jkufen
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- Charleston, SC
- Vehicle Year
- 1986, 1991
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- Ford
- Engine Size
- 2.9, 4.0
I am in the process of trying to build a custom bumper for my 86 B2. The original design I had the winch being mounted to the top of the bumper. This cause my bumper to stick out over 9 inches and many members here says that itll be too heavy. So I went and sat down and looked online for some things and found a winch mount that hooks to a receiver hitch. Well this would cut down alot on my overall size of my bumper and the daily driving weight because I could remove it. My question is does anyone know where I can find just the receiver part of the hitch. Walmart has small receivers but they want $100+ for one.
I found this hitch extension for $35:
This one is really just an adapter for a 1 1/4" hitch to fit a 2" hitch but if I cut the 1 1/4" off and weld the 2" part to my bumper and support it do you think that will be able to take the pressure that a regular hitch would handle? I mean the extension would have to be just as strong as the actual hitch because it is apart of the hitch, right? Lastly would it depend more on how well I support the hitch than the hitch itself?
This will be the big decider on how far the bumper has to stick of the front of the truck. Thanks!
I found this hitch extension for $35:
This one is really just an adapter for a 1 1/4" hitch to fit a 2" hitch but if I cut the 1 1/4" off and weld the 2" part to my bumper and support it do you think that will be able to take the pressure that a regular hitch would handle? I mean the extension would have to be just as strong as the actual hitch because it is apart of the hitch, right? Lastly would it depend more on how well I support the hitch than the hitch itself?
This will be the big decider on how far the bumper has to stick of the front of the truck. Thanks!