Tow ball on front bumper

SCOTIA911 · Dec 28, 2010

Has anyone fitted one of these? I have searched the threads but it all seems to be people trying to farbicate them onto standard bumpers. i have a winch bumper fitted to the front and was wondering if I could just drill a couple of holes and bolt a ball on. Its only going to be used for shunting fairly light trailers and pulling the boat out once a year (very light little boat with a 20 horse outboard so not very heavy). I normally do this with the rear tow bar but the lead into the drive of my house is a bugger to get into and swing to turn the trailer. Also I dont like having to submerge the exhaust and rear of the vehicle in sea water every so often. Any tips?

The Mad Hat Man · Dec 28, 2010

I have on Tufftee - ideal for being towed using a towing pole.
strengthen the rear of the winch bumper and mount it in front of a chassis leg.

blue beasty · Dec 28, 2010

dont know what your bumbers like but its a good idea to bolt through a length of angle on the inside of the bumper, as long as you can, to avoid warping it......as your only towing a light load you might not need it but its easy to do and better than finding out after that you should've reinforced it

SCOTIA911 · Dec 28, 2010

Cheers for the info will have to have a good look at her before getting the drill out

jamesmartin · Dec 28, 2010

have a look behind bumber you will see metal part of bumper strong enough to secure to

paul_c · Dec 28, 2010

I've done it. To strengthen and spread the load behind, I used a 10mm plate tow ball spacer, which of course is the exact right size. The only problems are that it slightly lessens the approach angle, and the tow ball is way higher than standard so you might have problems with getting the jockey wheel to extend that far up, to tow something. I didn't have a 16mm drill bit, the largest was 10mm, so it was a happy hour extending the size of the bolt holes with a round file.

waldershelf · Dec 28, 2010

I had a series 3 that came with military overiders, I cut the overiders off, welded them together end to end and then welded them in front of the original bumper effectvely creating a box section that spanned the dumb irons. I then mounted a towball in the middle with an additional load spreading plate behind it. The setup didn't do much for the approach angle but was extremely strong.

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Leaks an prone to bits dropping off

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