bmikes

Hey guys, so i was thinking about either doing these, or actually getting hooks to fit into the 2" receiver that is in the front bumper i got last weekend. I was going to make my own front bumper to match the rear but i found this one at u pull it for 30 and couldn't pass it up.

Anyways, i though about ordering some of the smittybuilt ones, but i thought i would try my hand at it since tonight was a really slow night at work.

Im gonna go to.coastals tomorrow and.buy the clevises, but let me know what you think of them for now. Any feed back would be great

jcwclm

Not bad. What did you use for material?

bmikes

Just some steel i found at work. One of our old fixtures

jcwclm

I see. I made mine out of 17-4.

https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f58/yu...ssssss-110251/

hankthetank

Yours is neat but this one^^^^ is better. The fillets at the base of the tang make it WAY stronger, not to mention its not mystery metal...17-4 ftw.

bmikes

I plan on putting radius on the edges, and i like the transition from the small part to the big part. I might go make a little revision

hankthetank

Cool, then build some and sell them!

bmikes

Would people buy them? its just like a garage project to me, that'd be cool if i could sell them!

so today i put radius's on the corners so it will fit in the receiver and then drilled holes for the keeper pin.

This is just in my garage, so i know its a little redneck but hey ya gotta use what ya got right??

I drew plans up today for them on autocad and hopefully soon ill convert it to master cam and then cut em on the cnc at a friends house!

















Tomorrow the shackles will get into the hardware store so ill pick them up and ill be almost done!!

Note: the bolts in the rear are only holding them in right now, im gonna get rated hitch pins to hold them for.real.

Metmknice

I like that they are from solid stock. Do you know approx what they weight? If you could sell these for cheaper than others do, then people would definitely buy them. I may be in the market for another one when I get a front bumper with receiver piece in it.

JerrytheJeep

Your friend has a cnc at his house? Damn ain't that convenient haha. Those look good! I picked up a half decent hitch d ring from harbor freight, I haven't had to use it yet, and it was only 16$ hopefully no one dies when I need to use it haha

bmikes

I do not know the weight unfortunately. But yea i went to the tractor supply store and got two d ring shackles, and i also have two more on order that are screw pin d rings. Those are goin to have to.wait til i get paid tomorrow though. And im still working out the exact measurements for everything, and.once i get a solid blueprint down ill get a program generated for it and then see how much everything together would be and then see what happens!

bmikes

So this us the ring i got at the tractor supply store.







And then here is how it would look all together in the



And then here is the 'hitch' or 'recovery block' with the d ring shackle and the keeper pin on the back side




so if i was to sell something it would be that setup right there. Would any of y'all have interest.jn that? ^^

also here is my bumper attachment brackets for my 93 cherokee.






Thanks for all the feed back and.support guys, it really helps!!

CrawlnCoupe

a drop reciever is actually a better idea for recovery imo, you can use different angles to gain traction for the pulling vehicle and pulls upwards on the vehicle stuck to pull them up outta the mud. its easier to get to when your stuck and is less likely to get hung up when offroading.

CrawlnCoupe

although yours sticks out alot less than most i see so that should not get hung up atall.

bmikes

I never thought of that before, it makes sense though! Thanks for that info!
And the way i made these, i don't feel like they Will catch on anything and if the do that means my whole bumper would be caught up