Just wanting everyones opinion. With my grille guard do you think its possible to also have a front receiver hitch and winch mount on at the same time. Heres a pic if it'll help.

 

no so send me the guard lol just kidding. Maybe a hitch with a removable winch might work

 

Removable is the kind i'm thinking about but I don't know how well the clearance would be with the guard ecspecially the lower bar

 

It does look like that lower bar on your brush guard would be in the way. At least from the front frame mounted ones I have seen.

 

i have a brush guard on my truck as well and ended up taking the front hitch off b/c the lowest bar on the guard blocked the reciever so there was no use for it..ill probably end up welding another bar behind the lowest bar on the guard and then welding just the receiver part of the hitch to them..i only use my front hitch for my cooler and rod rack when i go fishing at the beach

 

Thats an idea welding a spacer to lower the hitch. If you just need it for a winch to pull yourself out of someplace then it should be ok just don't try pulling a tree stump out.

 

you can still do it, the lower bar shoudnt be too much in the way but your front plate will be in the way.

What you can do is get a hitch off a 1987 Bronco or similiar year, cut the brackets off both ends. This will allow it to fit inbetween the frame. If you can do it make 2 end caps with 4 nuts welded to it of just tap them and then run the 4 bolts though the frame and tighen down and weld a bead around the entire thing.

Hard to explain but maybe you get what im saying, this is how i did mine i just didnt use any bolts i just welded mine on.

 

Thanks for the help guys I well have to consider all of them cause they all seem logical to me

 

For what sort of purposes do you use a front mounted hitch receiver?

 

i use mine for recovery puposes off road.

when i first put it on the truck was only on 36's and 3" of lift so i used it to put boats and trailers into the barn. its easier to do it this way without a spotter.

but now my trucks to big, ive hooked my dads 25' up to it once just to move it for him and it really sqauted the rear. Moved it fine though

 

trimble do you have any pics of the hitch on your truck

 

yeah let me get them

 

 

i did mine different then the way i told you. because i have a body lift. and if you look at that bottom bar of the brush gaurd thats what happens when the welds break. so make sure its on there good (dont do the 2 fat guys stand on it test) actually take a strap throw it around a tree or something solid and pull on it easy