Front mounted hitch

sea2summit · Feb 7, 2016

Thinking about getting one of the receiver mounted winches for my F-250 and need a quality reliever for the front. Anyone running some and have good or bad things to say about them?

Key is I don't want to loose any ground clearance. I've googled around and I can't see any good photos of installed receivers.

bdog · Feb 7, 2016

I have ranch hands on all my trucks. They have front receiver built in. I have had these on probably a dozen trucks. I have never once used the front receiver. They seem like they would be handy but in reality I never use them. I guess if you were mounting a winch in one it would make sense though.

HHR · Feb 7, 2016

Not sure what year you have, but etrailer.com has a wide variety.
https://www.etrailer.com/Front-Hitc...per+Duty/2011/65049.html?vehicleid=2011760773

lutt · Feb 7, 2016

I have had them in the past, put one on this truck for the sole purpose of a winch. It's a fab fours front bumper with the receiver bolted on. Plenty of clearance. LUTT

terryknight · Feb 7, 2016

what year 250?

sea2summit · Feb 7, 2016

terryknight said:
what year 250?

Mine is a 2010

terryknight · Feb 7, 2016

502 - Bad Gateway

what i could find without a lot of effort. i have one on my truck, i added it to my custom bumper when i built it. i'd like to use it more than i do, i have the idea to run a winch on a receiver, but it hasn't happened