# Front hitch installed **URL:** \ **Category:** GEM Forum\ **Created:** [June 29, 2018, 11:54am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/front-hitch-installed/13990 "2018-06-29T11:54:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![diymatt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/diymatt/32/1822_2.png) [@diymatt](https://community.electricforum.com/u/diymatt)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 11:54am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/front-hitch-installed/13990/1 "2018-06-29T11:54:42Z")
I’m still plugging away at upgrading, modifying and making my GEM my own. I’ve done a 4" lift, added a locking truck box to the back instead of the plastic thing that comes with em, car tires, lithium and the list goes on. Last week I was out mowing some neighborhood lawns and it dawned on me, why on earth am I not using the GEM to shuttle me around so I don’t have to walk all my lawn mowing gear around? The weed wacker and all its accoutrement fits great in the truck box in the back, but the lawn mower needed a solution. My back told me I wasn’t going to be picking it up any higher than a few inches, so I needed to cobble soemthing together. I had one of those flat generator, package type trays I bought at a garage sale eons ago that was hitch mount. I think I paid $10 for which is a steal. I then grabbed another one of [these golf cart hitch receivers.](https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FClub-Car-Precedent-Golf-Cart-Trailer-Hitch-with-Bumper-Receiver-2004%2F172860695616%3F_trkparms%3Daid%253D111001%2526algo%253DREC.SEED%2526ao%253D1%2526asc%253D20160727114228%2526meid%253Df79340be3ebc4f9388602901c3ec993a%2526pid%253D100290%2526rk%253D2%2526rkt%253D4%2526sd%253D173367431662%2526itm%253D172860695616%26_trksid%3Dp2060778.c100290.m3507&campid=5338002110&toolid=20008) I have used two of these so far on my GEM and they work great as a starting point. You generally need to cut the width down and of course make your own mounting holes. My front one is bolted to the subframe just below the motor. I also used a [hitch tighenter](https://amzn.to/2Kwv5ra) to remove some of the slop and rattle when driving. It turned out great and I was able to knock it all out in an afternoon. If I need to carry bikes I can slide in my bike hitch instead of the package tray. Man I love these little cars. > **[👉#diyMATT making/cooking/etc](https://www.instagram.com/p/BklvHEZncpJ/)** ---
**Author:** ![grantwest](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/grantwest/32/15_2.png) [@grantwest](https://community.electricforum.com/u/grantwest)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 6:21am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/front-hitch-installed/13990/2 "2018-07-01T06:21:36Z")
Great idea let’s see it all loaded up with your stuff ---
**Author:** ![diymatt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/diymatt/32/1822_2.png) [@diymatt](https://community.electricforum.com/u/diymatt)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/front-hitch-installed/13990/3 "2018-07-07T13:51:04Z")
I welded a bike rack onto the platform this weekend on a whim. I didn’t want to have to swap hitch accessories all the time. Here is a pic of her with the Sunday load. Mower and a weed wacker fit up front perfectly and I can throw bikes up there when I need to on the weekdays. I still have some panel gaps to adjust and need to paint the trunk but she is coming along. Man I hate those faded seatbelts and seats. ![IMG_6519](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/electricforum/original/2X/c/cc94f03f2a8078eb8eb78652fc7c9a7fd8d5ee1d.JPG) ![IMG_6516](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/electricforum/original/2X/a/a419ac1473b0b16c549ef27e0fe81084776a4e42.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![ApacheshoresGEM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@ApacheshoresGEM](https://community.electricforum.com/u/ApacheshoresGEM)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/front-hitch-installed/13990/4 "2018-07-11T02:12:29Z")
Why on the front of the car, not the rear? ---
**Author:** ![diymatt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/diymatt/32/1822_2.png) [@diymatt](https://community.electricforum.com/u/diymatt)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 10:54am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/front-hitch-installed/13990/6 "2018-07-11T10:54:59Z")
The rear doesn’t really have a good place to mount it very low without mounting it directly to the suspension. I wanted it low so I wouldn’t have to lift the lawn mower up. I did put a hitch in the rear, but it is mounted high and attached directly to the aluminum frame. I use it for the truck box. Maybe if I am feeling sassy I’ll cobble together a snow plow this winter and the front hitch will be an easy way to mount it. ---
**Author:** ![grantwest](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/grantwest/32/15_2.png) [@grantwest](https://community.electricforum.com/u/grantwest)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/front-hitch-installed/13990/7 "2018-07-11T16:59:28Z")
That’s cool thanks for the pic ---
**Author:** ![BeachguyPVB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/beachguypvb/32/2556_2.png) [@BeachguyPVB](https://community.electricforum.com/u/BeachguyPVB)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2018, 10:37pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/front-hitch-installed/13990/8 "2018-10-25T22:37:02Z")
Vinyl dye, [www.youtube.com/watch?v=NORfPpHqNKg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NORfPpHqNKg) ---
**Author:** ![diymatt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/diymatt/32/1822_2.png) [@diymatt](https://community.electricforum.com/u/diymatt)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2018, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/front-hitch-installed/13990/9 "2018-10-25T22:51:26Z")
Vinyl dye won’t make crappy feeling seats good. 😄 I’d rather spend the money I’d spend on dye on some ebay racing seats or some used HOnda seats. ---
**Author:** ![Inwo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/inwo/32/1067_2.png) [@Inwo](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Inwo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/front-hitch-installed/13990/10 "2018-10-25T23:29:42Z")
> [@diymatt](#): > > Maybe if I am feeling sassy I’ll cobble together a snow plow this winter and the front hitch will be an easy way to mount it. Rear hitch takes away the little traction there is. I’ve been thinking of a front mount plow or blower. The weight on the front might make it work. Needs to be wider than the Gem track though. I have 100yards of straight sidewalk down hill. The wind blows in my face no matter which way I go. I wonder what the make for a wide snow thrower in low power. Just enough for a few inches of snow. ---
**Author:** ![Inwo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/inwo/32/1067_2.png) [@Inwo](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Inwo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2018, 11:32pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/front-hitch-installed/13990/11 "2018-10-25T23:32:23Z")
Two of these? 80v! ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/electricforum/original/2X/7/7d31455994361073e0ee05ef4526fa9b11a3cad1.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![diymatt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/diymatt/32/1822_2.png) [@diymatt](https://community.electricforum.com/u/diymatt)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/front-hitch-installed/13990/12 "2018-10-26T00:04:56Z")
Is that a Ryobi? I bought a bunch of that kit for my lawn mowing side gig and I spend more time recharging than working. 40v 5ah my ass. Tear that charger apart and hardwire in some car lithium batteries. 😃 I’ve given up on the snow plow thought for now. I’d rather just buy a used 4cycle blower and a proper plow for my real truck.