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If it was bolted to the frame of the receiver hitch it would be fine. That is what I did by modifying my bar. Bolting to the Receiver frame was not an option on my hitch. If that is what he did it should be fine.
I cut that bar down and welding in nuts in the end of the tube. I then drilled holes in the receiver hitch and bolted the bar in plate. This way I have both my hitches and the pintle hitch is not weakened. If you remove that bar it drastically reduces the strength of the pintle hitch. The pintle...
I put in the regular Reese type hitch from a civy blazer. You have to take off the square tube bar that mounts to the frame on each side to strengthen the pintle hitch attachment. I then cut the bar down do fit inside the civy hitch between the sides. I welded up the ends of the bar with a grade...