Ball hitch in rear bumper?

i know im just saying i used mine quite a bit in the past.

if you destroy the rear bumper by pulling with it, the frame will be messed up too

youd have to yank pretty hard and not be using proper recovery gear to do damage. nylon tow straps even when yanking are a "soft" pull.

 

have no interest in getting into an internet pissing contest about wheeling with you, because it's pointless, but you have not a single clue how hard i wheel. or what i wheel with. or where i have wheeled. but i guess you are the king of all hardcore wheelers and we should all bow down to your all knowingness...

if you are trying to say the rear bumper is just as strong as a properly mounted receiver hitch, you would be wrong. that isn't an opinion, that's a fact. saying someone should use the bumper as a recovery point is actually what is stupid. and dangerous. you've done it without incident. so far. congratulations. darwin hasn't caught up with you yet. i have witnessed rear bumpers being torn off. shockloads in recovery situations can FAR exceed the rated capacity of the rear bumper (or the recovery equipment you are using for that matter). just because it hasn't happened to you yet does not mean it is good advice to do it.

if you wheel "hardcore" and your recovery angles are "that" important to you, then you are probably going to want to attach stronger recovery points to the rear of your vehicle anyway, rather than install a receiver hitch. or buy an aftermarket bumper with an integrated hitch, or add recovery points to the aftermarket bumper. but if you aren't worried about the extra few degrees you are losing, a receiver hitch will outperform the rear bumper by a longshot. it is alot safer to boot. THAT's why.

 

no, im just fucking around.

from experience, if recovering properly, the rear bumper will hold up fine. It uses the same mounting points as a rear hitch. Yes a rear hitch is tougher but not as tough as aftermarket bumper but if you need a tougher recovery point than the stock bumper for wheeling, a hitch is not the answer. a hitch could just as easily be ripped off

 

This^^

 

A hitch would be stronger than the rear bumper

but the stock bumper holds up fine

 

do not agree for many reasons. if the hitch were not stronger, you could not tow more with the hitch than with the stock bumper. the rating of the hitch is almost twice that of the bumper. granted that does not mean it has twice the recovery strength of the bumper, but it does have considerably more.

but where i DO agree with you is that an aftermarket bumper - especially one with frame tie ins - is certainly the best and safest bet (and most expensive). and better departure angles too

 

You'll just pull your bumper off. Your best bet is to go with a OEM class IV hitch, (more expensive) or a curt, hidden hitch, u-haul, etc. Hitch setup, which are good quality and less expensive.

Plug the 2" into the receiver and set up a recovery shakle to that, and you're good to go.

But please just keep that little bumper plug in the bumper where it belongs

 

I got a Valley Trailer Hitch from auto anything (they also have a comparable Curt hitch, but i couldn't use a 15% coupon on it). It installs easy, just need to torque and is sure to be a sure and safe recovery point.

My truck is an 11 so it might be different but I thought the bumper hitch by itself was rated at 300 or 1300.

 

this is what holds on your bumper without a hitch (2pcs of thin 12 ga stamped steel)



I would not use the bumper without a hitch as a recovery point if I was stuck. I could stand on my bumper and it would flex when I had those brackets on (after I sold my hitch). Worst case I would wrap the strap around my frame and pull from there.

The OE hitch is great and ties the whole rear end together better then any aftermarket one so keep an eye out for one OP

this is much better then 2 pcs of 12ga stamped poop

 

Yea get a hitch mounted. the bumper i want to say is only rated for 1500 pounds. Thats nowhere near how much force is needed to pull out a stuck truck. Theyll also help if you get in a small rear fender bender cause youll have a piece of steel between your bumper and bed.

 

The biggest issue would be not pulling dead on any thing to the side is going to bend some thing yeah it might not rip the bumper off but it's going to look funny sticking out to one side.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql74vGbbtwU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWx8lWMXDv0

Why not to tow by the bumper.

If you really want to tow by the bumper than what I would suggest like others have to get an aftermarket bumper. Get an ARB bumper then you can tow all that you want lol.

 

I would suggest a good receiver hitch. I towed a utility trailer attached to the bumper of a T100 several trips, with probably at most 1000 pounds, over a fairly rough road when moving here. After a few trips, I noticed the bumper supports were cracking. I put a frame-mounted receiver hitch on it and had no more problems.

 

I leave a hitch or recovery shackle in the receiver. I reminds the people behind me not to text and drive.

 

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