Let's see your pullin hitches!!!

question for yall fabracators would 2 inch square tubing with 1/4 in wall be plenty strong enough? i mean that is what recivers are made of right lol. i would use solid stock but i got tubing up at the shop and it wont cost me anything to use it
 
FIRST GEN. JAKE said:
question for yall fabracators would 2 inch square tubing with 1/4 in wall be plenty strong enough? i mean that is what recivers are made of right lol. i would use solid stock but i got tubing up at the shop and it wont cost me anything to use it
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Depends on how you are going to have it coming out of the receiver. If you are going to have a rise on it then no the tubing will not be strong enough. If it is coming straight out of the receiver then the tubing will be fine. All depends on how it is setup.
 
bubba2400 said:
Depends on how you are going to have it coming out of the receiver. If you are going to have a rise on it then no the tubing will not be strong enough. If it is coming straight out of the receiver then the tubing will be fine. All depends on how it is setup.
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im gunna have a rise in it but its guna be gusseted on both top and bottom and wont have a real high rise just maybe 6 inchs of adjustment
 
6 inches is getting to the point where it is border line. I have had them bend with hot rolled solid with an 8" rise. The gussets will help but I have seen tubing just tear from the stress since you only have 1/4" of material thickness.
 
i see. what if i built the vertical part from solid stock and the part that slides into the reciver from tubing?
 
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been sitting all winter. has a little dust on her.
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that looks almost exactly like how mine is. i think my back plate is a little thicker/longer but it looks like an exact twin. mine is rated for about 42K so its definatley plenty strong:rockwoot:
 
ok now that i have looked through 26 pages of over built hitches. where are the pictures of receivers slid in more toward the axle to get the best use out of these super hitches?
 
Here's mine set in, did the sled stops at the same time. I suggest a tailgate locking handle to keep the morons from opening your tailgate and having the tailgate bounce off the sled stops. :bang LOL

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Narrowed a hitch, bolted it to the frame by its brackets and it's welded to the end of the frame and to the sled stop receivers via the braces.

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I can take more pics if need be :1tooth:
 
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Now that is a pulling hitch setup!! Thanks now others can get a good idea! I got a duramax now and I'm in the process of samething, I don't know why they had to make the stock equipment all curved and weird!!
 
JDPlowboy said:
I don't know why they had to make the stock equipment all curved and weird!!
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LOL
But they sure do :D The Dooge bumper and hitch are together. The factory made it that the bumper needs the hitch to hang from the truck.
 
Well here is what I got slapped together this weekend


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Looking good. Are you going to be tackling the sled stops as well? A few people asked me if I was going to fit a roll pan on mine, I'm kind of liking the wide open, under the truck look :lolly: You have any plans for a pan?
 
Nah roll pans are for show trucks... Plus that 5 pounds or what ever a pan weighs needs to be hangin off the front ;-)


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