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Hi JC, Thanks for this posting. You did a great job of documenting this low cost approach to adding a hitch. I do have one comment, though. I installed the Ford OEM #NZ6Z-17D826-C trailer hitch on my Ford Maverick XLT that lacked a receiver. After removing the original bumper bar, I...

Thank you very much for this excellent tutorial. It took my son and myself two hours to do this. Neither of us are auto mechanics, but with your instructions, it was not difficult. We didn't break anything and we had all the tools needed. The dealer quoted $427 to do this task. When we...

I recently got a quote from a local Ford dealer. The labor alone was $437.50 to install the receiver hitch (3.5 hours) plus another $125 to install the wiring harness. I find it interesting that you were able to beat the quoted labor time in your first go at it. Either you're great with a...

" You know this would have cost a grand total of $100 parts and labor if you bought the hitch receiver and wiring harness as an upgrade when you built the truck." Yes, thank you, Captain Obvious.

" You know this would have cost a grand total of $100 parts and labor if you bought the hitch receiver and wiring harness as an upgrade when you built the truck." Yes, thank you Captain Obvious.

Yes, almost anyone who's ever been on this thread is aware of this stunning revelation.

Below is a photo of the Curt Bronco Sport Hitch Receiver. Also attached is another Bronco Sport Hitch Receiver from Draw-Tite, with a different mounting arrangement. Apparently it's more difficult to install. I'm not having any luck finding a similar photo of the Maverick receiver, but I've...

That's about what it SHOULD cost, but NO! U-Haul would not even give me a quote to install a hitch receiver on the Maverick because Ford made it so stinking hard to make this an add-on accessory.

Thank you for confirming that the Bronco Sport harness can be modified to work! Now, I'm just waiting for a receiver that's backordered from a Ford dealer to be delivered to me so that I can use this harness to install it on my Maverick.

I just checked with Uhaul and with Quality Bumper (a local installer) and both said that they do not currently offer an aftermarket install kit. I'm not sure that they ever will. Why? Because the Ford Maverick designers were so hell-bent on cost reduction that they failed to include the...

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Like many others on this forum who own a Maverick without the $100 hitch option, the one I bought was a previously ordered unit that was not picked up by the person ordering it. When inspecting it prior to buying it, I noted that it did not have a hitch receiver. The salesman cleverly...

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There is a Ford OEM Receiver Hitch that bolts on. I have one on backorder at a Ford dealership. EDIT: I should have read to the end of the thread before responding to this early post. I see that this input was corrected by later posts. Anyway, it may be helpful to someone to see what it...