badmix
1/2 ton status
I know you didnt say custom but here is another approach I did. obviously this is custom bumper.
CK5
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Front Mount Hitch
- Thread starter dhcomp
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For #2, yeah, I thinkwill have to be. There is some variation in these trucks over the decade or so involved and the many models (Blazer, Suburban, pickups.)
#1 is more troublesome. I mean, sure, you can easily enough use flat stock along the side, drill holes and bolt it up... but it shouldn't be THAT off. You'd need like two pieces of 1/4" on each side, and that's ... a lot.
Does your bumper fit right? I ask because I don't have an '81+ truck to measure any more, so I wonder if your truck was in an accident at some point and the frame is borked.
If it was just 1/4" or so, I'd say to bolt it up and drag the frame in, but you're talking about an inch or more, so something's not right.
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So I got back to looking at this again tonight and the way I see it only one bolt for the shackle mount will go through. If I drill out for the other one the bolt will disappear in the box part of the hitch. Is this what you experienced?
Might be
Unfortunately I sold that truck over five years back, so I'm working entirely from the pictures I took at the time (as posted above.)I don't recall if the square tubes are welded to the brackets that go outside the frame, or are they separate?
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They are not welded, and if you can only get the front bolt through they will rock up and down. I also do not feel safe using the tow hooks this way. I am thinking I will send this hitch back and try another route at this point.
Well, crap. I feel like a bozo pointing you towards it.
I would have been in the same boat, except I had bought the hitch years before for a previous truck so I couldn't return it.I may have welded those brackets to the square tubes, I just don't remember, and can't tell from the pictures. I don't think I drilled new holes as I would have then had to sleeve through the square tube and I would have taken pictures of that, I'm pretty sure.
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I don't blame you at all. I'm so used to buying things and having them not work and sending them back at this point. I'm pretty sure Summit ships back for free if a part doesn't fit as advertised so no loss to me.
I think this hitch would work with little effort for someone else who does not have a cucv or if they do and are not looking to keep tow hooks.
I may try a whole new route with tna's front cradle now that they are back in production. At 250$ it is actually cheaper than the 280 for the hitch and carrier I ordered. I just thought it would be nice to store my winch inside for the seldom use it would see.
I think this hitch would work with little effort for someone else who does not have a cucv or if they do and are not looking to keep tow hooks.
I may try a whole new route with tna's front cradle now that they are back in production. At 250$ it is actually cheaper than the 280 for the hitch and carrier I ordered. I just thought it would be nice to store my winch inside for the seldom use it would see.
