Part Numbers: SS98GV,C31014
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82 x 14 Residential plow with thick rubber cutting edge self-adjusts up and down to smoothly clear a path on any terrain. Aluminum blade stays in straight-ahead position, and makes plowing your driveway as easy as pulling forward or backing out.
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Snowplow Installation
Front or rear mount? Versatility is the SnowSport LT's middle name.
Installation is quick and simple - just slide the included shank assembly into your 2" hitch receiver and secure with pin.
Once the plow frame is connected, attach the blade by lifting one end at a time onto the frame's holders. The lightweight aluminum blade construction makes lifting or adjusting an easy, one-person job. Secure the blade in either the transport or plowing position with the plow's snap pins. The low-profile design won't block your headlights, and the transport position is secure enough for highway travel.
If using with a rear-mount receiver, simply lower the blade to plow position and back up as usual. For a front-mounted plow blade, just drive forward with the blade in the plow position. The unique design takes the hassle out of plowing: This device has no hydraulics or complicated wiring. The push frame on the shank assembly allows the blade to move along the grade of the terrain for easier, more efficient plowing. The heavy-duty rubber cutting edge is effective yet turf friendly, collecting snow and squeegeeing slush without digging into the ground.
When you are ready to reverse your driving direction, the blade lies back, skimming over the surface of the ground until you change direction again to plow.
Handy blade markers extend vertically from the ends of the plow to help you see where you are plowing.
With the SnowSport LT, plowing snow is as easy as backing out of your driveway. Once you are finished plowing, simply lift the blade, refasten it in the transport position and head off for work or errands.
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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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Today on this 2002 Ford F250 Super Duty Crew Cab, we're going to install Part Number C31014. It's the Curt Front Mount Trailer Hitch Receiver. This is what our front mount hitch looks like on our truck once it's installed. Next we'll give you some measurements to help you in selecting some accessories for your front mount hitch, like a snow plow or a winch mount for your front hitch. From the center of the hitch pin hole in this case to the outside edge of the bumper, which would be the license plate bracket will be about 7 and a half inches. From the top of the receiver opening down to the ground will be about 13 and a quarter inches.
Now I'll go ahead and show you how the hitch is installed. First thing we need to do is a get a truck ready to install our new receiver hitch. First, this blocker beam right here, we need to temporarily move. There will be 3 bolts on each side that we'll remove. Since this is an old truck it's a good idea to spray the hardware down with some lubricant and penetrate to make it easier to remove. We'll be using a 21 millimeter socket to remove the nuts.
Okay, passenger's side is done. You'll see how it comes loose. Do the same thing on the drivers side. Pull this plate with the three bolts from the top out and it comes down. Next we need to remove the nut on this bolt. This bolt is part of suspension components but we don't have to remove the bolt, just the nut.
Eventually we're going to stack a part on top of this and then put the nut back in place. We'll need a 24 millimeter socket, an extension and a breaker bar. Now in the head of the bolt towards the interior truck we'll definitely want a 24 millimeter wrench and an extra set of hands to hold the wrench while you break the bolt loose on the other side. This is a really tight bolt to break loose. Let's see how the nut broke loose and we'll go ahead and take it out of the way.
Just tighten the 3 bolts that'll come out. This stiffener bracket here. This one right here will go over the bolt through the suspension. Our bolt plate will go back into place. Okay we'll go ahead and re-install the factory nut, we'll put it finger tight for now. We're done with our driver's side, we'll do the same thing on the passenger's side. Now we're ready to put our front hitch into place. Original blocker beam is going to fit on top of this flat surface right here with 2 bolt holes. Now on the ends here, we'll kind of rotate it flat, you can see how the holes will line up. When you take both of these assemblies at the same time and put it through those 3 bolts that are hanging down towards the ground. Definitely need an extra set of hands for this. It seems easiest to do the ones towards the back of the truck first. Then we'll go ahead and work on the ones towards the front. We've got our fasteners loosely tightened on our driver's side. Now we'll go ahead and do the same thing on the passenger's side once again. All right now we've got our hardware loosely installed on both sides, we'll go ahead and tighten them down. Do the bottom ones first and do the sides. What we're going to do is drill a 5/16 hole here, there's one here and on the other side as well. Okay, we'll use a 9/16 socket to run our hardware in. All right at this point we've got our hardware snugged down. Now we can go ahead and torque these bolts as specified by instructions. Then we'll go ahead and tighten down the rest of our hardware and torque them down as well. Now to give yourself a little bit of extra room to work with, we actually loosen up the fastener for this plastic bumper cover. Let's just took it out so we can get some more flexibility to it. Okay, with all our hardware tightened down that'll finish it for our install of the Curt Front Mount Trailer Receiver Hitch. Part Number C31014 on our 2002 Ford F250 Super Duty Crew Cab. .
