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I'm trying to find, with little avail, a brush guard for my truck that has a 2" reciever hitch on the front so that I could mount a winch to it when I need it, and then I could take it off when I don't.

I like the idea of being able to have a winch on both ends of the truck, seeing as how I have a hitch in the back.

It also needs to have mounts for 6" off-road lights such as KC's, Hellas, PIAA etc.

Also, price is a factor as well as strength and durability.

I also do not want to remove the front bumper to do so, but I am O.K. with putting holes in the air dam.

Any help would be much appreciated.
 

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i was just looking at my buddies truck which is a chevy and it had a front brush guard bumper with a 2" receiver on the bumper it was made by ranch hand. just looked at their web site and found one. also warn has the trans4mer which has an optinal 2" receiver and light mount
 

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You could always order one then weld a receiver on it
 
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yes you can with a little welding and cuttin you can mount ine to the frame under the guard. seen it done
 
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Ranch Hand and Arb are tbe only two I know of off hand...
 
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Originally Posted by santafehemi
i was just looking at my buddies truck which is a chevy and it had a front brush guard bumper with a 2" receiver on the bumper it was made by ranch hand. just looked at their web site and found one. also warn has the trans4mer which has an optional 2" receiver and light mount
Would you mind sending me a link to the ranch hand one?

The problem was I could not find one that would work on my 1500.

@ welding reciever on: I have the nessescary equipment, but I would prefer if it was on already when I buy it.
So the whole thing would be powder coated when produced and then if there is a problem with the welds I can blame someone else.
 
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warn makes a front 2" receiver for your truck/
 
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the ranch hand replaces the front bumper and i noticed that you didnt want to remove it so that may not work for you. here is the link for the warn trans4mer

http://www.warn.com/truck/mounting-s...er_mount.shtml
 



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