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Easily attach a variety of accessories to the front of your vehicle with this fully welded, corrosion-resistant trailer hitch receiver. Perfect for winches, spare tire carriers and more.
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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (28 Customer Reviews)
Easily attach a variety of accessories to the front of your vehicle with this fully welded, corrosion-resistant trailer hitch receiver. Perfect for winches, spare tire carriers and more.Overall I love the front hitch and it's fit on my 2017 RAM 3500.
There's been some reviews talking about the packaging and also about the installation, so here's my experience.
The box was sturdy and was shipped via UPS. It arrives undamaged. There was some extra carboard added across the top of the box presumably to help protect the receiver.
When I opened the box I noticed that one of the brackets was slightly bent. I thought this may have happened during shipping, so I placed the receiver in my bench vice and gently brought it back to square. DON'T DO THIS. It appears the slight bend in the bracket is intentional. The receivers fits very snugly to the truck frame so that bend it to make installation easier. When I tried to install the receiver it was so tight I could not get it up into the truck frame. I ended up bending it back out of square (about 1/4" on each side). After I re-bent the brackets slightly it fit great. When you torque down the blots the brackets come back to square and everything was perfect.
My only minor criticism is with the instructions tell you to cut out a portion of the lower plastic deflector on your truck. The instructions tell you to cut a piece that is 4/25" wide. It doesn't need to be that wide for this truck - it could have been the same width as the 2" receiver. It's not a huge deal, but if you want a really tight fit on your deflector, then just cut it smaller.
The whole process, including the extra unnecessary bracket bending, took me about 2 hours to complete on my own. I used jack stands to support the bracket during the install, but an extra pair of hands would have made the process much quicker.
This hitch is definitely heavy duty and mounts securely. It does not block airflow to the radiators or interfere with the bumper proximity sensors. It deserves 5 stars from that perspective. But I give it 4 stars because unfortunately the distance between the side plates was 3/4" too narrow to rotate into place. It would not clear the frame rails, brackets, and spacers. Actually it wouldn't even clear the frame rails alone. My son and I read the instructions many times and experimented with every possible angle (which is a major hassle while supporting the hitch under the truck) and finally took the matter into our own hands. We used a high lift jack situated between the side plates to bend them outward. Then the hitch fit perfectly. Getting the bumper lined back up was another headache, but not because of the hitch.
Seems nice and solid, should be strong enough to haul my 425lb motorcycle + 60lb carrier. Based on some of the reviews about what a pain it was to install I decided not to mess with it and take it to a hitch shop. They confirmed some of the complaints I read here so it was money well spent.
I was hoping this would be a simple install, but it turned out to be a nightmare! I have a 2017 3500 Ram 4x4 with a heavy brush guard that was installed when I purchased the truck for $[XX] installed.
I took this Curt 31067 to a shop and was charged over $[XX] with tax to have it installed, luckily the labor rate was only $[XX] and they charged a little less time than it actually took. They said they had to remove the brush guard and even then the holes did not all line up correctly. Now I'll need an extension too (of course). So I figure I'll have about 1k in this when finished, adding the kike rack and accessories to haul two bicycles to Arizona I'll be over $[XX] haha. Live and learn, right?
Works great! Loving it.
As other reviews indicate, the hitch was not properly packaged and arrived with a bent flange sticking out of a destroyed box. Thankfully the hardware is now encapsulated in tape and stuck to the hitch so it didn't fall out. I informed etrailer of the damage and was advised to put it in my vice and bend it back. I don't have a vice so I pounded it out with a sledgehammer to get it to fit (very tight but I got it on). Instructions are unclear at best so plan on fitting this thing on more than once, and you really do need a helper with reasonable strength (if you can't bench 135, you can't install this). The kicker is that the torque spec on the main bolts is 160lb - try doing that with the truck on the ground so you can't use an extension (the 98lb for the bumper bolts was hard enough). Finally, note that this does not reach flush with the front of the bumper so it's recessed - I installed it to use with a motorcycle mount and while it worked (very close to grill), the folding mechanism won't allow the rack to clear the grill. At the end of the day, I'm still married and impressed with my wife's strength (apparently pilates works) and neither the hitch nor the bike have fallen off (yet).
There's a packaging problem. The hitch came with the ears sticking through the cardboard and one ear was bent. Not a big deal to straighten out but you shouldn't have to. The handles on the cardboard are useless to the delivery guy since the hitch is falling through the packaging. I would flip the hitch over in the box so the receiver is down and add maybe 2 or 3 cardboard layer pads for the hitch to sit on to strengthen the floor. Maybe tape the ears to the side so it's not moving around. The delivery driver should be able to use the handles. Otherwise the hitch looks great, unfortunately forgot to take pictures of the box. Sounds like other people had the same problem .
Several others have commented on the packaging, must agree, mine showed up with the 2” receiver hanging out of the box, I haven’t had time to look at the side brackets but I’ll assume they’re fine. Seems like an easy problem to fix with a reasonable return on investment for e-trailer.
