Front tow hitch for parking and winch anyone done this ?

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Front tow hitch for parking and winch anyone done this ?

Postby ng_newbie on Tue, 08 Mar 2022 10:19 +0000

G'Day

I would like to make it easier to park trailer, boat, camper ... so wanted to know if anyone has a hitch on the front as well as the back ?

Also hoping to attach a winch so I can move from the front to the back, anyone got a hitch winch ?

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Re: Front tow hitch for parking and winch anyone done this ?

Postby dave g on Tue, 08 Mar 2022 5:50 +0000

Just learn to reverse a trailer
You can put a slip in hitch in your bull bar just make sure you weld it on good.
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Re: Front tow hitch for parking and winch anyone done this ?

Postby Rob_Wood on Tue, 08 Mar 2022 10:58 +0000

Mate of mine had a front hitch on his hilux years ago because the shed he kept his van in had about 1" clearance on each side. He had it made up at an engineering shop (haymen reese style tube) so he only had one tongue to use front and back. Anchored back onto the chassis rails where the bulbar mounted, just meant slightly longer mounting bolts for the bullbar and a square hole in the bottom of the bullbar.
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Re: Front tow hitch for parking and winch anyone done this ?

Postby hiluxxury on Wed, 09 Mar 2022 5:01 +0000

Have a look at the caravaners forums.
I might be wrong.

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Re: Front tow hitch for parking and winch anyone done this ?

Postby Gipsy on Wed, 09 Mar 2022 5:56 +0000

If you do put one in the bullbar put it to the left hand side so when you're backing the van you can see down the side of the van (an old caravanner trick) that way you can fit in tight spots. Because it's not used on the road it can be a lighter construction.
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Re: Front tow hitch for parking and winch anyone done this ?

Postby Rob_Wood on Thu, 10 Mar 2022 9:23 +0000

Gipsy wrote:If you do put one in the bullbar put it to the left hand side so when you're backing the van you can see down the side of the van (an old caravanner trick) that way you can fit in tight spots. Because it's not used on the road it can be a lighter construction.


You raise a few things here. The easiest way to do this would be to run a piece of Box section (the right size to fit your Haymen Reese style tongue) straight along the chassis rail utilising the bullbar mounting bolts. Quick, simple and sorted then.
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Re: Front tow hitch for parking and winch anyone done this ?

Postby Gipsy on Thu, 10 Mar 2022 11:48 +0000

Or bolt a suitable piece of angle to the strong point on the bullbar on the left hand side with a tow ball fitted?
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Re: Front tow hitch for parking and winch anyone done this ?

Postby dave g on Thu, 10 Mar 2022 3:42 +0000

He wants to use it is a winching Point as well putting it on one side means you're winching off one side of the bar putting a lot of pressure on that one side to use as a winching Point should be in the centre to spread the load or use a pulley block back to the other side.
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Re: Front tow hitch for parking and winch anyone done this ?

Postby Rob_Wood on Thu, 10 Mar 2022 8:57 +0000

Gipsy wrote:Or bolt a suitable piece of angle to the strong point on the bullbar on the left hand side with a tow ball fitted?


Yeah, extra piece of 50mm diameter steel, it'd work, but my mate started out that way and had to change it coz he couldn't get a pink slip with the steel "Protruding out the front of the vehicle". That was NSW, not sure about other places.

dave g wrote:He wants to use it is a winching Point as well putting it on one side means you're winching off one side of the bar putting a lot of pressure on that one side to use as a winching Point should be in the centre to spread the load or use a pulley block back to the other side.


Another reason for the Haymen Reese style box section, you can use one of those aluminium hitching points for winching and not risk a 50mm lump of steel flying around.
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