carrying up front

I had a front hitch on the old truck and have installed one on the new truck. My trailer is smaller than yours, but I carried a Honda Jazz on the old truck. The Jazz is only 50CC and weighs about 150lbs. I had no problems with overheating or airflow.
I wouldn't put my 250 cc Honda Reflex on the front, because it would block the headlights and being that much larger may impede airflow.
The other problem would be my rack pivots in the middle to facilitate loading the scooter and the centre of gravity with the bigger bike is on the wrong side of the pivot.:S Makes it real hard to load. Now I want to get a scooter in between the two and rather than a test ride ,I want to do a test load on the carrier.:D
Good luck in your search.
Oh and as someone else said, be careful with the extra 2 feet out front, it makes it sooooooooooooo much fun backing into a tight campsite!
Brian

57 Panhead wrote:

donn0128 wrote:
Sure why not. No reason not to whats another 300 pounds when your already overloaded

And you know this how?

No need to comment at all if you are just going to be sarcastic and arrogant. I can never understand the need some feel to make cutting non productive comments here.

To the OP, the only concern I would have as stated above, is the effect it could have on the air flow to your radiator and tranny/oil coolers.

Steve

Be concerned about the additional weight as well. 300# directly on the font axle is significant.
The OP has an F-250 3/4 ton. He is already pushing his limits.
Before putting 300# on the front a trip to the CAT scale would be wise.Otherwise it's all a big guess.

No need for the sarcasim. A more informative reply would be more constructive. The specs on the Big Horn 3370RK would indicate it would not be the best decision.
Regardless of the configuration of the F-250 (SB, LB, 4x4 ext cab or crew) the pin weight of the 3370RK has to be close to payload without people fuel or hitch.
I would say don't do it. JMHO.

Dry weight of the camper the OP listed is 12,095 lbs. Dry hitch weight is 2375. The GVWR of the camper is 15,500 lbs. I would be willing to bet the wet and loaded hitch weight is in excess of 2700 lbs. A F-250 crew cab lariat 2wd typically has a payload capacity of ~2400 lbs which is before the hitch is installed and anyone or anything is in the truck. If it is a 4wd then the payload capacity is typically around 2000 lbs. Unless the OP has a more stripped down truck or a regular cab, I suspect donn0128 is correct in his assessment.

pdarby wrote:
I thought about the cooling effect. I am checking with a mechanic to see if it has adverse effect

ok I'm serious about this....
let's see we're going to put something large directly in front of the radiator and see if it adversely affects cooling........

Gee...what could Possibly go wrong here???????:h

And for good measure,to protect the Cycle ....your..going to Completly cover the cycle.....Which will block....ohhh,most all airflow..:E

So,have we giving you something to ponder here....?

I would not do it..:S

Good point Panhead. Several of those on this forum
Here's his problem: Total posts: 17,246 (average posts per day: 5.06). A real book of knowledge.
Now there's 3 minutes of my life I'll never get back!

pdarby wrote:
I thought about the cooling effect. I am checking with a mechanic to see if it has adverse effect

A mechanic is only going to give you his opinion, which isn't worth much. It's really a question for the trans engineers and I'm pretty certain they would tell you not to do it if your towing heavy. (I know, another opinion but its a safe one). ;)

I thought about the cooling effect. I am checking with a mechanic to see if it has adverse effect

donn0128 wrote:
Sure why not. No reason not to whats another 300 pounds when your already overloaded

And you know this how?

No need to comment at all if you are just going to be sarcastic and arrogant. I can never understand the need some feel to make cutting non productive comments here.

To the OP, the only concern I would have as stated above, is the effect it could have on the air flow to your radiator and tranny/oil coolers.

Steve

I have a Curt front hitch on our GMC, took 30 minutes to install. We only carry two mountain bikes so no cooling issues. Just remember it adds around 18" to the front when you have the rack attached so be careful you don't love tap someone. Good luck.