J Truck Hitches

[J20DAN]

I checked with Draw Tite about their part number 41010 J Truck hitch (listed on a recent for sale post), it is unfortunately no longer available. I imagine the same case from Hidden Hitch, although I have not checked with them. I am thinking about asking Sterling if they would be interested in making a run of J Truck hitches if there is enough interest. I probably should have gotten one on my bumper they made for me but I didn't thinking I could get a class IV from the after market. So much for planning! Let me know if you have any interest.

Dan

[sandmanb]

it doesn't seam it would be to hard to get a good used one from either this board or a scrape yard.

[J20DAN]

Most of the ones I have seen have been for the Wagoneer or Cherokee and do not fit the J Truck. Maybe there are some out there but over the last week or so the requests for them have gone unanswered.

Dan

[Blackjack]

I've been keeping an eye out for one too. Uhaul disc. theirs too. The only thing I've seen close is a universal fit from Wally World. I'm not too keen on anything labeled as "universal fit". Other than that a custom is the way to go. I plan on welding one together when I get the time.
GFD

[Hump]

Anyone ever tried Reese? I've got one on my XJ. It's the only hitch I would ever install on a vehicle. Made in good old Indiana of course! :D

TSC (Tractor Supply Company) and Quality Farm & Fleet carried them if they still exist where you live. The Walmarts around here also carry them...but good luck with any special ordering.

I just checked their website and they do list Wagoneer and Cherokee in their applications for class III/IV hitches. You will probalby just have to tell them a newer year if you have an old rig. Same dimensions anyways.

[Blackjack]

Naw Hump the frame's wider in the rear on a truck. Wag/Chero hitches won't work :(
GFD

[J4GRAND]

Saw a "universal fit" class IV hitch that had been mounted on a J10. When the guy got it on and lined everything up, he welded the pee-pee out of the adjustable arms instead of having the bolts hold things in place. He towed a large boat with it and never had any problems.

[J20DAN]

Hump:

Sorry I tried Reese Hitch and no go! Here is part of the conversation:

Q:Do you make a hitch that fits a Jeep J Series Pickup truck?
A: What kind of truck? J what? Who made that?

My Response: Jeep made them through 1988.

Reese Saleman: Oh we wouldn't make anything for something like that, that old.

My Response: But you do make them for the older Full Size Wagoneers and Cherokees?

Reese Salesman: Oh yes we have those.

My response: OK thanks.

What a dweeb! J Trucks just don't get any respect!

Hump just so you know I grew up in IN and most of my family still lives there.

Dan

[J20DAN]

I talked to Sterling today concerning making some hitches for J Trucks. It could be done but Wade's suggestion was to go with the generic hitch setup, as some here have suggested. It would be much cheaper and would server the purpose. I would suggest that anyone ordering a bumper from Sterling do wo with the hitch option, I wish I had!

Dan

[Ralph]

How about this one?

eBay Motors # 1837483777 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1837483777)

[Allen78J20]

One from a Mitsubishi Montero Sport will fit. Sits in a lil deep but nothing a longer ball mount wouldnt take care of. This was done by another member of a list to their J truck. Width was excellent. It is the round tube type though, so it might not match the lines of the truck like a square tube one would.

[67Gladiator]

Allen -
The bar off the Montero - Is that a factory part, or an aftermarket part?
Or does it even matter?