shelbyluvv Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I am working with U-Haul to get a hitch produced. I need a count of who would be interested in buying one. The MFG will more than likely be Curt. The cost is roughly $300 for a run of 6 or so. The more that can be built will bring the price down even more. These will be DOT certified and will bolt on just like a stock one would. Now is probably the last chance to get a new un-rusted/modified hitch for your truck. Bo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbear Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 How the hell does Curt not have a rear receiver for the MJ, but has a front hitch for it? :hmm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelbyluvv Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 They have the pattern to make the hitch. It is a supply and demand thing that killed off production of them. For them to make a run there needs to be the demand for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boardmanMJ Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 put me down for two of them! Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue88Comanche Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 What Class rating? Class III I am assuming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepcoMJ Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 $300 each? i'd lose the stock bumper and buy an aftermarket with a hitch built in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMCJeepMJ Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Will these hitches have short bed brackets, long bed brackets, or universal for the two? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87MJTIM Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Very interested, but still questions... Is the $300 each? How many would be needed to drop the price by $50? $100? What class rating? How do you/we arrange shipping to diff states? How is payment to be processed? When could they be available? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelbyluvv Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 To answer a few questions as best as I can. They should be produced as a universal setup to work on both the long and short boxes. They should also be class III rated hitches. These will be ordered through a buddy of mine who is a manager at U-Haul and a SoCal NAXJA member. He will distribute the hitches from his facility to those who order to keep costs down. If we could get 15+ hitches pre-ordered I am sure the price could drop to $225-$250 or so. I would love to get the price down to about $200. If this don't work as a group buy I will more than likely drop the $400 to have on fabbed up from a local hitch place. I refuse to bolt a rusted/burned hitch on the rear of my truck. I will be towing my Shelby to shows behind the truck and my 70K org mile car is worth the $400 for piece of mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOrnbrod Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Bo, will Curt or whomever manufactures them be replicating the Uhaul PN 75021 hitch pattern? If so it works for all MJs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelbyluvv Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 Don, yes they will be. From what I understand, Curt was the manufacturer for U-haul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOrnbrod Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepcoMJ Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Will these hitches have short bed brackets, long bed brackets, or universal for the two? no matter what anyone says, they are the same between the two. I built a rear bumper for a shortbed comanche. it fit perfectly on a longbed comanche exactly the same as it did on the shortbed. there is/are no bracketry differences, and they are cross-compatible, with the only exceptions reguarding bumpers being any side skids due to the difference in distance between wheel well and rearward edge of the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whowey Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 How the hell does Curt not have a rear receiver for the MJ, but has a front hitch for it? :hmm: The millions of XJ's would share the front hitch. It's a supply and demand thing. The handful of MJ's built compared to the handful left alive at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeep Driver Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I may or may not jump on this. The factory hitch uses the factory bumper as an integral part of the hitch? Correct? I want to lose the factory POS bumper so this may not be my option. There was a guy who had a real nice bumper fabbed here about 2 months ago.....it rapped around to the flairs. I commented to him that I would not pull anything heavy with the receiver that was incorporated into the bumper. He had it built assbackwards in my opinion. You design the hitch first as the actual structure of the bumper and then wrap the hitch with facade of the bumper. That will be my approach. The only thing holding me back is I need a tank for my mig.........brand new Lincoln 180 and no tank........just haven't brought myself to drop the $300 buck yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbear Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 They have the pattern to make the hitch. It is a supply and demand thing that killed off production of them. For them to make a run there needs to be the demand for it. No, I get that. But demand for a front hitch has got to be exponentially less than demand for a rear hitch, wouldn't you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87Warrior Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Bo, thank you for taking the time to try and coordinate this. Picking up a new in box hitch would truly be a sweet deal. Do you have some sort of time line you are looking at? I ask because I am currently not in the position to buy more Jeep parts (wife and I are closing on a house within a few weeks). However, if you are looking at approximately a month out, I may be up to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelbyluvv Posted January 27, 2012 Author Share Posted January 27, 2012 There is no set time line Brett. It all depends on if we can generate enough interest to even make it worth while for us and the vendor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camjeep3 Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 They have the pattern to make the hitch. It is a supply and demand thing that killed off production of them. For them to make a run there needs to be the demand for it. No, I get that. But demand for a front hitch has got to be exponentially less than demand for a rear hitch, wouldn't you think? yes, but like said, they fit the xj as well. there is enough demand for those Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manche_Lover_88 Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Would this hitch only work with the factory bumper? Or would it be set up to work with an after market? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sam Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 They have the pattern to make the hitch. It is a supply and demand thing that killed off production of them. For them to make a run there needs to be the demand for it. No, I get that. But demand for a front hitch has got to be exponentially less than demand for a rear hitch, wouldn't you think? Ya and something like 2 million more XJs have been built compared to our MJs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelbyluvv Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 They will be for stock bumper applications. So far with the lack of interest I highly doubt there is enough preorders to have a run done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tj5000 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I will definitely take one if they are available. It would be a shame to let this opportunity pass...there must be a few more people out there who are looking for a hitch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COMJNUT Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 I'm interested in one now but I have a few questions since the last post was 8 months ago. What is the progress on this? Did this idea just hit a brick wall and went no further? Are there still people wishing to have one for their MJ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidoo_j Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 maybe another option for you http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151205220808276&set=a.10150358624188276.372996.209865163275&type=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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