Posted by RedMF40 on March 22, 2021 at 06:02:52 from (172.58.191.216):
I put this front hitch on my Ford E350 work truck so that I can attach a bike rack to the front. Instructions that come with it and also online information from the hitch people say installation should take 20 minutes.
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All told, it took me about three hours. I didn't count a trip to the hardware store to pick up some fasteners. For anyone installing one of these Kurt hitches on a truck like mine, you will definitely need to:
---Remove the front bumper. If you have a way to get the fasteners into the frame rails without taking off the bumper, then do it that way.
---Drill two additional holes in the frame for the front mounting bolts. The existing holes are not even close to lining up.
---Do a little grinding here and there to get things to fit the way they're supposed to.
Those were the most time-consuming things, and the bumper actually came off pretty easily. It was drilling straight up through the bottom of the frame that took a few minutes. It's a good hitch, light duty but perfect for mounting the kind of bike rack I want. I had one on another truck and it worked well.
One fun part of the job: I'd recently found a GearWrench 19mm ratcheting box socket on the road and it was the right size for the 1/2" bolts I used.
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