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05-14-2011, 10:41 PM
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Trailer hitch on CST
So, it's been annoying me that I have this huge rusted trailer hitch that you have to cut the license plate to fit it around. I got under there today thinking I only had to remove one big bolt and it would just slide out..but the more I got to looking it seems like it may be apart of the frame? Is this so? Or am I missing the grooves and the lines under all that rust to see where the hitch begins and the truck ends?
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05-14-2011, 10:47 PM
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: Trailer hitch on CST
pics would help since we don't know what kind of hitch set up you are talking about.
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05-14-2011, 10:56 PM
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Re: Trailer hitch on CST
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05-14-2011, 11:05 PM
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Re: Trailer hitch on CST
Dealer maybe but I don't think it was a factory option. I could be wrong.
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05-15-2011, 07:16 AM
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Re: Trailer hitch on CST
lots of trailer hitches were welded on back then// mostly by trailer supply places local garages etc not from the factory at GM tho
best is to cut it off and use for scrap, buy a good hitch bolt it up and b good to tow
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05-15-2011, 07:40 AM
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Re: Trailer hitch on CST
Yeah I had a trailer hitch that sounds like yours and was welded on the frame. I cut it off and got rid of that funky thing lol.
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05-15-2011, 12:37 PM
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Re: Trailer hitch on CST
Yeah it seems to be welded to the one support that needs to be removed in order to install an under the bed gas tank
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05-15-2011, 04:42 PM
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Re: Trailer hitch on CST
Here's what I came up with as far as pics.
      
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05-15-2011, 08:51 PM
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Re: Trailer hitch on CST
Looks like you have some cutting in your future.
Doesn't look like the strongest set-up anyway. Fairly light angle iron for the cross frames.
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05-17-2011, 11:30 PM
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Re: Trailer hitch on CST
That's ok. It only gives me more of a reason to cut out that support and to do an under cab fuel tank swap!
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