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Originally Posted by Rich_in_Tampa
Toyota sells a light-duty hitch which is essentially 2" receiver for cargo carriers and bike racks, mounted to the bumper of the 4Runner. They also sell a conventional hitch/receiver for the V8 4Runners only, traditionally mounted.
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To clarify on this particular point: You'll see posts ELSEWHERE on the Internet, maybe regarding older models of 4R, saying things like "it's only clipped to the bumper mounting points".
That's wrong, at least on the 2007. Although it's held with only two STRONG bolts, the "weight carrying hitch" receiver is bolted directly onto the box frame. Yeah, the V8 hitch receiver has MORE mounting bolts, and that allows for less stress on each bolt. But for handling the torque to "balance" a mere 500-600, or even 800 lbs of tongue weight, I don't think this is gonna break. The "beefy" bolts attach a good-sized PLATE at the top of the hitch, and handling torque instead of just dead weight on the bolts looks pretty easy for this structure.