Part Numbers: SS98GV,C31086
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82 x 14 Residential plow with thick rubber cutting edge self-adjusts up and down to smoothly clear a path on any terrain. Aluminum blade stays in straight-ahead position, and makes plowing your driveway as easy as pulling forward or backing out.
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Snowplow Installation
Front or rear mount? Versatility is the SnowSport LT's middle name.
Installation is quick and simple - just slide the included shank assembly into your 2" hitch receiver and secure with pin.
Once the plow frame is connected, attach the blade by lifting one end at a time onto the frame's holders. The lightweight aluminum blade construction makes lifting or adjusting an easy, one-person job. Secure the blade in either the transport or plowing position with the plow's snap pins. The low-profile design won't block your headlights, and the transport position is secure enough for highway travel.
If using with a rear-mount receiver, simply lower the blade to plow position and back up as usual. For a front-mounted plow blade, just drive forward with the blade in the plow position. The unique design takes the hassle out of plowing: This device has no hydraulics or complicated wiring. The push frame on the shank assembly allows the blade to move along the grade of the terrain for easier, more efficient plowing. The heavy-duty rubber cutting edge is effective yet turf friendly, collecting snow and squeegeeing slush without digging into the ground.
When you are ready to reverse your driving direction, the blade lies back, skimming over the surface of the ground until you change direction again to plow.
Handy blade markers extend vertically from the ends of the plow to help you see where you are plowing.
With the SnowSport LT, plowing snow is as easy as backing out of your driveway. Once you are finished plowing, simply lift the blade, refasten it in the transport position and head off for work or errands.
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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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inaudible 00:00:00 etrailer.com. Today, we're going to walk through how to install a front mount hitch on your 2018 Jeep JL Wrangler Limited. This is what our hitch is going to look like when it's installed. This is going to give us the ability to add items on the front of our Jeep if our hitch on the back is being used. For instance, we can put cargo carriers, bike racks, we can put winches on here, maybe you want to out a front tire or spare tire carrier on there. It's going to help with even moving trailers if you move trailers a lot, it's going to make it a lot easier to move those trailers around, or even a snow plow.
This hitch is going to work great for all of those.This is going to be a two inch by two inch receiver tube opening, reinforced collar to give us a little stability there, hitch pin hole, it's going to 5/8" in diameter, it's going to take a standard 5/8 hitch pin. Hitch pin and clip does not come with this hitch, however it can be found here at etrailer.com. It's going to come with all the necessary hardware. It's not going to require any welding or drilling to get it installed, this is a very simple installation. Black powder coat finish, it's going to be a steel construction so it's going to be very durable, the black powder coat finish is really going to hold up well against that rust and corrosion.There is one other option for a front end mounted hitch on your Jeep and that's going to be the draw type.
The difference between the two is the draw type or with the inaudible 00:01:19, I should say, it's going to have a plate that mounts, then reattach these bolts down here on the bottom with a draw type. You're not going to have that. With the curtain, being able to reattach these bolts on the bottom, you're going to have a lot less likely that the bottom of the pan is going to flap around. It's not just going to be held on by your push pin fasteners up underneath the bumper.Now, I'm going to give you a few measurements and weight capacities to hep you on deciding on any of your hitch front accessories you may need such as a bike rack, ball mount, or cargo carrier. From the center of our hitch pin hole to the outer most part of our bumper is going to be about eight inches.
That number's important for any of your hitch mount accessories like your bike racks and cargo carriers that may fold up against your vehicle. From the ground to the top innermost part of your receiver tube is going to be 18 inches. Keep that number in mind for any of your hitch mount accessories that may require a little bit more ground clearance. Now, as far as our weight capacities go, we're going to have a 350 pound max towing weight, which is the downward pressure on the inside of the receiver tube. Whatever you may be loading on it, you want to make sure you're not exceeding that downward pressure.
With this being a front mounted hitch, we're going to have a 9000 pound straight line pull, that's how much the hitch can pull. I would recommend checking the owner's manual of the Jeep and make sure the vehicle can withstand that amount of weight. You're going to go with lowest number between the vehicle and the hitch. I always recommend also to make sure that the front axle can handle that amount of weight.Now that we've gone over some of the features, let me walk you through how to get it installed. To start installation, we need to remove this plastic pan. Take a flathead screwdriver or a trim panel tool, we're going to have some fasteners that run across the bottom side of the bumper. We're going to pry out the center and then we'll pull out the whole thing. This panel here, you're going to have one up behind it that you'll need to remove. We're going to take a 5/16 socket, we're going to have a bolt here and a bolt on the other side. And then we'll set this aside.Then we're going to take a 5/8 socket, we're going to remove this middle guard. Push up. When we're putting our hitch up, we're going to have two brackets that look like this. Each bracket's going to have a little tab on it, you want that tab to face in. Hex bolt, conical tooth inaudible 00:03:47, make sure the teeth are facing toward the hitch. We're going to line up with the existing weld nuts, we're going to go through the bracket into the hole. We're going to have the same thing on the other side. We're going to be putting our hardware into the frame rail and we're going to come out of this hole and this hole. Hardware we're going to be using, the bolt and a plate. We're going to go in, through the hole in the frame rail, slide it into the hole, and put on the nut. For out bottom one, we're going to have to come up through the bottom so make sure you don't tighten this lower bolt. Slide this plate to the side a little bit. This one may be a little tight. Now we're going to repeat that same thing on the other side.We'll take a 17 mm socket and wrench, we're going to torque, or tighten and then torque all of our hardware to specifications in the instructions. On this plate that we removed, you're going to have a metal clip on the end, we're going to take it off. We're going to put it on the bottom of each plate that we installed. And then for your front rock guard, just follow the instruction on how to cut it. You will have to cut this little tab off to get it to slide in between your bumper and your hitch. And then we can reinstall the push pin fasteners and our two factory bolts to hold up the backside of our pan. Once you have your pan back on, you're ready to go.That's going to do it for a look at installation on the Curt front mount hitch on our 2018 Jeep JL Wrangler.
