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Re: Trailer hitch for a 1955-59 3100 4x4
That Reese 37042 is rated at 5000 gross trailer weight with 500 lb tongue weight.
5000 lbs is probably all the gross trailer weight you want to pull with a 3100 anyhow. More than that and the tail starts wagging the dog all too quick.
The bummer on that particular hitch is that Reese doesn't say what the maximum width it is designed to handle is. That might be a viable choice for AD 3100 trucks if it will go 47 inches.
56 3100 frame rails are within a few frog hairs of being the same width at the back as GM pickups up through 1987. That if you want to do some used hitch hunting with tape measure in hand.
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Last edited by mr48chev; 11-25-2023 at 06:46 PM.
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