Stock hitch

[jkorn74]

Has anyone taken off the stock hitch and installed a new class 3 one? I just installed mine and I took off the old one..I am not sure if I was suppose to.

 

[mattyk6]

The two aftermarket 2" hitches that I have seen were to be mounted underneath the 1 1/4" hitch, so you would still have two hitches.

 

[jkorn74]

I mounted the original back on..now the bumper has some structual integrity.

 

[streetsweeper]

can you replace the 1 1/4 hitch with a factory 2 inch?

 

[Fish Man]

was wondering the same thing. having two hitches would be lame, well to me at least. my dad is buying a boat and needs to put a class 3 on his. are the oem class 3 worth a dang?

 

[blichy]

can you replace the 1 1/4 hitch with a factory 2 inch?

Yes this can be done. There are at least a few people here who have done this.

 

[mattyk6]

The two local Ford dealers would rather send the Explorer to a welding company and have them cut out the 1 1/4" section and replace it with a 2" section and add bracing. The cost for this is $275.

There has to be a 2" OEM hitch, but the local dealers don't want to go that route.

 

[vp6799]

I don't know if this is what you are looking for, but here is a link to one that has the ford part #.

http://www.fordaccessoriesstore.com/fas/consumer/FAS_ProductDetails.asp?PartNumber=2L2Z19D520AA&oid=2687&sOldOid=2663:2670&detail=yes


Vic

 

[mattyk6]

Can someone take a picture of the 1 1/4" mount and the 2" mount directly below it, I'd love to see it.

I don't know if I want to go that route or pay the extra money to only have the 2" hitch.

Thanks,
Matt

 

[FordLover]

after 2 minutes of looking online, I found this:

It doesn't list a seperate option for the class 3 hitch, but the class two is 130 bucks, so the class 3 can't be much more from the dealer.


hitch

 

[mattyk6]

The link from VP said it was $300. But the link doesn't seem to be working now.

 

[vp6799]

The link from VP said it was $300. But the link doesn't seem to be working now.

That's because they jacked up the price on it. So they chabged the link to it. They now list it by MSRP, so it says $500. It no longer gives the actual price.

Here is the new link:

http://www.fordaccessoriesstore.com/fas/consumer/FAS_ProductDetails.asp?PartNumber=2L2Z19D520BA&oid=976&sOldOid=419&detail=yes

Vic