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (28 Customer Reviews)
82 x 14 Residential plow with thick rubber cutting edge self-adjusts up and down to smoothly clear a path on any terrain. Aluminum blade stays in straight-ahead position, and makes plowing your driveway as easy as pulling forward or backing out. 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.Unfortunately the item I wanted wasn't in stock at etrailer, but I had time before I wanted to install the item, a front mount hitch. The vendor was on time with supplying the hitch and etrailer shipped the hitch in a timely manner. It arrived yesterday evening and I installed it today. I've installed three front hitches, all from etrailer Curt and Draw-Tite I believe over the past few years. Two this year. The first picture is the front hitch on a 1998 E-450 class C motor home, the second picture is on a 2002 Ford F-350 pickup truck.
The video explaining the install was very helpful, thank you! One additional step, which I had to do, REMOVE the front bumper. Four bolts, and it is off. This makes the removal of the front leaf spring nut MUCH easier, esp. if working alone. Now the disappointing part. My winch, which is a Re-Con, Brute force (17,500 lb rating) was half a hole short from being able to pin. I removed the winch carrying handles and the front licence plate. This allowed the stinger to slide forward in the receiver the extra little bit. It now fits fine. I have other vehicles the winch mounts on, so I elected to go this route and it will be fine. It is a bit of a pain, but only will have to deal with it once or twice per year. I just threw the plate in the front window in case I get pulled over. My truck has towing loops which extend through the bumper, so I can not slide the plate to the side of the winch.
Fit my 2001 f250 perfectly. Easy install with 2 people. Removing the 2 frame nuts was toughest part of the job. You will need 24mm and 21mm deep sockets and a 24 mm wrench. Excellent packaging. This is 4th hitch from etrailer and best packaging ever. Instructions should provide torque specs.
John K.
8/8/2020
Front hitch is amazing! I have a long, narrow, winding driveway. It was very difficult to back my 24 boat down it. Pushing with the front hitch is so easy it is unbelieable. If you have a tough situation to back down a front hitch is the answer.
I was a little surprised with the snow plow. I thought it was going to be hydraulic/electric. It does okay, going on flat and slight declines. Inclines not so good. I also. Bought a rear trailer hitch. Very pleased with it.
The video was a great help! I would add one more step to make this job a total breeze. Those front bolts on the springs are EXTREMELY tight. I was doing this job alone, so I had to figure out how to hold the back side of the bolt while loosening the nut. REMOVE the front bumper! There are only 4 bolts which hold the bumper on. Once the bumper is off, there is plenty of room to deal with the tight bolts and hold them from turning. It may add a few minutes of time, but I believe removal of the bumper will save time for the completion of this project, especially if flying solo.
Jim
6/17/2016
The products perform as expected, I have no complaints
Product is terrific ansd very easy to install following your instructions. Only 'shocker' was trying to take off the nut on the bolt holding the front leaf springs. That took an 'Act of Congress' to remove. Well not totally correct, Congress doesn't do anything and I had to work my tail off with help to break those nuts loose. It is extremely hard to get those loose. If I subtract the time I used to get those two nuts off, it would take less than 20 minutes. Otherwise very simple. I have two pics attached.
Ken W.
11/3/2014
How did you get the spring nuts off
Tim J.
11/5/2014
I used a three foot cheater bar...broke standard 3/4 flex joint. I purchased the professional impact flex joint then it came loose.
etrailer has been great as always! Problem was with the installation on my 2001 f-350 4x4 w/blocker beam that the stiffener plates hole locations were about a 1/2" off side to side and about 1/8" off front to back. Worked with them and they positively claimed their product was a correct fit for my truck. Provided them with pictures/measurements as requested. They had no fix for this problem and left me to correct the issue on my end. Interesting part of this problem is that the front hitch receiver part Curt c31014 fit perfectly with my factory plate and blocker beam assembly? As soon as the stiffener plate was added the install failed. Remedy was to custom machine modify their plates to complete the install at my cost of $xx. Again, etrailer would receive a 5-star rating on their end!
