Rear Bumper Replacement & Receiver specs

[SuperDuty79]

Some of ya'll that's seen my truck, know that I have a front bumper replacement made out of a black powder coat diamond plate. I'm actually looking for a rear bumper replacement now. The only ones I can find that I somewhat like are the cowboy bumpers that have a rated capacity of 1,000 lbs tongue weight and a 10,000 lbs towing.

My question is if I replace my current bumper am I losing any rated capacity in tongue weight and towing weight from my current towing hitch that came w/ my truck. I'll be losing my hitch if I do the replacement. So maybe someone out there know's the specs on the current hitches that Ford sticks under our trucks and will know if I'm gaining or losing in the rated capacity department. Any info would be helpful.

Second question.....do any of ya'll know a good place to look for a good rear bumper replacement? I've already looked at RanchHand.com and Frontier-Gear.com

[deadrock69]

:yay:Let me talk to a friend about one he made i'll post some pics. tomorrow of the rear bumper even if i don't get a chance to talk to him so you can see if you like this thing. I'm going to make one for my X when i get it back. This thing looks like it belongs on a military truck. And can pull a tank.:yay:

[thefish]

My truck has a Reunel bumper on the tail. It's rated for 20000# towing and a 6120# tongue weight. I believe you'd need a Class A license to tow that much. http://www.reunel.com/products.html

[POWERSTROKEMIKE]

http://www.reunel.com/products.html i have one on my 97 f350 and its a great bumper.. bet be ready when you intall it.. i have the bumper with the winch in the back.. had to use a fork lift to raise it up an intall it..