Ideas from those of you who built your own hold downs

My hitch isn’t open at the ends so I just welded some 2” square tube to the ends of it, and I use 1 1/4” tube for the inserts.
I didn’t see the need or even want a plate on the end. I just drilled a hole and put an eye bolt in the ends. I did a belly bar for the front.

I’m with you, if you have a welder and a chop saw and maybe another tool or two, there’s zero reason to shell out what people shell out for extremely simple bits of metal.