Garage Parking Systems

[BoosTT]

I got a ton of stuff crammed in my garage and my truck is pretty big. I need to park my truck’s front bumper about 4” away from a trailer hitch coupler. What are some systems you guys use? In the past I’ve had:

Laser pointer version of the tennis ball.
Parking stop thing by the tire.
Flexible pole with a stop sign. Bumper hits the flexible pole moving the stop sign. The sign had led lights that lit when it shook too.

Not really fond of any of these systems. Anyone have recommendations?

[Cryptic]

hanging tennis ball till it hits the windshield

[Lash]

^ x2

That's what I have to do to keep my wife from driving through the back of the garage.
IMO... It's just a matter of time with her anyway.

[bikedad]

This is similar to what I use. Mine is rubber.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-BLACK-Parking-Mat-Park-Right-for-Tire-Wheel-Stop-Garage-Car-Truck-Safety-/131013996166

I tried the tennis ball trick but my kids kept playing with them when they were younger. The ball would always be wound up in the rafters. lol

[Old Guy]

Put something over the hitch, some night you might come home and run into it. Its not if its when.

[pOrk]

Use the tennis ball trick but hang it with a pulley and use 3 eye hooks, 2 over where the tennis ball will hang and one on the top of the garage door. When the garage door is open, tennis ball is down ready for you to park. When garage door is closed, tennis ball is up in the rafters out of the way. Works great, I use that for my wife in the winter time when I have all my toys packed into the garage for storage.

[indyzmike]

I used a light beam across my garage door so the car would just clear the door. I used a surplus light curtain that turned on a little 15 watt light when the beam was broken. I would pull into the garage until the light went out. That left me the most room in front of my car to work on stuff. You could rig it up using LED lights and something like this.

http://www.smarthome.com/70422/Enforcer-Indoor-Outdoor-Wall-Mounted-Photoelectric-Beam-Sensor-with-35-Foot-Range-E-931-S35RRQ/p.aspx

[kevcuda]

I have a cement block on the floor