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boosTT
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Oct 29, 2013

Garage Parking Systems

I got a ton of stuff crammed in my garage and my truck is pretty big. I need to park my truck’s front bumper about 4” away from a trailer hitch coupler. What are some systems you guys use? In the past I’ve had:

Laser pointer version of the tennis ball.
Parking stop thing by the tire.
Flexible pole with a stop sign. Bumper hits the flexible pole moving the stop sign. The sign had led lights that lit when it shook too.

Not really fond of any of these systems. Anyone have recommendations?

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  • Quikest, cheapest and best is the Tennis ball on a string hung from the ceiling.
    When it hits the windshield ......STOP !

    Mount a concrete tire stop like they have in parking lots to the floor of the garage. Cheap version is a 6X6 piece of wood - use 1/2" X 10" countersunk lag bolts with expansion inserts into the floor to hold it in place.