Reciever Hitch

I am looking for a reciever hitch that will work on my 98 chevy half
ton with a factory drop bumper. The bumper is probably 6 to 8 inches
lower than a standard bumper. Have had no luch with area auto parts
stores. A web site would be great.

just take your dropped hitch and reverse it with the ball on top in the
receiver.
old john


Hello, whitecoyote!
You wrote on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 05:24:59 -0000:

w> I am looking for a reciever hitch that will work on my 98 chevy half
w> ton with a factory drop bumper. The bumper is probably 6 to 8 inches
w> lower than a standard bumper. Have had no luch with area auto parts
w> stores. A web site would be great.

With best regards, . E-mail:

On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 05:24:59 -0000, whitecoyote
> wrote:

>I am looking for a reciever hitch that will work on my 98 chevy half
>ton with a factory drop bumper. The bumper is probably 6 to 8 inches
>lower than a standard bumper. Have had no luch with area auto parts
>stores. A web site would be great.

The problem with this setup and why you do not see a after market
soluiton is that when you drop the reciever you increase the leverage
and force it applies to frame and mounting bolts when towing due to
increase offset and the net result is the the frame will yeild and
bend at a lower load level than it will with a stock setup. Same with
droped ball adaptors in reciever hitches as they also increase the
twisting loads placed on hitch and frame. ALso your 1/2 ton truck doe
not have the strongest frame to begin with either as begining in 88,
GM lightened the frame up considably in 1/2 model trucks. Before that,
1/2 and 3/4 ton models basically used the same frame.
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"whitecoyote" > wrote in message
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>I am looking for a reciever hitch that will work on my 98 chevy half
> ton with a factory drop bumper. The bumper is probably 6 to 8 inches
> lower than a standard bumper. Have had no luch with area auto parts
> stores. A web site would be great.

http://www.drawtite.com

Great service from this place (it's in upstate New York). No relation to the
manufacturer Draw-Tite but if these guys don't have what you need it
probably doesn't exist.