Has anyone ever bought or seen a hitch for a '03 or newer 2500 for the front end? Im looking to install one for the purpose of having a winch that I can take from the rear to the front on just a reseiver.

 

Seen one, held one, installed one on a hunting buddies '05 2500 4x4... I actually ordered it for him the same day I ordered the one for my Grand Cherokee. Warn part number is 65370. Bought off Amazon.com for just under $200 shipped about two years ago.
You might also wanna look at GoWarn.com...

It's possible you can find a Curt or similar for less money, Warn is high, but STRONG. When I compared Curt front hitch to Warn for my Grand Cherokee, the Curt was rated at 6,000 lbs. and the Warn at 9,000 lbs.

The Grand Cherokee weighs just over 4000 lbs. so the Curt would have sufficed, but with a 9k winch, I felt I'd be better off with the 9k rated Warn...



Keep in mind if you want to run the winch in the rear, you are gonna need STUPID thick wiring! Winches draw HUGE amperage and will literally melt cable at long lengths that is too thin. 2 AWG is fine for the front where you'll have 4' of cable or less, but you'll need 2/0 AWG to run to the rear. WAIT till you price that!!!

Been there, done it...

 

Wow that is really big wire. No wonder everyone puts winches on the front haha.

 

Might could get away with 1/0, but I wouldn't go any thinner than that for a rear mount...

 

Yeah I kinda figured that.

 

I see it says that you can't keep the factory tow hooks with the Warn front hitch. That sucks.

 

Obviously you're new to this game...

You lose the tow hooks with ANYTHING that has to be frame mounted to the front. Where do you think these things mount?

Simple fix. You weld a couple D-Rings to the winch mount or if you can't weld, get you some bolt-on ones, but if you bolt-on, you better fab up a back plate for each one.






TIP: if you leave the shackles on the D-Rings and don't want them hanging crooked or clanging, go get you a piece of rubber hose at the auto parts store for a buck a foot and cut four 3/4" pieces and sleeve two each on the shackle pins, leaving the D-Ring in between them. They'll hang straight and not clang. (I've done that since I took this pic)...

 

Oh by the way, dunno if you saw this or not:

https://dodgeforum.com/forum/the-gre...nch-299-a.html

 

Damn I was actually looking at the Warn rear mount setup a couple weeks back but I guess I'll just wait until I can do a front setup if the wire is that much of an issue.

 

When pulling the weight of a vehicle, it's not uncommon for a winch to draw in excess of 400 amps. Find you one of them charts on the internet that tells you how thick a wire is needed to move that kind of current over a distance of 20-25 feet. Yeah, wire diameter is that much of an issue...