Does anyone carry a scooter on the front of the truck?

I removed my "snow plow" brackets and had a shop install (welded) receivers and build 2 racks, 1- is 5'Wide X 2.5'Deep, this is my fish/beach rack. 2nd is a scooter/bike rack. My scooter weighs 475 lbs. I had him build "Z" bars out of 2" aluminum stock, which has them coming out at the stock plow receiver height,and rising to just below top of bumper (roughly 6" rise) This is so I can clear gas station gullies and road transitions,etc... 2nd rack has a 4" Z bar riser to keep handlebars lower for visibility and C Channel for scooter to sit in, I have never had air circulation issues or stability issues. Tranny temp. only raises 2-3 degrees, and radiator temp. 3-4 degrees., and thats only in 90 + temps. Think about how much a 9' plow and frame weighs,more than double what I put out front. Plus side is taking some lbs. off rear axle.

I have a Honda Monkey Z125 on the front of a F350 with class 3 hitch/MC ramp. Does it affect the cooling, yes by about 5 degrees when fully loaded running 75 MPH. IMHO, not enough impact to worry about and slowing down is always an option.

I think the warning is due the extension length of the carrier with maximum weight applied. The capacity of the front receivers is less than typical rears.

I had a 1979 Honda Trail 70 on the front hitch of my 07 Silverado 2500hd.

Worked like a champ.

Interesting...?
"Do not put any VersaHaul carrier on the front end of any vehicle. All VersaHaul carriers extend beyond the maximum allowed distance for carrying such weight on a front end hitch. Failure to observe this precaution may result in catastrophic damage to your automobile and/or VersaHaul carrier."
We carry a small step-thru scooter on occasion, weighs~350. I built our rack and its as tight to truck as I could get but I don't understand the comment by Versahaul.

Extra weight up front could adversely effect though generally on a full size truck not like the frames gonna collapse? AS far as the rack it wouldn't see more load than if mounted on rear. Curious
When I mounted ours I put the scooter on some (sketchy) blocks and a lot of eyeballing to see where it would set on truck and issues that might be avoided or at least aware of. Mine was blockage of turn signals from certain angles so mounted lights. Should be able to guesstimate what might be effected.

This was at Kings Canyon Ca., ours is truck on left. The white truck were some folks from Florida traveling across the country (with thier scooter)

I carry 2 very expensive electric bikes on front frame mounted hitch/bike rack.
I think it works great and I like keeping an eye on them.
Post #2 address all my experiences.

I carry a Yamaha TW200 on the front of my truck. (See sig line below). It's short enough to see over, just the bars are above the hood. It's short enough that the headlights work and the fog lights are completely unobstructed. My truck with camper on it drives much smoother with the extra 300 pounds on the front than without.


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I had it, but that was old Honda Trail, who had foldable handlebars.
The bike weight like 60 lb, so I could lift it and hang on the brackets.
Work as a charm, but such bikes are not available anymore and even my 1970 model sold for about $1000 2 years ago.
In the mean time electric scooters went long way in performance. For grocery runs and sightseeing I would consider one.

Some things to consider:

1. Amount of air blocked to radiator which may reduce cooling
2. Whether lights are blocked or you need auxiliary lighting
3. Height of scooter for ground clearance and line of sight above the hood
4. Amount of road debris and bugs that will collect on the scooter