We use a parkit360 to park a 17 foot trailer in our backyard. The parkit360 does not work very well on grass. It is always a struggle. Someone told me if I install a Front Trailer Hitch on my truck this would solve my problem. I have You Tubed it and I think I will do this. Better than spending another $2000 on another mover & have the same problem. Anyone do this & give there experience.

I have a similar problem so I bought a Curt front hitch for my F150. I did my own mounting to the frame as the Curt system using the fish wire didn't seem very robust. I also bought a drop ball hitch, inverted it, and clearanced it for my license plate. I think I'm about 800 lbs tongue weight, you can see it collapses the suspension quite a bit

Front hitch is an option that will allow a tighter turning radius if that is the issue and the truck has to swing too wide to turn in the space available. Depends on the situation. Had a side loader garage at a previous house and the truck could not put the boat in the garage going forward or backwards. Old jeep had a front hitch and it was just small enough to jack knife the boat in without getting off the driveway

I had a front hitch installed on my 2003 Silverado and have used it many times for moving my trailers around. Before that I had one made for a 1991 Isuzu Trooper that I owned. The front the wheels give you a tighter turning ability with the trailer that makes it easier to back the trailer into tighter spots.One thing to be mindful of with the front hitch is the amount of ground clearance after it is mounted. My Silverado is a four-wheel drive but it the same ground clearance as a standard Silverado. The bottom of the receiver box hangs about 3 inches lower than the bottom of the trim below the bumper. I have to be careful when parking. Some curbs in front of businesses and tire stops in some parking spaces are taller than most others and I wind up banging the receiver box against them, so I've learned to pull up just a little bit slower on those last couple of feet when I park.3 years ago I moved across the street. I can no longer Park the trailer in the yard pulling in from the street. I have to park it in the backyard using a private road that runs behind the property. I had a new fence with a 24 foot gate put up and have plenty of room to move my trailers in and out of the yard using the rear or the front hitch. However, I wanted to pull the 28 footer into the yard tongue first so that the entry door would face towards the house. I also bought a parkit 360 and had the same problem with the tires not having enough traction on grass and loose dirt.Initially I pulled the trailer in by using the front hitch. I then moved the truck. I had a lot of difficulty moving the trailer the rest of the way because the wheels on the park it would spin on the grass. 3 people helped push the trailer while i guided it using the parkit360. Part of the problem was the trailer tires themselves sinking about an inch or so into the lawn making small ruts and causing rolling resistance.I looked online and found that there are metal wheels with lugs or plates welded across them that are made for large self propelled walk behind mowers used for cutting hillsides. However, two of them with shipping pretty much cost about the same price as the parkit360 itself. I'm going to check with a local steel fabricator to see if he can make me something simpler and cheaper that I can add on along with the regular tires that will do the same job. I have a couple of ideas. If I figure out something that will work I'll share it later.

I have a front hitch and two offset rear hitches and never used any of them but can totally see how useful they could be in certain situations.

Check with Hibbard iron works on Aberdeen in Newport news. Very doable have seen it many times.

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Grit_dog
Navigator
Sep 02, 2019
Front hitch is an option that will allow a tighter turning radius if that is the issue and the truck has to swing too wide to turn in the space available. Depends on the situation.
Had a side loader garage at a previous house and the truck could not put the boat in the garage going forward or backwards. Old jeep had a front hitch and it was just small enough to jack knife the boat in without getting off the driveway
treyster
Explorer
Sep 02, 2019

I have a similar problem so I bought a Curt front hitch for my F150. I did my own mounting to the frame as the Curt system using the fish wire didn't seem very robust. I also bought a drop ball hitch, inverted it, and clearanced it for my license plate. I think I'm about 800 lbs tongue weight, you can see it collapses the suspension quite a bit

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