '88 or newer cab truck...not to be discouraged,I fabbed up some peices of channel iron to bolt to the truck frame holes ,that would let me bolt the reciver up.............looks kind of crude,but its very strong and probably more beefy than it would have been if it were a "direct fit".....................................................................................................After all that work,I havent towed a dam thing with it YET!....but if I hadn't put the receiver on it,I am pretty sure I would have bent the drivers side frame rail or cracked it,when I backed the truck into a utility pole going 15 mph in reverse while plowing last year--(trying to avoid getting buried in a snowbank I was sucked into while backing up!)--it hit it hard,then glanced off it, as the truck slid sideways,it bent my 6" channel iron rear bumper and the brackets in so far it now touches the drivers side stepside fender...and it mangled my license plate,the bracket for it,and the tailight was smashed to hell--(fender now has a lovely imprint of the pole in it 4" deep!
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...but if not for the receiver hitch and the extra steel I bolted to the frame rails,I'm betting the truck would have been totaled,it saved it from folding up.....................................................................................................I may never tow with it,but I can always use it for a winch mount,recovery hook point,and I've been thinking about making my truck bed crane fit into the receiver so it can be used and taken off easily when needed...............its nice to have a trailer hitch "just in case" you need it....I haven't wired up any trailer wiring yet,but I did snag a "T" splice thing you plug into the stock harness at the flea market new in the box for 5 bucks if I need trailer lights...
