Front hitch carrier for spare tire
Hi, We are adding a second fuel tank so the spare needs to move to the front. Some time ago, I read a short thread about the front mounted hitches folks liked best. I can't find it now. Can anyo...
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For the Ford F-350 Super Duty that the OP has, I second the comment about considering the Warn Front Receiver hitch.
The front receiver hitches for this application from Cequent (Reese, Drawtite, Hidden Hitch... they're all the same design for the front) not only require the removal of the factory foglights... they also only mount to the break-away tabs that are intended to fold away easily in a frontal impact.
That is the reason why Warn designed their own front receiver, because Warn's intent is to sell winches, and the other hitch designs do not inspire confidence pulling 1.5 times the weight of the truck... due to the fact that the other designs are mounted where Ford mounts the front bumper, which again, is engineered to be weaker than the frame, as it is a crumple zone.
Here is a pic of a Warn Front receiver hitch. This truck doesn't happen to have fog lights, but that has nothing to do with the front hitch. This truck also happens to have a Warn light bar, but not lights. And it didn't really need the front hitch for a winch either, because it has a Warn hidden winch installed also.
But at least it offers a good picture of how stealthy a front hitch install can be.
ON EDIT... for whatever reason, the image below comes up blank. It works fine when I initially post it, but when I refresh the page, it disappears. Not sure why, but maybe a moderator can send me a private message explaining it?
The front receiver hitches for this application from Cequent (Reese, Drawtite, Hidden Hitch... they're all the same design for the front) not only require the removal of the factory foglights... they also only mount to the break-away tabs that are intended to fold away easily in a frontal impact.
That is the reason why Warn designed their own front receiver, because Warn's intent is to sell winches, and the other hitch designs do not inspire confidence pulling 1.5 times the weight of the truck... due to the fact that the other designs are mounted where Ford mounts the front bumper, which again, is engineered to be weaker than the frame, as it is a crumple zone.
Here is a pic of a Warn Front receiver hitch. This truck doesn't happen to have fog lights, but that has nothing to do with the front hitch. This truck also happens to have a Warn light bar, but not lights. And it didn't really need the front hitch for a winch either, because it has a Warn hidden winch installed also.
But at least it offers a good picture of how stealthy a front hitch install can be.
ON EDIT... for whatever reason, the image below comes up blank. It works fine when I initially post it, but when I refresh the page, it disappears. Not sure why, but maybe a moderator can send me a private message explaining it?
