Going to pick a hitch, what years work?

[MorganMcCann]

I'm going to look at a few junk yards around me for a ranger with a hitch. What year rangers can I pull a hitch from?
I've got a 99 off road edition.

 

[Captain Ledd]

http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=141054

Just a few posts down from this one, should give you a pretty good idea

 

[kimcrwbr1]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Reese-51032...Ford|Model:Ranger&hash=item5af361d9ce&vxp=mtr I prefer reese hitches but pretty much any class III hitch 1983-11

 

[kimcrwbr1]

Be sure and keep the nuts bolts and spacers

 

[kimcrwbr1]

See if you can snag a wire adaptor for the trailer lights also?

 

[MorganMcCann]

I've got the harness ghetto rigged from the previous owner, it is rigged up to the driver's side tail light.
What hitch's do I have to not drill for?
Also, would the larger tire size of the off road edition effect which hitches I can use due to the storage of the spare tire?

 

[kimcrwbr1]

Mine doesnt interfere with the spare do you have the stock bumper and spare or oversize? Mine just bolts under the bumper brackets using the same bolt holes no drilling.

 

[MorganMcCann]

Well, my spare tire doesn't fit in the hole completely, it is kinda diagonal.
So I'm assuming it is slightly larger.

 

[kimcrwbr1]

The only way to tell is mount the hitch I guess as long as you have the stock bumper.

 

[MorganMcCann]

It is the stock bumper but the idiot before me bent it up a little bit, but it is functional.