REAR view License plate cameras??
Looking at putting a camera on the back of the truck (Kenwood Deck with Video inputs), and was wondering if the cameras that mount on the license plate will be able to see the ball on the hitch?
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My 2010 F150 Ford truck built-in rear color camera is mounted near the tailgate lever. Shows the trailer hitch ball real good from this position as you can see in this google search photo. The rear step bumper on the bottom is in plain view.
I can view the ball going directly under the trailer hitch when backing up to it. Sure makes it one time back-up effort to hook up the trailer... Never had a back-up camera before and I don't know if I could live without one now or not. My camera has center-line and feet markers and alarm beeps when something gets inside the feet-marker boundary.
The one downside thing I notice however is I get some flare-up on my back-up camera during the night time from other light sources. A car light behind my truck will totally make the back-up camera useless.
I would imagine this would be even worse mounted real low on the license plate. This is probably why you find the rear cameras mounted real high on the back of the RV trailers. The higher the better I assume...
Roy Ken
I can view the ball going directly under the trailer hitch when backing up to it. Sure makes it one time back-up effort to hook up the trailer... Never had a back-up camera before and I don't know if I could live without one now or not. My camera has center-line and feet markers and alarm beeps when something gets inside the feet-marker boundary.
The one downside thing I notice however is I get some flare-up on my back-up camera during the night time from other light sources. A car light behind my truck will totally make the back-up camera useless.
I would imagine this would be even worse mounted real low on the license plate. This is probably why you find the rear cameras mounted real high on the back of the RV trailers. The higher the better I assume...
Roy Ken