First the good news; it does fit the truck (2018 RAM 3500) without any drilling, just some trimming of the plastic air dam below the bumper is necessary, but that's easy enough. So I give it 4 stars, and would have given 5 but for the bad news.
The bad news is that etrailer doesn't pack these hitches very well to protect them from getting knocked around in transit. The hitch is heavy steel and it's just basically wrapped in a regular cardboard box with no protective bracing at all.
This is the second hitch I've bought from eTrailer which had this problem, the other being a front hitch for a Toyota Tundra.
What happens is they get dropped in the shipping process and the "wings" get bent so the distance between those wings become to small to fit over the frame rails in the vehicle. The first time it happened I didn't understand why the hitch wouldn't fit, so I called tech support at etrailer and they explained what they thought had happened and suggested I "spread" the wings back out by using a jack and a piece of wood.
I did that and the hitch then fitted just fine.
Now I get this one, and it had the exact same problem. Since this was not new territory this time I knew how to fix it, but it's still a pain to have to hunt around for just the right bits of wood etc and spend time on this extra step.
Judging by how quickly the tech support diagnosed the problem the first time around, I'm thinking this is something which happens often enough for them to be familiar with it. So it's a little surprising to me that etrailer hasn't come up with a fix.
A simple piece of wood (a 2 x 4, say) cut to exactly the right distance between the (unbent) wings, and held in place with tape or something would prevent the wings from getting bent inwards if (when is more like) it's dropped on one end in the warehouse or in transit.
I've done a fair bit of business over the years with etrailer, and they're a really great company to trade with. In fact this very issue of bent end wings on trailer hitches is the only fitment problem I've ever had with anything from them.
Once can be a fluke.
But twice is a pattern, folks. You should really fix this.
Hard for me to understand why someone would complain about the shipping packaging I don’t care what the packaging is it gets thrown away anyway.
Fits like a glove, just as I would want it to. Installed by myself and took me about an hour and a half. The bolts turned out to be slightly short but easily resolved. This should be a great addition to my truck.
The front mounted trailer hitch fit like it was supposed to and I’m happy with the mount.
I’m using it for a winch mount and it works great.
Everything is just the way it was described to me at the time of sale. This hitch works great on the front of my 2018 Ram 3500 to haul my Honda Ruckus.
I am very happy with it.
What made it even better was the great service I received from Etrailer when I bought it. :)
Got reciever really fast,had it installed in a little over an hour with my wife's assistance on the jack.etrailer must have read previous reviews about damage during shipping,mine arrived in perfect condition,very happy.Plan on taking my grandson camping and needed the front hitch to haul our mountain bikes.Looking forward to the trip!
Great product. Fits perfectly on 2018 Ram 3500 dually. Read instructions throughly. Didn’t notice the start on passenger side at first which cost extra time installing. Works great with cargo tray for bicycles when towing 5th wheel camper.
Have this mounted on my Ram 3500 with a large cargo tray and have been very happy with it. Install was very easy other than needing to cut the air dam under the bumper a bit but with a dremel tool its no problem. It can be installed by one person but two is better.
This is a Heavy Duty hitch. Didn't realize it was so robust. Took me about 2 hours, but I'm very methodical (slow). Had to have everything perfect. Installed this hitch for the purpose of a bike rack on the front of our Ram 3500. The bed holds a truck camper so this works out great. Perfect fit.....
Excellent. Fit perfectly. Looks great. Instructions made installation a breeze. Driving to Alaska this summer. This product, used in conjunction with Curt C31006, allows me to carry an extra spare tire without using up needed cargo space.
Great receiver. A bit of a challenge to install by yourself.
I always give high marks to etrailer. Their customer service is top notch in my opinion.
Solid product. Difficulty arises from tight clearances around bumper bolts. The product itself fit perfectly. Best to have a helper, but I did this on my own working floor jack with my legs. I'm 68. 18 mm deep socket helps with bumper bolts.
Beautiful hitch, looks like its powder coated, beautiful finish. Easy to follow instructions, comes with all hardware required. Perfect fit. Totally satisfied.
Fits great. Didn't require much work. Solid as can be. we use it for a push bar to get our land speed race car moving.
Will be adding one up front to our 2019 Ram Dually.
Good quality fits as should. Good service from etrailer.
Sheldon
8/21/2023
It’s been a year since I installed the front hitch and it is still working well. Since then,I have installed two more for friends that liked mine
It was easy to install and we use it all the time. Does its job smoothly every time
High quality product and perfect fit. Only 4 stars because it arrived a bit scuffed from delivery. Bumper is a nightmare to get lined back up. Would have been easier with two people.
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David
2/6/2019
One year later, Im still perfectly happy with this hitch. For the most part we use it to hold a bike carrier on the front of the truck when we go camping with our Arctic Fox in-bed camper. Its performed flawlessly, and is more than sufficiently heavy-duty for that kind of usage. Installation is straightforward enough, though an extra set of hands makes the process a lot easier. Over the years Ive bought several hitches, camper tie-downs, wiring harnesses and other items from eTrailer, and it is an excellent company to deal with.