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The stock receiver on an 80 series land cruiser is much beefier than the multimount that warns sells for mounting a winch in the same.
There is no relation between a hitch rating and a winch rating other than both end in pounds.
The hitch rating is the weight of the trailer that it can safely tow. You could hook up a trailer much heavier than the hitch rating and expect it to not immediately fail. The typical winch rating is pretty much the breaking strength of the winch cable. In my opinion, hitches are conservatively under rated, and winches are aggressively overrated.
Look at the six bolts that mount the receiver hitch to the frame. Compare those in size to the four much smaller bolts that mount the winch.
I don't think receiver strength is much of an obstacle, presuming that we are talking about a good quality 5000 lb + frame mounted receiver, and not some cheesy discount store hitch.
I do think the extent of overhang that would result from a hitch mount would be an issue if one were to plan to travel with the winch hanging off the receiver.
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