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Mar 4, 2006

Tight Ranger

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Homemade Front Mount Hitch

Its finally done. I just need to install it and fab up
a license plate mount. It exits through the front
valance. The only thing that i didn't make is the
receiver tube which i bought at Tractor Supply Co.
Total cost: receiver tube - $15
cross tube - $8
primer & paint - $9
TOTAL = $32

Now, enough talk... here's the pics.

Mar 4, 2006

Mr. Special

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wow! nice work

Mar 4, 2006

a311fanam

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that looks nice, good work and take some pics of it mounted

Mar 4, 2006

Ranger379

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wow $32 sure beats buying one lol. actually i dont think they have very many for older rangers anyway. again, very nice job, looks great!

Mar 4, 2006

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looks great... im hoping you finished welding that main crossbar to the brakets...

Mar 4, 2006

JP03RFX4

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that looks awsome

ive been kind of thinking of the same thing

Mar 4, 2006

Lone Ranger 93

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awesome work man

Mar 4, 2006

Tight Ranger

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looks great... im hoping you finished welding that main crossbar to the brakets...

Yeah, its all welded up. It was just tacked together for test fitting.
Thanks for the comments so far.

Mar 4, 2006

Ranger00

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did you make those endplates and the trangular bottom plate yourself? those hole look they were punched

Mar 4, 2006

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Tight Ranger

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did you make those endplates and the trangular bottom plate yourself? those hole look they were punched

Well, kinda... I drew them up on AutoCAD and used the
CNC plasma cutter at work to cut them out. Its simple
when you have the right tools. haha.

Mar 4, 2006

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redneckff7

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Wow that looks awesome. Isn't it nice to have access to things like that at work. I wish I did.

Mar 4, 2006

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Make ten of them and sell em for 75 bucks + s/h

I'd buy one.

Aaron

Mar 4, 2006

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Gearhead61

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That looks very sturdy! I like the added gussets along the edge. That thing should be tough!

Mar 5, 2006

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TrailRateThisFx4

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man nice job, make me one, lol

Mar 5, 2006

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Morph

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For real, I'd buy one too. Great Work!

Mar 5, 2006

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tideguyinva

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hell id buy one if it fit an 04 lol

Mar 6, 2006

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great work!!.. ya id buy one from ya haha

Mar 6, 2006

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Looks very nice, I like how you are going to have it come out of the valance.

Mar 6, 2006

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very professional looking, and nice socks

Mar 6, 2006

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optikal illushun

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thats really nice, very good work. i agree, make a few and sell them for like $75...

i need to make one for my F150...

Mar 6, 2006

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Tight Ranger

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I don't think I will be making them for sale...
Seems like a lot of work and a liability.
If something broke and hurt or killed somebody, I wouldn't want to be liable.
I hope you guys understand.

Mar 17, 2006

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Got specs?? I wanna fab up one of those puppies this week!

Mar 24, 2006

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l2en

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Come up with that .pdf yet?

Jun 8, 2006

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tight Ranger

I don't think I will be making them for sale...
Seems like a lot of work and a liability.
If something broke and hurt or killed somebody, I wouldn't want to be liable.
I hope you guys understand.

yeah thats probably a good idea, Just the other day a guy at my school lost a skid plate out in the desert that was fabbed up by one of his buds. a bolt or something sheared and he ended up running the skid plate over and it came up and tweaked his exhaust (luckily thats all that the damage that it did) but still...