Receiver to the rear

[RogHodge]

As you can see I installed a 2â€

[teardrop_focus]

If that's only bolted, I wouldn't hang much weight on it. Two welds would distribute weight loading to much more of the c-channel...

Or get some steel strap and sandwich a 3 or 4" bridge bolted underneath both sections of receiver tubing-to-the-c-channel...

[madjack]

Rog, that is kinda light metal, and bolting doesn't help a lot...I would consider adding a plate, welded up to the tube/frame..........
madjack
p.s. a plate on each crossmember, like I show below will eliminate the "torsion" Kenny was worried about........mj

[RogHodge]

I need to do this with a minimum of metal working- saw and drill is okay- funky angles and welding would be beyond my scope.

[teardrop_focus]

Rog, you have a PM.

[Alphacarina]

Rog, that is kinda light metal, and bolting doesn't help a lot...I would consider adding a plate, welded up to the tube/frame

I agree - But I think an 18 to 24 inch piece of 1 inch angle installed inside the rear channel would be sufficient . . . . just bolt though it, no welding needed. I wouldn't bother with the front channel since any weight added to the hitch would pull down on the rear channel and push up on the forward channel and the flooring should adequately support and upward thrust of the forward channel

Don