Hey all
Just doing some thinking on teh issue of trailer hitches. Currently I have the stock style hitch on my truck. this has drop brackets that go to a tie bar that the receiver mounts under the tie bar making it about 7" below the rear bumper at its lowest point.
I was thinking about cutting it apart and removing a section out of the crossmembermoving the receiver bracket up in the crossmemeber and mounting the whole assembly in between the rear frame rails and removing a section of the rear crossmember for the receiver hitch to stick out through. I know this is not a great explanation so I tried to draw a little picture.
the picture kind of shows what I am talking about the only iwwue is the two side braces on the rails to rear crossmember these would have to be cut out but I would then have a pretty stout peice of steel back there.
can anyone see any inherent design flaws or does this look ok?
thanks isn advance for your opinions, and yes I would love to buy the 4+ or slee rear bumpers but am moving at the end of the month and cash is a little tight.
Dave
Just doing some thinking on teh issue of trailer hitches. Currently I have the stock style hitch on my truck. this has drop brackets that go to a tie bar that the receiver mounts under the tie bar making it about 7" below the rear bumper at its lowest point.
I was thinking about cutting it apart and removing a section out of the crossmembermoving the receiver bracket up in the crossmemeber and mounting the whole assembly in between the rear frame rails and removing a section of the rear crossmember for the receiver hitch to stick out through. I know this is not a great explanation so I tried to draw a little picture.
the picture kind of shows what I am talking about the only iwwue is the two side braces on the rails to rear crossmember these would have to be cut out but I would then have a pretty stout peice of steel back there.
can anyone see any inherent design flaws or does this look ok?
thanks isn advance for your opinions, and yes I would love to buy the 4+ or slee rear bumpers but am moving at the end of the month and cash is a little tight.
Dave