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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Projects Posts (NOT VEHICLES) => Topic started by: Da67goatman on June 12, 2010, 03:32:20 pm
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My father always wanted a hidden front mounted 2" receiver. I had a Reese hitch from a donor truck that's mounts had rotted off. I narrowed the hitch to fit between the frame rails, and welded some angle iron into endcaps/ mounts. I cut out the core support mount rivets and used the rear 2 holes along with the bumper bracket bolt to secure the hitch. I used all grade 8 hardware for strength. It is accessible through a flip down license plate. It's not finished but here's where it stands.
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thats looks good, going to be slick with a flip down plate to get at it
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Here are some pics as its getting finished. All I have to do is mate the bumper to the truck and its finished.
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JUST what I needed yet another cool project idea.
Question for ya. Do you have easy access to the hitch pin with it tucked in so tight?
MJ
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That would be such a handy thing to have. A platform to work on the engine, a spare tire carrier when you needed the whole bed, not to mention easily docking a trailer. Wanna make me one???
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I'm working on getting a spring loaded hitch pin so all i have to do is slide in the extender and it snaps into place. Undoing the pin means reaching under, but its not so far that I have to lie under the truck, just reach behind the tow hooks. I got the idea from my father who saw trailer balls mounted on the front of our neighbors tractor. It makes maneuvering trailers much easier. So far I have about $30 between hardware and the rubber, but still need to get a pin and extender.
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Picked up a couple pins and an extender the other day so its officially finished. With the extender in, it looks like it was meant to be there. So for $50 and stuff that was cluttering my garage, I now have the slickest Front hitch I've ever seen.
Its a 12" extender and you see how far in it goes, the hitch is mounted way back underneath the core support.
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Nice work. I just might have to build one of those for myself.
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Wow...nice work! That will come in handy in so many ways.