I put a pair of front receivers on an F250 4x4 years ago - think I mentioned that when you were looking at lumber racks -
A buddy of mine was gonna build a house, he found a 36 foot trailer house for a good price, paid for it, but didn't realize it had been set in place BEFORE the bridge across a 20 foot deep creek had been finished (they added a guard rail) -
Wouldn't have been a problem, but at one end of that bridge, the road did a 90* turn - near side of the turn was a 20 foot drop, far side was about a 10 foot BANK
My buddy was cryin' about it one day, and it dawned on me there might be a way - told him my idea (I'd never seen one before, so I'm claimin' it
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He said he'd pay for putting it on my 4x4 if it worked - it did, and HE did :thumbsup:
I put DUAL receivers on mine, for just some of the reasons already brought up - lined them up with the frame rails, found some un-used holes, bolted heavy angle to frame and welded receivers to the angle - there was a small fascia piece between the bumper guards, the receivers just cleared them.
The amount of control using a front hitch is so incredible, I doubt I'd ever be without one again - by having them on BOTH sides, you can pick which side of a load you need to see better, and use the appropriate receiver.
Back when we were still messing with horses, we'd just picked up a 36 foot trailer load of hay, the center aisle of the barn was at right angles to the driveway (downhill a bit, 90* turn with about 6 feet to spare) - we got home just as it started to rain
Disconnected the trailer, turned truck around, hooked up front hitch, pushed about 10 ton of hay and trailer down the drive, jack-knifed the trailer and into the barn, dead centered in one try. Almost took surgery to wipe the grin off my face...
Can ya tell I'm a fan of yer plan??!?
Steve
