Adding 3 Front Receiver Hitches for a hang glider rack?

Trail gears 1st Gen front bumper comes with a bolt on mounting bracket that bolts to the frame and then the bumper bolts to that bracket. also has a front recovery hitch receiver. Not sure if that what your looking for, but that could be a option. There are 2 styles for 1st gens.




You can see the front hitch receiver in these pics.

 

YES. And it is handy for many macgyverisms related and unrelated to off roading.

I know why you say that. And for safety reasons i agree. One should never trust the hi-lift while actively changing the tire. but lifting the truck enough to prop up the axle and place a jack stand or rock or log is legit. Rarely are bottle jacks and scissor jacks tall enough for a truck especially on uneven ground. I feel safer placing a jack stand one time with a high lift than monkeying around with boards and rocks and shit to get a bottle jack in place. I have used them for tires and will. But also used them to pull up fence posts, put logs under slipping tires, move fallen trees off the road.... all sorts of shenanigans.

If you want to link me to front and rear tube bumpers that you endorse please do. Needs a receiver hitch on front and back. lighter is better. DIY welding is more likely to be affordable. square tube is preferred but unlikely. No reduction in gas mileage is appreciated but unlikely. Many thanks.

 

can a hi-lift jack from any point on there? if not where would you feel safe?

 

I have never wheeled with someone who has had jackstands with them on the trail.

www.google.com or the vendors section here has a plethora of bumpers to attach receiver hitches to. I had an all pro, it was ok.

 

Yeah, i have been googling this topic for a year and have exhausted the lists of bumper makers on this website. Not seeing an ideal option at a reasonable price.

 

What's your budget?

 

I could spent that. But i could also spend $20 on a 2x6" tube and 2 1x2" solid bars and slap um on if people feel it is sturdy enough.

I feel silly dropping $500 for a tube bumper or 700 for a plate bumper on the front. I do not have big tires and i only am using 1/3 or 1/2 of the lift on my toytec coilovers. So it will look rather ridiculous to put a hardcore bumper on. And i would insist on replacing the rear chrome to match so that would look even more presumptuous. I do not need a winch plate since i prefer hitch mounted winches. Seems like that $500 could be better spent on a popup camper. Yeah I would like to improve my approach angle and give me something to bolt to, but too much weight and aerodynamic change and I will loose handling and gas millage. I don't feel like i am doing anything hard core enough to warrant a plate or tube bumper. (But given some posts here, "hard core" might be relative. Colorado is kinda bumpy.).

I don't have a steadfast budget but if i can do a DIY kit i would like that more for the sense of accomplishment. I suppose $500 to 1000 over the next year for sliders, rack and bumpers was the plan. But $20-$250 DIY is WAY better.

I wish plate and tube bumper websites reported WHERE on the bumper one can lift the weight of the vehicle when using a hi-lift. Better yet, i wish the plate bumpers had hi-lift T slots like some old land rovers and land cruises had. I look at those sexy tube bumpers, i have no clue if they can support a rack if i attached it near the wheel wells.