Average Customer Rating: 4.9 out of 5 stars (42 Customer Reviews)
82 x 14 Residential plow with thick rubber cutting edge self-adjusts up and down to smoothly clear a path on any terrain. Aluminum blade stays in straight-ahead position, and makes plowing your driveway as easy as pulling forward or backing out. 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.
Well built, solid receiver hitch. I had to make minor modifications to get it to fit the gladiator mojave because of the fox shock mounts
Fits perfect and works just as I needed it to. I use it for my SnowSport plow set-up on a 2022 Gladiator Sport Max Tow. I’ve been using front receivers for this same plow for the last 24 years. It’s been used on 5 different trucks and this front receiver mount plow is the BEST.
*** When installing on a Gladiator(possibly the Wrangler as well), the front plastic trim below the bumper needs to be cut for receiver clearance. I wanted a tight and “factory looking” install, so I took my time with a vibrating cutter and very sharp utility knife. After trying to put it back in place, the hole is not just square, it’s shaped more like. “T”. I suggest you make small adjustments/cuts as you go forward. It may take several times fitting and cutting to get it right and tight, but in the end it does look like it came that way from JEEP. On the Max Tow package, there is also a metal skid plate that does not get reinstalled. Unfortunately that piece is where the back of the plastic fascia mounts. I ended up securing it with some long heavy-duty zip-ties and it’s worked well for a year now. Just an FYI for those installing the same receiver on their same vehicle.
Installed real easy. Cuttingbthe plastic rock guard was the hardest part.
Product shipped and received on time. I'm very happy with the packaging. Hardware was included with instructions to install the hitches I purchased.
Opened the box and instructions were bad, OK you added the video the video when is OK. The parts seen of matching OK (not 100% verifying the list of parts and qualities). Shipping way odd and for a e-shipping no thing over a week, then boom you are shipping and here (odd). It is raining now - - so no installing a hitch in the driveway today...
Kp-cl
6/21/2022
The hitch worked OK, even if the instructions were not so good. My hitch for the home snow plow worked OK for the winter.
Jenny N.
6/24/2022
All was great. Good quality product. Install instructions for cutting the front pan were incorrect. The hitch design appears to have changed from the instructions provided. A much different cut-out was required making many installs and removals. The 3 X 5" cut-out in the instructions is incorrect.
Charles S.
8/17/2021
Great, but installation was a bit more challenging then identified
Excellent. The receiver is of great quality and fitment was perfect. The installation video was a very nice resource allowing installation preparation and because of this I completed the receiver install in a little less than 30 minutes. This is the third Curt receiver I have purchased from etrailer and each time I have had the same exceptional experience with the product and etrailer.
I was a little surprised with the snow plow. I thought it was going to be hydraulic/electric. It does okay, going on flat and slight declines. Inclines not so good. I also. Bought a rear trailer hitch. Very pleased with it.
It will be so nice to have the Jeep with us. But it didn’t take the 90 minutes but most of the day to put it on
Easy install. I have my winch attached to it and it works great. Much cheaper than getting a new bumper with integral winch.
Very easy install. Videos were great help. I like the idea of fish springs, I didn't need them, but tried it out, works great. Quality unit, made in USA.
Shipping very quick, follow up emails. Great outfit to deal with. I'll be contacting soon about purchasing a snowplow with them.
This was one of the easiest installs / modifications ever. The install was pretty loose and forgiving when put into place but it tightened up nicely. I was a little worried about cutting the front fascia after seeing a couple of reviews where others has omitted it, but that too was actually really easy to do with a sharp razor knife. Everything was completed in just 45 minutes during my lunch hour in the parking lot at work!
Not hard to install at all, the hard part was getting the plastic clamps back into the air dam. LOL
Quick delivery. Perfect fit. Easy install. Thanks.
A little fiddly to install for one person, when I added a helper everything went smoothly.
Also, if you're going to put the lower plastic tray back on the car, you'll find that the tray will need to be test fitted a few times to get the fitment of the push rivets correct. The slot you'll end up cutting isn't going to be a rectangle but more of a "T" slot. This is to account for the stiffing flange of the hitch.
Overall, a very stout and well built product.
Excellent purchase, easy to install and great quality. We added an extension bracket and a 6-rod rack + cooler bumper mount - it's a game changer!
Easy to install, built well. You will have to cut the plastic shield under the Jeep.
easy to do business with.
the videos that pertain exactly to my vehicle make installation a synch
super company!
i received exactly what i ordered and actually a day earlier than expected. This was my first order with etrailer and will 100% order from them again.
Thank you for your excellent service!
easy fit and good instructions !
It fit perfectly. Easy to install
Purchased several times from etrailer and always a good experience
John
8/20/2023
Its a blessing to have as I had something similar on an old truck and missed it. Makes life much easier getting my camper and car trailer in the yard around the tree thats in the middle of the driveway design.
Mike L.
9/13/2023
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