Trailer Hitch

[JimManche17]

I am looking at options for rear trailer hitches as I need one to tow my bass boat around. I see they don't make any aftermarket ones for our trucks. What have you guys done I see some universal kits you can weld up has anyone done that before?

[89 MJ]

@krustyballer16 makes them. Check out his posts in the Vendors section.

[Pete M]

if you can weld, you can buy his side brackets separate from a whole unit and grab a hitch from an Excursion from a local junkyard.  I did that to the 88 I was working on.  I used the excursion after failing to find a single pickup that had a wide enough hitch (they all seem to go between the inner frame walls rather than the MJ's outside-to-outside).

 

 

[SCJ Steve]

I made my own. 

 

 

[dasbulliwagen]

The one from Krusty is well made and worth the price. You'll need to paint it, but that's no big deal. 

[jeff351]

+1 for Krustyballers hitch. 

[TX_Heat]

If you have the FEY/Westin bumper you can look for a Reese 37042 universal receiver hitch.

I was able to find one locally for $40 a few weeks back and got it mounted recently.

 

 

[pizzaman09]

10 hours ago, TX_Heat said:

If you have the FEY/Westin bumper you can look for a Reese 37042 universal receiver hitch.

I was able to find one locally for $40 a few weeks back and got it mounted recently.

 

 

This is interesting.  I have a Fey Westin bumper and just mount a ball to the bumper, however it results in a very high hitch point.

[TX_Heat]

On 8/4/2025 at 7:00 AM, pizzaman09 said:

This is interesting.  I have a Fey Westin bumper and just mount a ball to the bumper, however it results in a very high hitch point.

I saw the combo mentioned here on the forum and usually a link to this post on an XJ forum.