Does anyone have a front mount hitch receiver? I want to use a receiver mounted winch and cant seem to find much info. Does anyone run a setup like this, and do you have any pictures? Curious how much ground clearance, if any, I would lose.

 

My boyfriend has the winch/cradle, front/rear setup on his F350 and is looking into the front receiver for my JK.

He says the front receivers for the JK are all the same with different names & to check out:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...iver&x=16&y=13

And look @ this for an idea of clearance question:

http://www.quadratec.com/Assets/Installation/141806.pdf

 

I ran a set up with a receiver in the bumper (Olympic) which is higher than the frame mounted Hidden Hitch type. The problem wasn't how low the receiver ended up, it's how far the winch sticks out that ends up being what kills your approach angle.

If you plan on riding around without the winch installed until you need it, that comes with it's own set of problems. When you are on the side of a slippery mountain, or in an 8' deep mud hole, ice covered rock etc. the last thing you want to be doing is trying to horse around a 50 lb winch and trying to fit it into a receiver. There are many situations where it can't be hooked up when you need it most.

Unless you come up with a clever custom bumper set up that brings the winch back into where winches normally are, like a couple of inches in front of the grill, it doesn't work. After a couple of years playing with it I found it to be not at all worth it.

 

Thanks for the input. Since starting this thread(I actually do not remember starting it) I have decided to go a more traditional route.