CURT 19030 Step Bumper Hitch Receiver, 2-Inch, 5,000 lbs.

Used this to mount a vertical bar on my truck so I could put the Kayak up in the air. Worked perfectly. The quality of the Curt matches my other Curt products. No complaints with quality at all! How I used it: - I have a ranch style Frontier front bumper and brush guard on my Chevy 2500HD truck. - I mounted the Curt hitch vertically behind the brush guard by drilling holes through the diamond plate deck and used grab bolts (U-Shaped bolts) to draw the hitch down to the deck/bumper. This held it in a vertical position perfectly. I was able to mount a "hitch extender" vertically. This is an hitch extender that normally mounts in a 2in box hitch and extends out behind the truck to carry long boards, etc. I placed this in the Curt hitch place pointing straight up, then drilled a hole through the top bar of my brush guard through the hitch extender (pointing vertically) and put a bolt through the whole thing just to hold it in place. I was then able to mount my Kayak (with help) with one end on my headache rack and the other on the vertically mounted hitch extender. Carried my kayak around for a week like this just to try it out. Worked great. No issues. Intend to use this so we can take our kayaks with us when we travel in our Shasta Phoenix 5th Wheel RV.

Easy to install on truck with step bumper. Made very sturdy. Hardware included was heavy duty.

Has to be modified for Toyota Tundra bumpers.. Hole spacing is wrong

It's built well. No problems.

Great alternative to an expensive frame mount. It is limited only by bumper limit. It fit my bumper, however the back holes were too far back on my 2007 Silverado WT. I fixed that by just welding it to the underside of the bumper itself.

this product is made with great quality

The supplied bolts are way too long to bolt up to the aftermarket step bumper (step bumpers being SPECIFICALLY listed as the APPROPRIATE APPLICATION for trucks and SUV's in the listing) on my Jeep. I reached out to Curt and asked them to help by sending me shorter bolts. After several emails were exchanged where they requested pictures and additional pictures of my setup, here is their response: "After further review, and after checking our fitment guide and the product page for #19030, it has been revealed that the reason you are having trouble with mounting and too long of bolts is because #19030 is not for jeeps. It is specifically for bolting to the bottom of a trucks step bumper. I have attached a screenshot of the products web page for your reference. Additionally, I will add that we do not have shorter bolts available, as they are made and packaged from one of our vendors. Have a great day!" Somehow my step bumper on my SUV doesn't qualify as the appropriate application? I have to throw the BS flag on this. Simply telling me in the very first email that they were sorry they didn't have shorter bolts would have answered my request for help and not wasted my time taking a bunch of pictures. I will never buy anything from Curt ever again, and I would return this item if I hadn't already drilled my bumper for this specific hitch. Lesson learned.

The hitch did not quite fit the bumper layout on my 1999 Ford D150 XLT. I was able to use it with a little modification however and am happy with it.

Holes needed to be cut out ¼ inch for the Taco bummer and the bottom is on a angle so I made spacers

Top plate on this hitch was warped from the welding process! Had to use a hydraulic press to straighten it before installing! Other than that, it functions as it should. There is no moving parts so not much to review.