Agreed. I use my hitch for so many things... really like the build though.

IMO you should've built a roof rack instead.

I just throw the spare up there and secure it with a mount I made. that way its is out of the way and doesn't block my view. What do you really use a spare tire for except blowouts anyway? nothing. It's just in the way mounted on the back. Plus a rack gives you a lot more options for equipment and lights. (Hi-Lift, shovel, beer cooler...)

If the rack is packed, you have a hitch... Build a homemade off-road trailer!! (my next proj.)

 

yeah i like roof racks but there so noisey and they grab small tree limb that cause some damage. i wheel in tight wooded area. the rack wont last. i had one on my old bronco it was a pain.

i want to do a trailer down the road for sure. anyone know of anyone who built a mj bed trailer

 

then consider this one I built last summer.

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=993981


I've since welded the nut onto the side plate, and a t-handle on the head of the bolt on the opposite side.

 

Sweeet! You must have some sweet ideas brewin up in your head. Now you need to make a sweet front bumper.

 

it will be built this summer. i will put my rock sliders on also after winter

 

nice!

 

my first home brew tire carrier used the hitch to but you have a way better idea there. i like it. i bet if you wanted to tow you could put that idea on a reciever with a ball. i pull a couple wheelers regulairly(?) with my lifted xj. out of o/d it pulls nice.

 

thanks guys. i dont use my hitch 4 anyting so i have a use for it know. if i need to tow anything i have my heavy-duty D-rings with hard mounted shackles. they work great

 

Looks bad ***... just go to tractor supply and buy a single reciver hitch for 14 bucks and weld it on underneath that with some gussets and then u can......pull trailers..****** on it or. Watever......but it looks cool...like it better than mine..billyxj99@yahoo or Facebook ill post my homade one soon

 

if people are concerned about not having the use of a hitch i you could(this is what i'll prolly do!) get an hitch receiver and instead of having welded it onto a piece of tube use the receiver in place of the tube and walla! plus the ball would act as your safety stopper. personally i really like the looks of it! it gives the same effectiveness of the swing out with a lot less weight! i will prolly copy you

and i would put it in this bumper- minus the swing out lol
http://www.ajsoffroadarmor.com/images/Img_2121.jpg

ive always liked the fold down vs. the swing out. always wanted to get the tire to fold out as a table leg and have it turn into a table

 

i tried fiding you on facebook and couldnt. I want to see the pics.

 

howd you keep it from rattlin?

 

thats is really nice well it more then nice like a piece of jeep art. but i didnt want a ton of weight back there and something simple. but i love that bumper but my bumper was cheap to build

 

nice build, IMO you built it who cares if it was your idea or you got it from someone else.

 

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