Tow Hitch on Scout Traveler & Terra production models confirmed. Location you prefer?

[Mousehunter]

No problem with a traditional 2" or 2.5" receiver. I guess no real reason for 2.5". I recently decided to put away my collection of balls and drops to a Tow and Stow adjustable. It gives me adjustable height to handle various different trailers, 2 balls (to handle various trailers), and stows fairly tightly to the rear of the vehicle. I see NO benefit in a hidden hitch - just seems like one more thing to cause problems.

I am in Texas, every truck near me has a hitch on the back. Online people whine and cry about balls sticking out the back of vehicles. We have working vehicles, and generally consider it a problem of people walking while looking at their cell phones. Annoying enough to have 3 different balls in the back seat AND one in the receiver. Stow and Go solved all of those problems, and I can even stow it and save the people who can not keep their eyes off their cell phone screens.

Only real problem with the stow and go - my trucks license plate is directly above the hitch, so I can not reverse it and get up and out of the way, it has to tuck under.

 

[Lakesinai]

My reservation is for the Traveler and I need a hitch for a bike rack. I want the spare tire on the tailgate and that means my rack (1Up) might need a hitch extender to mate up with a standard location hitch receiver. My bikes are of the E variety and weigh a combined 100lbs so not too bad from a cantilevered load perspective.

On the Bronco and F150, the Kuat Pivot connects to the hitch, provides both the correct extention (& 2" drop) to clear the spare, and the swing-away capability for loading for either a tailgate or swinggate. Works with Kuat & other bike racks, loading platforms, fishing racks. Great for bikes, including 2 ebikes. NOT suitable for towing.

 

[RMK!]

On the Bronco and F150, the Kuat Pivot connects to the hitch, provides both the correct extention (& 2" drop) to clear the spare, and the swing-away capability for loading for either a tailgate or swinggate. Works with Kuat & other bike racks, loading platforms, fishing racks. Great for bikes, including 2 ebikes. NOT suitable for towing.

That is a great solution ... for me, thanks!

 

[Jrgunn5150]

Fair, valid use case - do you drive the trucks over 8' sewer pipes, drop them on their hitch from 8' and then leave 10 feet of slack and punch it when you use them?

They often are dropped onto logs, rock ledges, and have slack in them when I pull.

Trucks are not status symbols for me, they are tools.

 

[SentinelOne]

Go

They often are dropped onto logs, rock ledges, and have slack in them when I pull.

Trucks are not status symbols for me, they are tools.

Good for you, my trucks are for Winter, dirt bikes, camping, trailer pulling, bit of off roading (not extreme) and for commuting / daily - seem to be able to so without thrashing them (most the time).

 

[ljhcavjr]

A tow package should be made available for serious towing. Receiver mounted to frame; pre wired for electric trailer brakes; 7 pin and 4 pin trailer light outlet;

I also use a hitch on the front of my vehicle so it would be good to have holes drilled in frame to accommodate aftermarket install. I mount a bike rack to the front of my Expedition when towing Airstream trailer.

 

[Jrgunn5150]

Go

Good for you, my trucks are for Winter, dirt bikes, camping, trailer pulling, bit of off roading (not extreme) and for commuting / daily - seem to be able to so without thrashing them (most the time).

Yep, if you only every use a truck like DIY dad and it sees the Home Depot parking lot once a month, that cast POS hitch on the cybertruck will work fine probably.

But, again, hooking a chain to a hitch and pulling something else stuck is 100% in the normal use case for any truck with a hitch.

 

[SentinelOne]

So does pulling a stuck 8k truck out of a mud hole put more force on the hitch / frame than pulling a 33klb sled? - maybe it does, honest question. Love my CT (maybe that's why I react to the haters), guessing I'll love my scout too if they develop a good product... I'll quit now, you do you and I'll do me.

 

[tragicmonkey049]

If the receiver is going to be tucked away behind a removeable plastic panel, like the R1S, then please, for God's sake, leave enough room around it for a person with normal-sized hands to insert/remove pins, install an anti-wobble hitch stabilizer, etc.