Front towball on R51 Nissan Pathfinder?

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Jim Happ - 24 Jan 2007 10:13 GMT

I need to push my caravan up a steep driveway , and being incompetent at
reversing with a caravan on, would like to have a front towball so that I
can push it up the hill instead of reversing.

I don't want to go to the expense and trouble of fitting a bullbar and
putting the towball on that. (Besides, as we all know the bullbar is only
designed for mowing down pedestrians? )

My brother made his own front towball for an old SWB Patrol with a steel
bumper bar. It worked brilliantly pushing his boat uphill. Unfortunately,
the bumperbar is all plastic crap with the Pathfinder.

Any other options?

Jim

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Rheilly Phoull - 24 Jan 2007 10:28 GMT

>I need to push my caravan up a steep driveway , and being incompetent at
>reversing with a caravan on, would like to have a front towball so that I
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> Jim

Dont know about the latest jobbies but a Navarra I had, the chassis rails
came forward with fishplates where you could bolt a bar across. Have you had
a look under to do something similar?

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Cheers .......... Rheilly P

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Biggus..... - 24 Jan 2007 12:07 GMT

>I need to push my caravan up a steep driveway , and being incompetent at
>reversing with a caravan on,

It would be easier to learn to reverse.

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Scotty - 24 Jan 2007 22:24 GMT

>I need to push my caravan up a steep driveway , and being incompetent at
>reversing with a caravan on, would like to have a front towball so that I
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> Jim

And learning to reverse is out of the question?

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Terryc - 27 Jan 2007 15:13 GMT

> I need to push my caravan up a steep driveway , and being incompetent at
> reversing with a caravan on,

Put your hand on the bottom of the steering wheel and push it in the
direction that you want the tail/arse of the carvan to go. Works bloody
wonderully.

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just us - 30 Jan 2007 09:07 GMT

When I was about 10 and lived up bush, my dad told me to just follow the
trailer. It works! If I can back a van, you can too. Good place to practise
is town dump - one day I was out there and this bloke was just trying and
trying, I knew him so I said "let me have a go" LOL. Backed it for him :P
Have a go - tis not as hard as it appears - just follow the van.
Kathy

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Kev - 31 Jan 2007 12:41 GMT

> When I was about 10 and lived up bush, my dad told me to just follow the
> trailer. It works! If I can back a van, you can too. Good place to practise
> is town dump - one day I was out there and this bloke was just trying and
> trying, I knew him so I said "let me have a go" LOL. Backed it for him :P
> Have a go - tis not as hard as it appears - just follow the van.
> Kathy

then once you master that
try backing a B-Double around on the blind side(left) up a narrow curved
driveway at night

if anyone has been into the IFS servo at Ashmore(Gold Coast) and entered
via Nerang-Southport Rd then they will know the driveway I mean
we had to back the B-Double tanker out along that driveway after
unloading and exit via the Tyre dealers next door

or look for backing a B-Double on Youtube
the guy mucking about in the McColls B-Double and B-Triple
he's almost as good as me

Kev

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