I am looking into making a front mounted hitch for my '94 F-150 4x4 and am curious if anyone has done this and how you mounted it? Right behind the bumper is a piece of angle welded to the frame, would this be strong enough to mount the hitch to?

 

you can buy one fro numerous places i believe

 

I like to make stuff to put it plain and simple and I'm kind of cheap, LOL. What companies sell these kind of hitches?

 

You should be able to get them from most of the major hitch companies.
Draw-tite, valley ect.

Probably around 100.00, I saw some on Ebay last month for 35.00.

daajr

 

this link popped up after I posted.

http://www.cheaphitches.com/store/ca...roducts_id=817

 

The Reese/DrawTite/Hidden Hitch mfg website is www.reeseprod.com.

Another source for good prices on hitches and all sorts of other towing related items is www.etrailer.com.

The front hitch was pretty simple for my F350. It uses both the frame rails and the those 2 brackets you talked about as support. My DrawTite is rated for a 9000 lb winch pull and 500 lbs max weight carrying (tongue weight), if I remember correctly. The etrailer site has pictures of the actual hitch for each model of truck. I thought that was really cool!

 

Thanks for the input guys. I'll check out those sites.