I've relied on Thule products for many years. If part of the task is offroading to your starting point, you may want to lean toward the roof options vs the hitch. Though, I am expecting their may be new Bronco roof accessories that may do the job?
I'm looking forward to seeing Jimmy Chin. Here's what he's said in the past:
"I choose my equipment carefully because I have to rely on them. Often times, in the mountains, your life can depend on your equipment."
Here's New York style Hawaiian as my tortured soul struggles through cabin fever waiting on new information and the lingering hope that the reveal day is near - but not be July 9th....! I'm having this pizza in commiseration with the rest of you!
Hawaiian Pizza!
I hear ya. Don't remember who said it but "Without a transition, a change is just a rearrangement of the furniture". The question here might be if we are in a legit transitional moment prompted by our current events. At least it may be that Ford is taking that position. I don't believe a COO...
Not sure about timeline, but is there optimism about the Bronco Brand?
"Jim Farley, chief operating officer, said, "I know we'll come out of this a lot stronger. We need to be agile and have a bias toward action...."
[Bias Towards Action is a business model - Taking risks means not pulling...
Found this clip with a realtime explanation of the problems they had along with a couple dirty shots under the hood:
At the 6min mark - "Do you know what happened to the Bronco?"
Under the hood shots and more explanations at 8:40min