Are you going to tie your hitch in like the go off of photo? i am very interested in that if u do cause this is what i am trying to do just cant figure out of too and make it strong enough....... I am watching this post tho looks very good so far.

 

well your right iŽll weld it just right in the middle of the bumper.
the only thing that stops me right now is the triangle of the swing carrier, still dont decide the exact location fot it. tomorrow iŽll decide.
thanks

 

Looks like everything is going down just the way you want it. Can't wait to see this rear bumper finished together with the welded hitch. Goodluck man!

 

Have a look at the thread in my signature.

 

thanks man everything till today was fine,hope finish the bumper for saturady if the rain stops, because i have no other place to weld.

trust me i have seen that thread a lot of times.
i stole the idea of the hitch from that design haha it is very cool. you shold start building it

 

well i just found some problem
if someone knows please help me.
i have inox bolts all arround because i use the truck in the beach a lot.
but i want to know is they are strong enough as the 8 grade bolt
thanks

 

well no bushing just steel and inox greasable bolts.

 

we made this today.

 

here some random pics from today

 

here some work from yesterday

 

looking good. cant wait to see it finished.

 

Maybe I'm dense, but I don't understand your pivot/hinge design. Am I seeing it correctly...no bearings?

 

coming along nicely! I built my front winch bumper and will never do it again. So So So much grinding.

 

thanks man tomorrow iŽll finish it, and monday maybe paint.

yes you are, no bearing .
i used to work in this shop, they are specialist in welding and this stuff, they work for halliburton, shlumberger, bj ETC. we used this pivot/hinges in the containers made for this companies. they have never complained.
no bushing, no bearing = no maintenance just lithium grease

i hope, that happened to me with the front one, spent hours gridding ans sanding thats why iŽm using the bender.

 

Looking good so far. And grinding is not that bad if you wear ear protection and are not afraid to make your grinder grind.