My skill at reversing a van are not the best, despite practice. A suggested solution is to mount a tow ball/DO35 on the front of my Dmax. Im searching now for examples of such an arrangement. Anyone here know of when, where, or how its been done?
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Permanent mounting is not legal. A receiver hitch could be attached to where the recovery points are located and then you could put the ball and mount in when required.
Did this year's ago to get my van into a tight spot, l put the bar off center a bit to the passenger side so when sitting in the driver's seat I could see down the side of the van.
Did this myself years ago BUT I would be very careful now as what you do may affect airbags which in turn may affect insurance etc. My suggestion would be keep practicing your reversing.
Did the same many years ago on the front of a Nissan Patrol. I mounted the towball on to the bull bar.
-- Edited by IanSch on Thursday 6th of November 2025 05:57:27 AM
My dad had a Ford Maverick with a bull bar, he towed a 24 ft Viscount royal van all over Australia, had to put it in some tight spots, even in his own property, he had 3 positions for tow balls mounted on the front, one each side and one in the centre, the one in the centre was for going through tight gateways, on on the left so he could see down the right hand side, the one on the right so he could do the tight left hand push into his sheds. We all lughed at them until we saw how he could put that big van anywhere on his own.
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It is not permissible to fit any protrusion to a motor vehicle, unless such protrusion is compliant to relevant VDR's.
Modern vehicles usually have sensors within bumpers that may activate airbag/s - an immediate loss of insurance.
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