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Easily attach a variety of accessories to the front of your vehicle with this fully welded, corrosion-resistant trailer hitch receiver. Perfect for winches, spare tire carriers and more.
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If you have a trailer hitch receiver at the front of your vehicle, you can use the Thule GoalPost to carry extra-long lumber or equipment that would not otherwise fit on your roof. When mounted in the front, the load bar on the GoalPost extends farther out from your roof rack crossbars than when the support is mounted in the rear. As a result, you can safely balance long loads with ease.
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (18 Customer Reviews)
Easily attach a variety of accessories to the front of your vehicle with this fully welded, corrosion-resistant trailer hitch receiver. Perfect for winches, spare tire carriers and more.I Installed this unit on a 2011 Toyota SR5. The two areas that took the most time were getting the M12 bolts threaded into weldnuts that had been exposed to the elements for 8 years. I live in the northeast where salt is used a lot in the winter. The other time consuming area was trimming the plastic panels after the hitch is installed. I had to trim in a slightly different area than shown on the diagram. The trimming took a lot of trial and error. Hopefully, a picture of a trimmed panel is shown here. I am a 67 year old amateur mechanic installing this on ramps in my garage. It took about 3 hours including a trip to the auto parts store to get a set of shallow 6 point metric sockets. The deep dish 6 point sockets that I owned would not work for removing the frame bolts. The frame bolts came out much easier than I thought they would using a breaker bar. My impact wrench wouldn’t fit up there. Not enough clearance. Overall, I am very satisfied with the quality of the hitch! I plan on using this hitch along with a load extender to transport long heavy items such as rough sawn lumber, etc. I might also need it if I get stuck getting into or out of hunting camp.
I am just disapointed with the hitch mounting holes not lining up! I know what I am doing and did not tighten up bolts whatsoever so there was room for play and still did not work. I tried so hard to make it work that now one side of the mounting broke on my 4 runner. I really like etrailer products but this one came in wrong but I had to make it work for my needs. I could not wait another week or 2:( Also, my 2020 4RUNNER is stock height with 17 inch BFG tires...Should I have this clearance? Is it standard and looks correct? If I would have had time I certainly would have asked for another hitch that was made correctly. Again, I like etrailer and usually have great luck but this time it cost me money and time and heartache and just overall terrible experience. I would so much appreciate if you made this experience right for me.
Sierra K.
9/10/2021
It sounds like your hitch is slightly flexed. There are a variety of ways to fix this issue with this attached helpful guide. If your weldnut is broken, you will need to remove the weldnut and fish a carriage bolt and spacer through the frame at that attachment point. This attached video shows you how to do that:
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Great front trailer hitch receiver and it went on smoothly in about one hour. Taking some parts removed from 4runner to put the hitch on took about the same amount of time.
This hitch is well built and well finished - however it's not a great fit for the 2016 Toyota 4Runner Limited. The mount lines up perfect but the hitch bar and receiver are not quite low enough to accommodate the Limited's lower front end, without cutting/removal of body parts beyond the 2 mentioned in the instructions. You will need to remove and modify the lower air dams and an air intake/guard before completely tightening the mounting bolts.
I was able to cut away large parts of the hitch because of my specific application (only needed the mounts to weld off), but other folks with a 2016 Limited may not be happy with removing or trimming the additional body parts or panels.
I can give 5 stars for the quality of the hitch and receiver but 3 stars for fit and ease of install on 2016 Limited.
The hitch bracket fits like a glove on a 2022 4Runner. I would like the hitch cannel about an 1-1/2 inch higher. But that’s for Curt. It’s well made and heavy duty.
The chains are great. And fairly easy to put on (the second time).
This is a solid hitch, the finish is good. I have used it with the Thule GoalPost load extender and it is super easy to carry long loads such as lumber or a canoe. Way easier than going to get my trailer hooking up getting my load and returning my trailer. With the front hitch I put in the extender and am on my way. It does hang below the bumper so I gave up a couple inches of ground clearance, which can occasionally make the hitch great for taking soil samples :) I will probably get a small plow this winter which will be awesome when the snow comes.
I live on a curved, uphill driveway. I keep a boat at my house for a friend but I dreaded backing up the driveway. My dog was barking and I was cussing. A friend suggested I get a front trailer hitch which I did not know existed. This easily-mountable hitch has been an epiphany and I no longer dread parking the boat. The part was perfectly-machined and I will never be without this previously-unknown accessory. 5 stars for sure!
missing one of the two small washers.
can you send a replacement?
Great product! Was easy to install, quality build and nice finish.
It has been awhile since we ordered this, but we hadn't had an opportunity to use it. We ran into two minor problems installing it. The 5/8" bolts and carriage nuts that fasten to the vehicle tow loops are supposed to be torqued to 210 ft-lbs. This is next to impossible if you are laying on the ground trying to install it without a lift. I solved this by having my Toyota dealer torque these bolts when I had it in for service. If you try to install the underbody panels (an optional step), it is very difficult to get some of the screws into the proper holes after the hitch is installed I left out those that were too difficult to reinstall. No problem so far. We recently used the hitch with a bike rack to transport our bikes while also towing a trailer. It worked great. I would gladly buy it again. I expect to use it for a second spare tire carrier next summer.
Mike S.
10/19/2015
It has been great. It works well for transporting bikes, as I expected. Iwould recommend purchase of the Curt skid plate for it. We have it and ithas been used a couple of times on rough road excursions.
I installed the front mount hitch receiver on my 2020 4Runner. The instructions were clearly written, the on-line video was very helpful, and the assistance of my brother to help me was invaluable. Really, get someone to help, as it is very sturdy and heavy.
This is the 2nd Curt front hitch I've purchased for 2 different Toyota 4runners. Both have been designed well and been easy to install. The paint finish is long lasting. Having a front hitch is great for moving trailers, boat slips, etc, and my snowplow connects to the front reciever. etrailer, in my experience, has low prices, fast shipping, and good products. I hadn't heard of Curt, before about 4 years ago, but I definitely am a fan.
Thomas S.
10/7/2020
Im still a fan
This is a really slick hitch. Bolt on no problem and swings my boat in and out of a tight parking space smooth and easy.
Outstanding! While others were sold out, etrailer.com was fully stocked!
Fit well and was easy to install. Excellent dealings with etrailer.
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Dan
10/22/2020
After one year, so far so good. I have used this unit many times during the year. I have used it for ripping out brush using a slip chain, helped pull a buddy’s SUV and trailer up a muddy hill, used it to help fell a tree, and carry a canoe from NY to Virginia. In the first 3 instances, it was especially convenient to be able to see what was going on and coordinate activities without having to turn around and look back which would be the case if using the rear trailer hitch. Very pleased that I purchased this unit!