The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area General Truck Talk anyonemake a receiver hitch to fit a 58 3200?

I have the bumper - but If I want the option of getting a nice bumper in the future & pulling with a hitch.

Anyone make one that will fit? Are they all the same up to 89?

I made a custom receiver hitch for my S-10 many years ago. I wanted the receiver to be hidden behind the license in the rear roll pan. I used a late 70's monte carlo spring loaded license plate holder to hide it.

2 mounting plates, a cross tube, a few gusset plates, the receiver tube with reinforcement ring, and spring-loaded chain anchors.

took one hour to measure, about 3 hours making the parts, then it took about 3 hours of fitting, and about an hour of welding.

I used a Drawtite with a slight modification, the spare fits as well.

What was the modification? I don't have a welder capable of burning through steel that thick - it's just a small stick welder - OK for small projects or sheet metal, but not for something structural.

I have purchased two hitches from Summit Racing.Thats one option,the other is to drag out the welder and make one up to fit.It woudnt be that hard of a job.

I have a 3600 that has a reciever hitch added to it. The bumper was cut out and the reciever it put through it and welded to the bumper. It is bracketed to the frame. Apparently, it used to tow a water tank for a excavation company.

I have another truck that had an aftermarket bumper on it that was made for an S10 I think. It fit pretty good.

My '56 Chevy 1/2-ton has a Reese receiver hitch, part # 06082. The holes had to be elongated a touch to mount it.

Bought a universal hitch that fits ford/chevy/dodge toyota...
only mod was fitting thr spare tire holder-needed trimming....

I ordered the hitch from a local vendor, which fit pretty well. Just drilled holes in the frame to bolt it in.

For the spare, I cut and bent the pass side hanger and hooked into a hole drilled in the side of the hitch.
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Thats what I'm talking about - who was the local vendor you used & did he have a hitch that said it would fit a 58 chevy or how did you order it?

bought a universal class 3 hitch and welded it up behind the plate

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Avette4me...I have the same receiver on my '60. Works well for towing a teardrop trailer.

I got a drawtite hitch off the local craigslist. U-haul could not think outside the box to get a hitch that would fit my 59 longbed. Their computer went back to 1963. I measured the width of the frame and crossreferenced it to the new hitches. It appears that a 34 inch wide frame is common to chevys up through the 90s and beyond. The hitch I got fit perfectly underneath the barden bumper, however being a longbed... the hitch bottoms out easily on a slope. I plan to modify the hitch to go through the barden bumper for about 2 1/2 inches more ground clearence.

He's a local guy that does car stereos, tinting, as well as hitches and the like. I gave him frame width and distance from the end of the frame to the outside of the bumper (at the hitch point).

I don't believe he brought it in specific for a '58. I think it came to him with some assembly required. Either way, it bolted up nicely when I got it.

Yea, I've towed with mine a lot as well. The hitch was one of the first things I added.

I bought a universal Class 3 hitch kit from Princess Auto here in Calgary. They had a pile of them on sale for $89cdn. It had enough play in the assembly to adjust to my 3600, and is very sturdy once all tightened up. Only had to drill holes in the frame ends.
This one hangs down a bit... definitely not hidden, but it has bolt-on angle braces rather than long side-plates. Made it quite flexible for installation.

Here's mine. Custom made, the only factory part is the receiver itself, which is a Reese 2". The drawbar is 3" square tube w/ 3/8" wall thickness, side plates are also 3/8". It's mounted using 2 factory holes plus 4 more holes that were put in the frame by the po for the crude hitch that was on the truck when I got it. The receiver tube comes out to about 1/4" back from the end of the bumper.