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Re: Trailer hitch for a 1955-59 3100 4x4
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Originally Posted by dsraven
if you start off with a hitch that has roughly the correct width for your frame, wider would be better, and it has roughly the correct drop from the frame, and it has the frame brackets with the cut out for the square tube cross piece to slip through and weld, similar to the one G&R has n his pics, then those welds can be ground off so you have the brackets loose on the cross bar. then mount it to the frame, center the cross bar tube so the receiver is centered, and weld the ends to the cross bar again. remove it, paint it, bolt it back up and you're done
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A 56 3100 frame makes that a lot easier than what we with 47/55.1 3100's have. You should have 34 inches outside to outside on the rails Here is more frame measurement info than you might want. Some jacked from a 2008 thread.
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