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Honestly looks like a custom, farm-built job. You'd probably need to talk to the previous owner (presuming you aren't the original owner) to find out what they used.
Depending on where you live, that's often done by farmers who don't want to mess with the bottom of their box that is rusting out, so they throw a piece of plate steel in there, attach it either with welded brackets or use the existing bed mounting bolts, and then drop a gooseneck receiver into it. I would guess it would be safe enough for farm use, but I wouldn't want to go down the road pulling anything with that home-brewed job. If ANYTHING were to happen that lead to the injury of another person, if you can't prove that it is capable/rated to haul what you're hauling, you could be open to liability - and that's a risk I just won't take myself. You're more than welcome to though.
In the olden days, gooseneck hitches were not supported by countless easily available options. They were often installed similar to this back in the day.
You're going to need somewhere to hook safety chains.
Can you get us some more pictures, especially from farther out?
How much weight do you think you're ever going to pull with it?
How big is the hole?
How thick is the plate?
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what provisions are there to keep a ball from lifting out of the hole?
I wouldn’t use something that doesn’t have a way to keep the ball from lifting up. It’s easy to get uplift over bumps, especially with an empty trailer.
You probably could, but if you're going through that much effort, I think B&W makes a Turnover Ball system for that era of truck that bolts right in to your frame. I'd go that route if it were me. But as for what you currently have, it's going to be difficult at best to tell you what you need since there is so little info to go off of.
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