adding hitch to rear end

I'd like to have one of those boxes on a platform to carry my generator on the back of our 2009 Bighorn, but ours didn't come with a hitch receiver to add the box. Can any unit be retrofitted with a hitch receiver to add one of these platforms/boxes?

I added a Universal Trailer Hitch, bolt on, to my Bighorn. Try eTrailer part 13703.

You can add an after-market hitch...

I had one fabricated for our Bighorn (bolted and welded), as my goal was to carry my WR450 dirt bike on the back of our Bighorn. I wanted to reduce the side-to-side rocking of a single insert hitch, so I had this hitch custom build, by creating 2 inserts (the outside ones in picture). Now the bike rides back there and NEVER moves...it is awesome. I had the middle insert added at the last minute, in case I wanted to use a standard rack or something else...but I have never used it.

My next project is to add some reverse lights on this bumper.

Wow, that's great. Guess a little one to carry a generator wouldn't be a problem, then.

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But it just occurred to me, is there a better way to carry a generator than with one of those hitch-attached platforms?

herefishy said:

Wow, that's great. Guess a little one to carry a generator wouldn't be a problem, then.

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But it just occurred to me, is there a better way to carry a generator than with one of those hitch-attached platforms?

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You could just add a hitch to the front of your truck. Look in my signature image below, you will see the motorcycle rack attached. Again...I used the 2 insert vs 1 insert to avoid any rocking.

herefishy said:

is there a better way to carry a generator than with one of those hitch-attached platforms?

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In the bed of the tow vehicle?

vakthund said:

In the bed of the tow vehicle?

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I was assuming he has a larger generator that would be hard to lift in/out of the back of a truck (and manipulate around the hitch)