Will a rear hitch for my 77 f150 work on the front of my truck since i cant find any front hitches..

 

....... yes........ head to the salvage yard with your dimensions and a tape measure in hand and go hunting for a frame-mounted hitch.

 

Yes and the best way (IMO) to mount it in between the frame rails where the receiver tube is hidden behind the front bumper. Yes you have to cut a piece of the front bumper out to be able to use it, but you cover that with a drop down or flip up license plate.


And that way it is not hanging down and getting caught when off roading. I have a tow point set by a PO on a parts rig that will work for a 2wd or 4wd, very simple and easy to make. Pics tomorrow.

 

This thing was bolted to my F250 when I bought it. PO fabbed it from angle iron. Not rated obviously, but there are options if you can fabricate.

 

That's a shin buster/knee cracker for sure. But makes it easy to move a lot of trailers, for sure.

 

Sorry guys.....I don't get the point.....I was taught that the shiny things on the doors were for backing up trailers........LOL.....but to each their own.....

 

That looks like something you would enter a jousting match with lol...

 

Or something a person would use if they used their truck on a camping trailer or boat trailer storage or sell lot....

It is just like putting a hitch ball on the end of a fork lift fork or a Skid steer bucket. Facing a object needing backed up, makes it way easier than using mirrors. IMO

Even try to back up a hay trailer that has 2 swivel points, not just one? It can be done with a ball on the front of a tractor.

 

Yeah I took it off. But was kinda neat since you could mount a spire tire and nose in a boat. Still have it in case, but not my style and I like my shins where they are.

 

A 4 wheel hay trailer is a confusing deal until you get the hang of it. Once you learn to just let your instinct do the turning it is like riding a bicycle, a snap! As far as a front hitch, I have a trailer ball on the bucket of my Kubota tractor and a ball in the removable bucket tine. It is by FAR easier to watch what you are driving something into; like my bass boat barely clearing my barn doors;rather than backing with mirrors when stuff is REAL tight for clearance.
Back in the day before you could buy commercial hitches; we would buy steel,measure ,cut,weld and make every trailer hitch. Cars or trucks,did a lot of 'em. So much easier now to buy a ready made, but a front tow would be an easy fab I would think. Gary

 

ruffstuff sells receivers for you to fab up hitch,various lengths