My 2500HD has a class V receiver on it. Here is a picture of it pulling a 550 parts truck I bought. The trip was a real fiasco. A solenoid went out so I mounted a hand winch that I bought at a going out of business sale in Germany in November of 2013. After winching the truck up on a hot day in August in Houston, my trailer marker lights went out. I bought a roll of wire at Walmart and jerry rigged it. When they built the trailer about 10 years ago, one of the wires was placed between a crossmember and the wood flooring. It picked a Saturday night about half way between Houston and Fredericksburg to cause a short.
https://plus.google.com/photos/1081...3665610642&oid=108197707187186692269Even though the hitch is rated at 1,200 lbs tongue weight and 18,000 towing capacity, I have no concerns with the jib hoist. Originally I had it on a 2000 GMC with a class III receiver and it worked fine. I have been trading pickups every 3 years. I think my 09 was the first one to have a class V receiver.
The hoist is one that I bought from one of the traveling tool trucks that come around ever so often. They set up at the American Legion building which is right next door to us. They are a lot like HF. A little good stuff and a lot of not so good stuff.
