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You loose 3 inches of clearance and more than that on breakover angle though.
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There are front receiver mounts that tie in to the frame rails made specifically for winch mounting. More and more after market suppliers are making frame mounted brackets that take bow shackles. Not every vehicle has suitable mounting points.
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I meant approach angle, all front reciever mounts I know of other than the flat bolt on or weld on one's made for tractor buckets and forklifts attach to the frame rails. I Ran one for a while figuring out what bumper I wanted.
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I don't think anyone rates recovery points. They might give a generic number tested in a lab but there is far too much liability to state an installed engineered number. Tow hitches are only rated as tow hitches when towing a trailer. Using a hitch as a recovery point is not the use they were designed for. But plenty of after market retailers will definitely give you a verbal thumbs up. I drive a tow truck and none of our equipment is "rated" to recover a specific vehicle, rather the rarings apply to test bench testing or just engineering which applies to a specific parameter.
Yeah. I'm on the GMT400 site, even though my last one went away a couple years ago. Such a great platform. A good mix of truck, comfort, simplicity and customizability. Those 5.7's dont like to quitYou might also consider a front receiver mount. Based on the link below, they are rated to 9k lbs for a straight line pull on the hitch based on what Curt has on their site. For most typical "Overlanding" type stuff in North America, where recovery is more about risk management (i.e. just in case you get stuck) than it is part of the fun (i.e. let's go do hard trails to get stuck on purpose), that should do the trick.
2" Front Receiver Hitch, Select Chevy, GMC C, K, Suburban, Blazer, Yukon, Tahoe
Increasing the functionality of truck, Jeep, van or SUV as a work machine or recreational vehicle is all too easy with a CURT front mount hitch. A front receiver hitch equips your vehicle with an industry-standard receiver tube opening, enabling you to add cargo space, mount a winch, launch a...
For more serious off-road where recoveries will be frequent and/or not easy to do "straight pulls" you may want to explore winch bumper options like Boostpowered suggested. I didn't find much for a Yukon but that model year was the GMT400 platform, and the front-ends of the trucks, Suburbans, Blazers, and Yukons are all very similar if not identical so you might have to do some work to make sure, but odds are good that a bumper for a Chevy will bolt right up and fit a GM. Don't take my word for it and do your own measurements and research, but it looks like there's some options out there; for example, ARB make one for the C1500 which I believe shares a platform with your rig.
More info on the platform: GMT400
Chevy-GMC: Blue Lake Off-Road. <--- Never heard of these but they have some options that look to fit.
There might also be custom shops who will build what you need to a spec, but that would likely be the most expensive option.
These folks on this site might have more info on what the interchange options are for recovery points and front bumpers on the GMT400 platform:
