Fred & Gerry
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I have been thinking about installing a front mounted hitch on my 2002 2 wheel drive Chevy Suburban. We wonder if it would be easier to maneuver the trailer into the tight parking spot we have at home. Does anyone have any experience with one and would this work better than trying to back it in with my wife's "help"!
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Mandalay Parr
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Go for it. Yes, yes, yes.
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mistressofdistress
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Very different than backing trailer in, turns much quicker. After you get used to it you will like it.
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agesilaus
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Everyone I have heard that did this was happy with the result with one exception. He overloaded his TV power steering unit and blew out some hoses. Otherwise it seems to allow precise maneuvering of the TT.
There are power dollies available to move TT but they are out of my price range at $900 or so. The front hitch receiver seems to run around $150-200
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tesctom
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You can't beat a front hitch for putting a trailer in a tight spot, also great for launching a boat. I'd call it just plain handy.
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Dick_B
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For more responses you could search this forum for `front hitch' where there are more then 300 responses.
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skipnchar
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My advice would be to learn to BACK the trailer in. You may ALSO find some tight spots in campgrounds or maneuvering around gas stations and keeping everyone else waiting while you unhitch and turn around would be a pain. there is really no reason you can't learn to back into any spot you can pull forward into with just a little practice.
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IPegasus
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I use a front hitch mounted on my tractor (not lawn tractor, is a big tractor). I use it to manuver my trailer inside my storage building. If you have room to manuver your truck around, backing is easier because you can use your mirrors to see where you are going. With the front hitch you are blind on both sides.
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Scott_C
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A front hitch will indeed make it easy, but simply practicing backing will do you just as well. Find an empty parking lot and work to put your trailer between the painted lines of the spaces. Throw out some cones/buckets/whatever as obstacles and you'll find yourself getting the hang og it pretty quick. One big newbie mistake is trying to cut too tightly - close to a jack-knife position - because you'll never get that to work (barring a 5er or goose, of course). You need gentle arcs.
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swebber
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IPegasus wrote:If you have room to manuver your truck around, backing is easier because you can use your mirrors to see where you are going. With the front hitch you are blind on both sides.
My thoughts exactly !
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