Not a Lund question but does anyone have experience using a front mount trailer hich? I have to back/turn into a driveway off a residential street. It’s barely doable backing now and I wonder if the front hitch would make it easier.
It would.
It would?
A vehicle in reverse has a shorter turning radius than the same vehicle in forward. Therefore your ability to manivure a trailer is more with trailer on the rear hitch… When backing up.
I find it easier to maneuver things when I can easily see what I’m doing. Having the boat in front of you makes it easier to see where it’s going–easier than looking in a mirror or straining your neck. The guys I know with storage facilities use front-mount hitches to jockey trailers around.
How did I know you’d argue that?
It is much easier when the wheels doing the turning are on the same end as the hitch. I have only used this on hay wagons but it made backing way easier.
I don’t see how the turning radius would be any different depending on going forward or backward.
In my last house I wouldn’t have been able to store my boat at home without a front hitch. The boat turns much quicker and you are looking straight at the boat versus mirrors or over your shoulder. I LOVED my front hitch! At the current house, I have direct pull through so not needed like it once was. Get the front hitch and you will be so happy you did.
Ordered one today. I’ll let you guys know how it works. Thanks
Consider these situations.
Fork lift with wheels in back, though unsafe at high speeds, they’re manurvabiluty is increased.
Combines also operate this way for the same reason.
Parallel parking, why do you back in? Can you parallel park just as easily in forward?
When I turn around on a gravel road (narrow road) I do it in reverse. If I did that turn in forward I’d have to stop, reverse, and continue in forward to complete the turn. Of course if I had a small car I’d just turn around in forward.
In forward your rear wheels follow inside the circle of your front wheels.
In reverse your front wheels are outside your rear wheels.
That’s why I responded as such. I might need to go to a parking lot and spin circles to prove myself right or wrong..
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Consider these situations.
Fork lift with wheels in back, though unsafe at high speeds, they’re manurvabiluty is increased.
Combines also operate this way for the same reason.Parallel parking, why do you back in? Can you parallel park just as easily in forward?
When I turn around on a gravel road (narrow road) I do it in reverse. If I did that turn in forward I’d have to stop, reverse, and continue in forward to complete the turn. Of course if I had a small car I’d just turn around in forward.
In forward your rear wheels follow inside the circle of your front wheels.
In reverse your front wheels are outside your rear wheels.That’s why I responded as such. I might need to go to a parking lot and spin circles to prove myself right or wrong..
Your logic is flawed. The fork truck and combine are good examples of the placement of the steering wheels in relation to the direction of travel. However, consider that when the tow vehicle is front bumper to tongue with the trailer, think about the wheel arrangement created.
The front wheels of the tow vehicle effectively become the steering wheels for the trailer just like the combine or fork truck. Only consider the two trailer wheels and the two steering wheels of the tow vehicle. (the other wheels are just tagging along.)
Sure glad I don’t have to be concerned with technical stuff anymore. Long as I can put worms on and take fish off I be happy
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Consider these situations.Fork lift with wheels in back, though unsafe at high speeds, they’re manurvabiluty is increased.
Combines also operate this way for the same reason.Parallel parking, why do you back in? Can you parallel park just as easily in forward?
When I turn around on a gravel road (narrow road) I do it in reverse. If I did that turn in forward I’d have to stop, reverse, and continue in forward to complete the turn. Of course if I had a small car I’d just turn around in forward.
In forward your rear wheels follow inside the circle of your front wheels.
In reverse your front wheels are outside your rear wheels.That’s why I responded as such. I might need to go to a parking lot and spin circles to prove myself right or wrong..
Your logic is flawed. The fork truck and combine are good examples of the placement of the steering wheels in relation to the direction of travel. However, consider that when the tow vehicle is front bumper to tongue with the trailer, think about the wheel arrangement created.
The front wheels of the tow vehicle effectively become the steering wheels for the trailer just like the combine or fork truck. Only consider the two trailer wheels and the two steering wheels of the tow vehicle. (the other wheels are just tagging along.)
I follow your logic and appreciate your spelling it out. I’ve been pondering for a while and that iced the cake! Thanks huntdave.
I have a front Reciever for a completely different reason. I use mine for a bike rack so I can take the bikes along even when taking the boat on a trip. Never have tried ‘pushing’ the trailer up my driveway. Street is too busy in my neighborhood to try anything new. People creep up close to me trying to get by when enough room opens to get past. Frustrating because the drive is uphill and narrow between a block edged flower bed and neighbors fence.
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