The irony of receiver mount winches, is that it may be the part of your truck that requires you to use it when it gets hung up on something. Or if you run it in the bed of the truck, until you need it...nothing sounds less appealing than carrying an awkard 100lb thing through a mud hole followed by trying to find the mud covered receiver and electrical plug. If you don't venture far off road, I suppose they are fine, but then you hardly need one unless its for recovering others. The nice thing about them, is you can keep your winch clean and dry 5 days a week if you commute or just drive the truck around town.