If you don't have a grinder nor a cutting torch, a run of the mill hacksaw would do the job. It will take longer, but it will cut the excess height from the hitch, and allow you to place it up higher in the normal position.
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installed the curt hitch adapter/bronco sport harness. welded on, crash bar not removed from truck. everything went smooth, thanks to all that contributed info to this topic. also, we ran power off the 12V pigtails off the bed sides. nice and easy. again, thanks to all that contributed info. total cost including curt adapter, bronco sport harness, and labour was under $300 U.S. took about 3 hrs to do everyhing.
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Good job!- Good looking weldsinstalled the curt hitch adapter/bronco sport harness. welded on, crash bar not removed from truck. everything went smooth, thanks to all that contributed info to this topic. also, we ran power off the 12V pigtails off the bed sides. nice and easy. again, thanks to all that contributed info. total cost including curt adapter, bronco sport harness, and labour was under $300 U.S. took about 3 hrs to do everyhing.
Only reason I took crash bar off to weld. I once fried a ECM from a loose ground
on someone else's vehicle that was very $$$ to replace.
I ran the power from the 12 volt pigtail also, made it a lot easier.
Nice to have a lift.
Nice bumper hitch. The welds look ok but lets be honest that's not really the same as an OEM hitch.installed the curt hitch adapter/bronco sport harness. welded on, crash bar not removed from truck. everything went smooth, thanks to all that contributed info to this topic. also, we ran power off the 12V pigtails off the bed sides. nice and easy. again, thanks to all that contributed info. total cost including curt adapter, bronco sport harness, and labour was under $300 U.S. took about 3 hrs to do everyhing.
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Welding it is less chance of loose bolts
and peace of mindLOL, not sure what picture you’re looking at. The welds holding the plate to the crash bar are better than the factory welds holding the tube to that plate....
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While I agree, some loc-tite takes care of a lot of that. But your response doesn't answer my question. Besides some of us do not have access to weldersWelding it is less chance of loose bolts
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Really he must be looking at some other pictures the welds look really good
Really when you n large the photo the hitch plate welds are clearly done by a professional welder verses the factory welds that look like a Student's first time welding
Or a really bad Robot Weld
initial plan was to drill/bolt. I'd have been just as comfortable with that option, proper grade bolts/lock nuts . oem hitch is bolted to the truck, hitch ball is bolted to the mount, coupler has bolts/etc. regardless, either bolted or welded will be fine as long as the work is competent.
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.
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