What's so off-putting about a conventional WD hitch?
Once you get it adjusted, hitching and unhitching are quick and painless! I watched a friend hitch one up last Sunday and he was connected and gone in <5 minutes.
Unhitching:
1. Use the tongue jack to raise the trailer tongue and rear of truck to relieve some/all the pressure on the WD bars.
2. Use the pipe to release the snap-up brackets. Chain falls off automatically.
3. Remove each WD bar.
4. Lower jack until the coupler latch will release the truck from the trailer.
5. Drive away.
The reverse:
1. Back in.
2. Lower the tongue on the ball and latch up the coupler.
3. Raise the tongue and rear of truck until you can install the chains without a huge effort. You'll learn where this is after 1-2 hookups.
4. Hook in the WD bars.
5. Hook the chains on the snap-up brackets, and use the pipe to snap them up.
6. Retract jack and drive away.
Really, it's not all that involved/complicated/time-consuming. Many of these steps are EXACTLY THE SAME as they would be on the Hensley or Propride.
Although, if you're considering towing a 7000lb trailer with an Expedition, you probably should get a Hensley or Propride. You will need all the help you can get.
