Front Towing Hitch
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Front Towing Hitch
Hey Guys,
I'm buying my 04 F150 in part as a tow vehicle for my 26'8" travel trailer. I am thinking about puting a front hitch on the truck to make it easer to manuver the trailer in my relativly short driveway so I can more easly park the trailer next to one edge. The problem is that my driveway is two cars wide except at the street where it is one car wide. I want to park the trailer on the side that does not have straight line access to the street.
Have any of you had such a hitch istalled? If so, where did you have it done and about how much did it cost?
I'm buying my 04 F150 in part as a tow vehicle for my 26'8" travel trailer. I am thinking about puting a front hitch on the truck to make it easer to manuver the trailer in my relativly short driveway so I can more easly park the trailer next to one edge. The problem is that my driveway is two cars wide except at the street where it is one car wide. I want to park the trailer on the side that does not have straight line access to the street.
Have any of you had such a hitch istalled? If so, where did you have it done and about how much did it cost?
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Joined: Dec 2003
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I had one installed on the front of my '00 F-150, it cost about $75 installed, it bolts into the frame holes. The guy used stiff wire to run the mounting bolts down the frame channel, and washered and nutted from the outside of the frame rails. The hitch sits a little low below the front bumper, so I have to be careful on steep situations, or it rubs the ground. Next truck, I will get a heavy brush guard with the 2" hitch mounted at the same height as the rear hitch. It's great for maneuvering the travel trailer under the car port, but the front hitch is too low for unhooking from the front easily. I use jack stands to support the trailer when I un-hook, and can put some two-by-fours under the front trailer support, then raise the trailer off of the jack stands.
