Pic of why you should check your stock trailer receiver hitch
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I was carrying a 24' enclosed trailer w/ a lot of weight on the tongue and w/o a load distributing hitch. ~10k lbs total, but a lot up front.
I discovered it just by looking... when I was hooking up the safety chains (plus i had read on this site to check the hitch).
Replaced it with a monster class V...forgot the name brand, but it has 2 2" receivers and provisions for a truck campers rear tie downs.
Though I'd post to remind others to check theirs.
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I think it was 94-99. I *think* the 2000 trucks came standard with the 8 bolt receiver....but it may have been 01 - it has been awhile! It was the OEM 6 bolt receivers that were failing - they would all crack in the same place.