I know it's a Blazer but here's my new hitch .

Blaze One · Post by **Blaze One** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 5:48 pm

Its a Class III , 300lbs tounge wt. 3500lbs pull wt. Drawtite . I wanted to get a more better one but just could not come up with the funds quickly enough .
I guess i cant use this as a recovery point could I ? oh well . It hides nice though .
Click the link to see a pic .
http://www3.telus.net/public/a6a60430/Picture_009.jpg

oh yeah my driveway slopes up so I have alot more clearance to the ground than the pic shows .

Post by **HenryJ** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 5:54 pm

Is that a 1.5" or 2" receiver?

Looks pretty good and hidden. It has to be better than tugging on the bumper or a spring shackle

snocat1 · Post by **snocat1** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 5:59 pm

Hey it works for now. You could always up grade later. HenryJ beat me to the next question

F9K9 · Post by **F9K9** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 6:00 pm

Ain't no one here gonna say anything about a blazer member and if they do I want my old job back

Blaze One · Post by **Blaze One** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 6:02 pm

its a 1.5" reciever . I don't know why though . I have not seen to many . The Class III on the front of my dads truck has a 2" . I dunno .

snocat1 · Post by **snocat1** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 6:05 pm

Hey how about proper english "ain't and more better"

Just kidding

F9K9 · Post by **F9K9** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 6:07 pm

snocat1 wrote:Hey how about proper english "ain't and more better"
Just kidding

Hiding is a very good plan and with todays's youth I have had to bend the eules

F9K9 · Post by **F9K9** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 6:08 pm

rules

jeggers · Post by **jeggers** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 6:13 pm

Glad to see i aint da only one.

Post by **HenryJ** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 6:15 pm

Blaze One wrote:its a 1.5" reciever . I don't know why though . I have not seen to many . The Class III on the front of my dads truck has a 2" . I dunno .

I haven't seen many either. Should suffice.
Pick up a piece of 1.5" OD square tube, drill a hole for the hitch pin and one for a clevis , or "D" ring and you're good to go

I am not sure how the "class" system works? Maybe someone will fill us in

Blaze One · Post by **Blaze One** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 7:17 pm

i don't know much about the class system either , but a class II would have costed me more because they make less of them . Go figure . And they discontinued the class I for my truck . It kinda sucks that I could not get a hitch with a 5000lb rating , to match the towing capacity of my truck . But I think if I were going to tow that much I would get a fullsize Chevy instead .

CrazyChaz · Post by **CrazyChaz** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:23 pm

Info I found on the hitch class system Enjoy

Class 1 (Class I) hitch
Trailer hitch with capacity of up to 2,000 lbs gross trailer weight and 200 lbs tongue weight.

Class 2 (Class II) hitch
Trailer hitch with weight-carrying rating of up to 3,500 lbs gross trailer weight and 300/350 lbs tongue weight.

Class 3 (Class III) hitch
Trailer hitch with weight carrying rating of up to 5,000 lbs gross trailer weight and 500 lbs tongue weight. Also sometimes used to refer to a hitch with any 2" receiver, regardless of rating.

Class 4 (Class IV) hitch
Trailer hitch with weight carrying rating of up to 10,000 lbs gross trailer weight and 1,000 - 1,200 lbs tongue weight. Although many times any hitch with a capacity greater than 5,000 lbs gross weight is referred to as a Class 4.

bwenny247 · Post by **bwenny247** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 9:34 am

anyone have a hitch with the PA body lift and are using the PA bumper relocaters??? bought a class 3 hitch today and the holes hat would bolt through the original bumper brackets now are too low....not a good idea to only have one bolt through the bottom of each frame rail to attatch the entire hitch to the truck????

i don't really want to put the stock brackets back on and have my bumper 2" lower with that big ugly gap

Post by **HenryJ** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 9:55 am

bwenny247 wrote:anyone have a hitch with the PA body lift and are using the PA bumper relocaters???

Yep , do a search for raising hitch and you should find a wealth of information.