NOTE: August 2022...I'm still trying to find lost pics of the hitch install.
pics? where are they??? i'm impatient!!!!!!!!!!
Gnaw on these whilst i go & make the other frame-bracket fit my truck....
Here's the little beaty that's getting innnnnnnnnnstalled today.....
AAAAAAAAAAAAAhaaaaa.... 1st prob.....errrrr....challenge...the frame brackets don't fit...it's hard to see in the photo, but the bracket doens't sit level with the frame..........where's my chop-saw & tape measure & Dr.Pepper from Sonic??????????
Prob.....errrr...challenge MET.......................modified bracket on left in pic....I removed the "tang" that did nothing but serve as a back-stop for other vehicle installations....
it's hard to see in this photo--the motorcycle jack is in the way....but the modded bracket is holdong the receiver level now......
O.K. I'm going back to modify the other bracket....then I'll use the motorcyle jack to hold everything in place whilst i mark the spots where the bolt holes need to be drilled.......
be back shortly....or a little longer......
O.K. I'm back 3pm.......the driver's side bracket is in place and wellllldedddd (couldn't do all the bolt holes...rear frame crossmember was in the way...anyhow--this is how it went....removed 4 screws from aluminum diamondplate to acces frame from bed....
thennnnnnnnn.....removed two planks to access top of bracket.........and welded top of bracket to frame 5"weld....
gotta go do the passenger's side...be back later.....................
O.K.......about 5pm.......the passengers side is did (but no pics since it was a repeat of driver's side)....the hitch is level & almost centered....LOL
here is a photograff of the whole thang ready to go....
well that was f-u-n..........i only had to take 4 breaks because of the meds.....