I put the front receiver on my Ford truck which was relatively easy but I had a friend help as the lifting is a two man job. As others have mentioned, the one bolt on each side is a bugger to get out. I followed a youtuber's advice and took off the front bumper first so I could access the spring bolt. The video put out by e-trailer was helpful. Even with spraying the spring bolt with penetrating oil for several days it took a long breaker bar and a friend holding the nut on the other side with a wrench to break it loose. The two bolts needed to complete the assembly were missing but quickly mailed out once I notified etrailer. These were the self tapping screws that go in on either side of the receiver end. I previously put on a front receiver from etrailer on my Chev pickup which was easier and have a winch mounted in a cradle mount. I can now switch the winch between trucks as needed. I used the anti rattle lock sold by etrailer but haven't used it long enough for a review. I assume this lock will lessen movement on the winch in the mount.
I have purchased a hitch before with e-trailer and was just as pleased with this one as the last one. I appreciated the website info & video with good tips, etc. Some of the other brands I checked out required eliminating the fog lights, but didn't have to do that with this one. The only trouble I had was with the loosening & removal of the 24MM nut on the spring (as warned would be the case). I had soaked it in penetrating oil 3 days to no avail. Had to have a garage raise the truck on a lift to have room for a long extension on my breaker bar. My advise to someone doing this on an old truck like mine that had lived most of it's life exposed to Nebraska winter roads, I would soak all the nuts in penetrating oil for a week or so. I am really liking the way the hitch turned out. I tried to take a picture of the front end, but the receiver is so well placed that it hardly showed up. Thanks for a great product and great service!
Definitely heavy duty and well made with a nice powder coat finish. I installed a similar unit on a GMC 1/2 ton pickup last year. The GMC install was easy in comparison to this one.
On this F-250 Super Duty it's a two person job with some really heavy duty tools. The front spring bolt is very large and the retaining nuts were on with blue thread locker. It took one person holding the bolt head and another person on the nut with a 3 ft breaker bar to get it to move. There is not enough room to get a big impact on the nut. I had sprayed all the bolts with penetrating oil for a couple day soak. I ended up removing the bumper support brackets to get better angle on the spring bolt nuts. All the other bolts were easy to get to and came off just fine. The actual install is well engineered and not a problem.
Installed on 2001 Superduty F250. Needed to remove the bumper (4 nuts up front, 2 on the side) to get access for torque on key nuts with a breaker bar. Works well to hold a 12000# winch. I have not really tested it yet, but like the low profile.
Easy installation. Front bumper didn't need to be removed and replaced as etrailer website had stated. Good news. 2002 F250 Super Duty.
Couldn’t be more pleased! Straight forward install instructions. Use it all the time! Have used it for my winch and for self built utility platform.
Dell M.
11/9/2021
Absolutely flawless, no problems whatsoever. Handles everything Ive thrown at it. Couldnt be more pleased.
I bought this hitch to replace the truck's front cross-frame member, but with the advantage of having a hitch. I've used the hitch portion only a few times to hold four bikes and have had no problems. Seems like a very rugged unit.
Just received my front mount trailer hitch receiver, arrived on time and in good condition. Can't wait to install it
Ordered this hitch to carry bikes on the front of our truck. etrailer made it easy to pick the correct product and put it on. Works perfectly.
Easy install great product
Bought this to carry my dirt bike on the front of my truck while pulling a camper. Perfect fit! Installed in less than an hour.
Process was excellent, ordered the part and it arrived within the shipping schedule. Exactly as was described. Thank you.
fit perfectly
Dale B.
1/21/2015
WORKS GREAT CUSTOMER HAPPY
They were great to deal with. It was easy to find the right one .They shipped it ahead of schedule and it came packaged very well and with out a scratch.
YOUR SERVICE & PRODUCTS ARE ALLWAY TOP NOTCH ! THX AGAIN, ROLF
Every thing was in the box for what's need too install ..the only thing is maybe make the box that it comes in a little bit more suited for the product and not so big
fit perfectly works great
Great hitch. Love it.
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Jim L.
6/17/2016
The products perform as expected, I have no complaints