Good trailer Hitch Receiver?

[Encinoman45]

Can anyone recommend a good quality trailer hitch receiver for my 1987 with step bumper? I'm looking for good quality, easy, no drill installation. It just has a bumper hitch on it now. Anyone have a guess on the tongue rating it currently has with this bumper?

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[SDJunkMan]

They are usually rated around 4000-5000 pounds

 

[CSFJ]

They are usually rated around 4000-5000 pounds

maybe for tow weight, the tongue weight I would figure at closer to 500 lbs.

 

[Honky Kong jr]

Probably 400 tongue and 4000 trailer should say on the plate where the ball attaches

 

[Encinoman45]

The weight sticker is mostly gone, but I was actually able to make out the tongue rating of 800 lbs. Made by FEY. This rating is a lot higher than I expected. It might be ok for my needs after all.

 

[Honky Kong jr]

The weight sticker is mostly gone, but I was actually able to make out the tongue rating of 800 lbs. Made by FEY. This rating is a lot higher than I expected. It might be ok for my needs after all.

I would think. That’s a pretty stout bumper then.

 

[CSFJ]

Odd that it would be a sticker, usually it's stamped to avoid the possibility of losing the info.

 

[Encinoman45]

I just did some googling and it looks like FEY is a non OEM Bumper with 800lb tongue weight and 8,000 trailer weight. I never expected it to have this high of a rating, so I think I'll just stick to this bumper hitch.

http://www.westinautomotive.com/fey-diamond-step-bumpers

 

[Honky Kong jr]

You do have to stay with in the realm of your brakes and tires though, that bumper would bolt to a 3/4 ton also. Just because you can doesn’t always mean you should.

 

[Honky Kong jr]

I just did some googling and it looks like FEY is a non OEM Bumper with 800lb tongue weight and 8,000 trailer weight. I never expected it to have this high of a rating, so I think I'll just stick to this bumper hitch.

http://www.westinautomotive.com/fey-diamond-step-bumpers

Hey @CSFJ did you just see what he did........ to you encinoman.

 

[CSFJ]

Hey @CSFJ did you just see what he did........ to you encinoman.

Lmao, we finally got one that knows how to use google search.

 

[Encinoman45]

Odd that it would be a sticker, usually it's stamped to avoid the possibility of losing the info.

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[CSFJ]

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Nice of them to put the sticker on ratings in the very place where it's sure to get destroyed, lol. At least the manufacturers name is legible.

 

[Encinoman45]

Nice of them to put the sticker on ratings in the very place where it's sure to get destroyed, lol. At least the manufacturers name is legible.

Yeah, at least I have just enough information to find out the specs on it. Thanks for all the help.

 

[75gmck25]

If your bumper hitch has the rating you need, I would not try adding a receiver hitch underneath. Even in the original GM documentation it has warnings about not being able to install the spare tire if you have certain receiver hitches. My spare barely fits up inside my receiver hitch, and its a real PIA to get the tire in and out, and keep it clear of the exhaust pipes.

Bruce