Itching for a Hitch - question about bumper

[JULIAN911]

You guys Rock big time - soooooooooooo responsive!

Thank you, thank you, thank you !!! now I need to go online and find the best price or perhaps just drop it off at U Haul and let them take care of the drilling lol

[JoFotoz]

Thank the site !!!




jo

[tom4bren]

You guys Rock big time - soooooooooooo responsive!

Thank you, thank you, thank you !!! now I need to go online and find the best price or perhaps just drop it off at U Haul and let them take care of the drilling lol

IIRC, no drilling needed. It should use 4-6 threaded holes already on the frame (at least that's what my hidden hitch uses).

[JoFotoz]

IIRC...

IIRC, no drilling needed. It should use 4-6 threaded holes already on the frame (at least that's what my hidden hitch uses).

...I had to open out two holes due to slight miss alignment , and use a lock nut set up.

jo

[tom4bren]

I think I would've stretched the holes on the hitch & retained the threaded holes on the frame ... but that's just me.

[JoFotoz]

More "meat"...

I think I would've stretched the holes on the hitch & retained the threaded holes on the frame ... but that's just me.

... on the frame

jo

[tom4bren]

Are you sayin that you have more meat on your frame than I???

[JoFotoz]

Maybe a bit of roadkill...

Are you sayin that you have more meat on your frame than I???

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jo

[cheetah2390]

You guys Rock big time - soooooooooooo responsive!

Thank you, thank you, thank you !!! now I need to go online and find the best price or perhaps just drop it off at U Haul and let them take care of the drilling lol

I installed a CURT in the fall last year. We took the bumper off just because it gave us more room to work and it's just a bunch of screws holding it on. Your going to use at least one new bit to drill the holes. Its worth it to buy the more expensive one that is made to drill through steel (I forget what this one is made out of). They should have a chart on the wall at the hardware store. We ended up buying some longer bolts and locking nuts because we didn't want to deal with fishing the bolts through the frame. So instead of drilling 4 holes, we drilled 8 (top and bottom of frame). I can take some pics if this doesn't make sense. I don't use my hitch for towing though. Only for a hitch hauler (hunting and bicycles).

[tom4bren]

HMMM

Sounds like the Curt mounts to an entirely different place than mine. The Upgraded Tone Clone uses 6 existing threaded holes so no drilling is required.

But X2 on buying a new quality bit for drilling through the frame. When I installed the first Tone hitch, you had to drill 2 holes. The first one took about 2 hours. The second took about 2 minutes because I finally had a revelation & went to Lowes for a new bit.