I'm looking for a grill guard or a winch mount for my 87 F250. I need to mount a front hitch receiver and thought I would fish a bit before building one from scratch. Any ideas?

 

I just went to a local hitch shop and had them install one on my '97 F-250. From the label showing in the first pic it's a Curt brand. No grill guard but you could put a receiver winch mount in it.

 

You might also consider something like this: Curt Receiver Winch Mount, Curt Trailer Winch Mounts

 

i took one off a wrecked dodge pickup years ago in a junkyard, cost me $5.
then i modified it to fit under my 88.

 

My reverse shackle bracket has one…but that is a lot of work for just a front receiver. I also had a 2-1/2" receiver tube welded into my front bumper as that is the size of the receiver in the rear.

 

I've got the RWD version of Nothing Special's front hitch. It's not as tucked away as the 4x4 version. Install was simple once I realized what was different about my truck, and the instructions. The instructions show the front stabilizer bar mounted directly to the frame, and the receiver uses these bolt holes. My stabilizer bar mounts to two brackets inboard of the frame, and the bracket uses the same holes as the bar in the instructions. The instructions tell you to reuse the hardware that attaches the stabilizer bar, but that hardware isn't in the right spot. I ended up drilling out the 8mm holes in the frame to 1/2", and supplied my own grade 8 hardware. I haven't moved a trailer with it yet. I carry my 4000w generator up there on a cargo carrier. Also makes a great step for working in the engine bay.

 

That's what my brother did. He modified a regular receiver hitch to fit the front of his 92 F250

 

I have looked at a few of the units mentioned here but the frame on the older trucks doesn't have enough space to attach anything forward of the spring attachment. I was looking at fabricating some brackets to bolt on with the bumper attach bolts. I was hoping someone here would have seen something from the past.