Curt Manufacturing 13084 Class III Receiver

Great product, very well engineered, went on with no problem. Didn't take long to install, and with 8 fatty bolts holding it on there now I don't think it's going to come off easily--certainly not while towing or recovering! The whole thing is heavy metal construction (30lbs or so), made with fine welds, got a nice looking powdercoat--even made in the USA! It came with all the bolts I needed, so no surprise auto parts store visits either. This actually comes with MORE bolts than I needed, because they give you some different bolts depending on what kind of hitch mouthing solution your XJ came from the factory with. I was fortunate--the 95 models are just straight through holes in the frame, no captured/welded in nut silliness or anything like that. May you be as fortunate as I was! (Mostly it's the 97+ XJs that have captured nuts) This doesn't use a nutstrip to bolt on like some; it uses fat carriage bolts with a chunk of metal with a square hole to capture the carriage bolt inside the framerail. The fishwire tool that comes with the product is again, ridiculously handy. With some careful finagling, I didn't even need to remove my rear bumper--just fingered 'em in with a little help from the fishwire! PROTIP: It doesn't really matter what fore/aft orientation the square hole metal parts are--the holes in the frame and the hitch have enough spacing that they can really go either way, which is great because there's not a lot of room to work with inside the frame rail. I also bought and installed the matching Curt front hitch for the XJ, and now I'm pleased as punch. Now I've got a set of proper hitches front and back, and the stiffness of the Jeep is better than ever, as is the towing/recovery ability. I think I spent about $250 for the both of them. That's hard to beat! This is a great product made by a heck of a good manufacturer. I don't typically enthuse on Amazon reviews about various consumer products, but this is seriously an outta-the-park home run product. I love it when I get a nice product that doesn't screw me around in some annoying little way. Curt makes stuff that is easy, strong, well thought out, and looks good. Legitly, I have nothing negative to say about this piece of gear. If you're thinking about getting one, go for it. Get 'em both! It's fan-fricking-tastic, and beats the old bumper hitch thing that was on my XJ by an easy country mile.

Very good quality product. Note: If you’re going to buy nut strips instead of using the included metal plates, get the proper 12mm 1.75 bolts. The bolts that come with hitch are not compatible with Crown nut strips..

This is a beefy trailer hitch. All of the steel is thick so the hitch is not going to give. I plan on using this hitch as the base for a tire carrier, and is should be plenty stout for that. I installed this hitch on a 2000 Jeep Cherokee SE. It took me the better part of an afternoon to install it. The instructions say 30 minutes--maybe on a brand new vehicle with all of the tools lined up prior to starting....... If I was installing hitches every day, it would have taken less time. There are some tricks which need mentioning. My Jeep has a gas tank skid installed, so there are nut plates installed in the frame rails already. Jeep used a thread locking material which needs to be softened by heating the bolts. After this is done, the bolts come out relatively easily. I also used some penetrating oil. If you do not do this, the nuts will turn and bend the retaining plate to which they are attached to. The other trick is to loosen the two bolts which hold on the bottom of the rear bumper. Otherwise, the side plates will hit the bumper. The hitch will hang off of the aft spring bolts while you line it up I put in a couple of bolts in the aft end and drilled the hole in the skid plate on each side. Be careful not to drill into the nut plate. A step drill works well for this. I needed to run a tap through the two nut plates which were unused to get the bolts to go all of the way through. I also cleaned out the other 6 with some brake cleaner and compressed air. The holes need to be clean if the thread lock is to be effective. I used the included 12mm bolts, lock washers and flat washers. I also used some red gel thread lock to prevent loosening. Torque to 80 ft/lbs. Very pleased with the hitch.

I installed one of these on a '00 and on a '01 Cherokee. The receiver installation is very simple, the only complication is that there is a potential interference with the bottom lip of the bumper. I found on both installations that if you loosen the bottom bumper bolt, you can nudge the bumper rearwards enough to clear, as long as the receiver is as far forward as possible. I also purchased the Crown frame reinforcement brackets from Amazon, these brackets are used in place of the square washers and carriage bolts supplied with the receiver. I don't think the Crown parts were an advantage, because you have to pull the bumper off the Jeep to install these brackets, and that doubled my time to install the receiver. I don't think the Crown part makes the installation any stronger. I didn't use the Crown part on my second install. The Jeep is built with one of these brackets on the right side, which is used to hang the muffler. I recommend you get a M12X1.75 tap to chase the threads of the right hand reinforcement bracket, because your existing bracket's nuts are likely going to be too rusty to get the bolts in there without issues (both of mine were). Only 4 stars because Curt could easily notch the receiver's end plates to make that bumper interference problem go away. Hassling with the existing bumper hardware , up there where all the sand, gravel, salt, whatever, has been thrown - that's no fun. On the bright side, if all that hardware has rusted, so has the bumper, and you'll get the chance to clean it up and paint it while it's off...

Easy install, perfect fit. Heavy-duty premium part.

Great hitch! Well designed. Pretty simple to install

Unfortunately half the hardware did not work for my setup.... on my 1996 jeep cherokee both sides require the little plates that hold the carriage bolts for tightening. They only give you enough for 1 side and then regular bolts for the other side expecting that there are pre-threaded holes on one side. But not all jeeps have that.