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I considered one of those, but the ball was far to high off the ground for use with any of my trailers. (I have Michelin 11.00R16 tires on the truck, which accounts for some of the height, but even with stock tires, the pintle hitch is still too high.)

Which is exactly why I wanted a frame mounted hitch, and chose one with longer surface which bears on the frame to distribute the load well across the frame (lighter rated hitches only bear on the frame for a little over a foot on each side). I did contact the manufacturer about whether is was...

As mentioned in my initial post, the whole point of my search was that I did not want to use a receiver which just bolts on to the rear cross member. I need a large drop from the receiver to get my ball to a reasonable height. That makes for a long lever arm putting a twisting moment on the rear...

Another minor addition: I added a brake controller to my truck. I chose a RedArc TowPro Elite. It will accept either 12 V or 24 V input while providing braking voltage appropriate for 12V trailer brakes. (Those of you with hybrid 12/24V systems, just make sure you are feeding it with the same...

Those are Michelin 10.00 R 16 XL tires. Larger than standard. They were on the truck when I bought it. They are a little "over the top" for my taste appearance-wise, but I've gotten used to them. I used my truck in the woods, so the extra ground clearance has proven handy. I understand that they...

Here is what I ended up doing. I took the Draw-Tite 41536 hitch noted in the previous post and had it modified by a welder (who has far greater welding skills than I do). He moved the receiver cross bar forward about 2.5" and up about 2.5 - 3" (dimensions are approximate). When using the trucks...

I ordered a Draw-Tite #41536 receiver hitch. It was the hitch with the least amount of drop I could find rated at 6000# towing weight / 600# tongue weight (10,000#/1000# with weight distribution hitch). It has noticeably beefier construction than the 3500# rated Draw-Tite/Rigid hitch noted in my...

Well, I finally found a couple of option for this. I'll describe the first one here. The second option, which required modifying an off the shelf receiver, appears in my next post, DRAW-TITE #75054 A local mechanic had a hitch from a 2000 Jeep Cherokee (not a Grand Cherokee) that had very...

As mentioned in my original post: I have 11.00x16 tires, it's likely I'll need a substantial drop from the receiver to get the right height for my 2" ball hitch trailers. I'm not interested in putting that kind of twisting moment on my rear crossmember when towing. This means either reinforcing...

I'm looking to add a 2" receiver hitch on my 1951 M37. I want to keep the stock pintle hitch. I've seen a few pictures of people who fabricated a receiver set up. I'm thinking of mounting a stock aftermarket receiver hitch sold for modern trucks. It seems the frame rail spacing is the same as...