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I am trying to post some pics but I am having technical issues... I will try later.
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M923 receiver/hitch assembly
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Here is my 931A2 with a hitch I build for it. Minimal ground clearance loss
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I've seen some pics of guys using class 5 hitch on the m923, my concern is the frame is shorter than like a m923 if that makes sense. I can try to upload a couple pics of what i mean .
Looks great! That's above my personal skill level but If I have to have someone make me one I can show them the pic of it. Thanks
Do you have any other photos of it?
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My M934 is longer than a M923 but I think the way I mounted it would work. You need about 18” of frame rail to bolt up to. I had to move the glad hands but that was the easy part. The hardest pard was drilling 6 - 5/8” holes in the frame. The steel is quite hard.
I don't think that will work for me I don't have enough room. I have about a foot of useable space on the frame rail. I'll try to take a couple photos of it.
Thanks. If I can't figure a hitch I can just bolt on I may have to find someone to make me on, I can use your photo to show them what I'm wanting.How about that?
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nice work i need to do this!
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NIce Ya think i can do same on my 1986 m931 tractor? id like to so i can tow a civilian dump trailer thanks!
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would this fit a m931 tractor?
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how much weight do you think itll handle tongue weight and oveall pull?
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Looking for some advice from people who have done it! This is my 923 and we had someone fab up and weld on a hitch. This is what was done. Does it look strong enough to tow a 10k trailer? Thanks in advance for anyone’s reply!
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Not trying to be offensive, but I would not trust it. I see a lot of issues with design and installation. Those braces should not be attached to the bed. Square or a rectangular cross tube would be a better option to mount the receiver to instead of pipe. The side plates look like they could have left a lot more meat on them where they taper back to the cross pipe. Welding the hitch directly to a tempered frame is not desirable, but if you were going to weld it, the paint should have been ground off and it should have been welded onto the outside edge where the frames web radiuses into it’s flange. I would at very minimum add a sheet of 3/16” or 1/4” between the side plates from the cross tube as far forward and up under the truck as you have clearance for. Also, chip the slag off all the welds, wire brush and repost pictures of them.
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The more I think about it, with as much as these trucks flex, I would cut the hitch back off and make it bolt onto the bottom of the frame…
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Currently it’s for going 1 mile to the beach and back.. not long haul towing. I was a little concerned with going directly on the bottom of the frame and not on the side giving each weld 4x the amount of welding for the hitch.
I appreciate the input and will send it back to the fab guy. I would take pics etc but it sits 3 hours from me so when I’m down there next I’ll try and remember
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@Jbulach I am with you on this particular hitch being... well not how I would do it. @Lantzj22 I am a bit worried about it, I would just be sick to my stomach if I heard of the hitches failure and you loosing your possible precious load of cool cargo as well. Each point made by @Jbulach is valid and should be considered. I too don't want to offend anyone, especially when we all put our hard earned time and money into something we can be easily offended. Take a good look back through this thread and you will see some of the other hitches and how they were re-enforced for maximum strength. Best wishes.