Cheap swingout rear bumper build

My goal was to build a cheap rear swingout bumper for less than $200.

2x4 for the base with 1/4" frame mounts

 

Yep using the factory hitch, just to make it easier when i rent trailers

 

Here is today's work on it. Main bumper is 100% done and the paint is drying on it.

I ran out of welding wire and cutting disks, so arms are all that is left to finish

 

The hardest part of this bumper was literally the end caps on the side. I had no idea what I was going to do when I started.

 

The view of your brake lights is severely limited.

 

I'll probably be adding a third brake light to it

 

Mostly finished, and finally the first good pictures of it