What's the bumper rated to tow? Also, what is the truck rated to tow? Step
bumpers are usually rated low, like 200 lbs tongue wt and 2000 lb total
weight. A step bumper is usually designed for a directly mounted hitch ball,
not a drawbar. You may need a bolt-on hitch frame to tow your saiboat
properly. It won't screw up the truck, and the holes in the frame will be
invisible once the hitch frame is removed.


"Don White" wrote in message
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I'm going to ust the step bumper on my leased ranger truck to tow my
sailboat. I measured it's height above ground at about 22 inches.
My Voyager minivan hitch is at the 12 inch height but my drawbar raises
that to 15 inches.
A local auto supply store has the flat bar type of drawbar on sale. It's
actually bent to either raise or lower the ball by 4 inches.

Does anyone know if this type bar in installed on top of the step.. or
below? The hole in the step is about 13/16" in diam so I guess I'll need
a 3/4" bolt/nut combo for fastening.