How to Install Truck Hitch Accessories/Attachments

After installing a Lift Kit on your pick up truck, you might find the bed difficult to climb into. Perhaps you need a modified Receiver Hitch to pull a trailer. There are many affordable 'plug & play' solutions readily available, to help you get the most out of your vehicle!

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Truck/SUV/Mini Van
• Receiver Hitch

1. Today, most Trucks, SUV's and Mini Vans come standard with a Receiver
   Hitch. You can install your own Receiver Hitch (or Tow Hitch), with no
   more than a Drill and a couple of Wrenches.

2. 
    
   Cargo Carriers (Truck'n America)

   Whether it is rated as a Class I or a Class III or better, you can use this Receiver to mount a step, luggage rack, a bicycle rack or a Ball Hitch to pull a trailer.

3. 
    
   Truck Step (Truck Specialties)

   Now, all you need to do is some comparative shopping!
   Truck Specialties offers a couple of nice choices.

4. 
    
   Retractable TruckStep Bar (Truck-step-bar-search.com)

   If you'd rather keep your tail-gate on, this retractable "Debo Step" should do the trick! This mounts below a Receiver Hitch, so you won't have to do without one or the other.

5. 
    
   Locking Hitch Pin (JC Whitney)

   JC Whitney, Wal*Mart, Lowe's (and most local auto parts stores) carry Hitch Adapters and Locking Pins, as well as other Step and Accessory attachment choices.

Tips & Warnings

• Pull-pin ('Plug & Play') attachments are easy to remove or swap.
• You have to be careful, when considering after market attachments/modifications, as some if not all Insurance Companies will try to deny claims of damage caused by them.
• A Locking Pin is cheap insurance against theft!
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