Solution on where to store receiver hitch
I welded a 2 inch receiver tube to the trailer frame to store the hitch while parked. It is off the ground and out of the way,
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Midnightpumpkin wrote:LarryJM wrote:Midnightpumpkin wrote:
Why not just put the ball in the socket on the trailer hitch and clamp in in place just like when you are towing. Put a padlock on it so no-one messes around and drops it on thier toes.
The greasy ball is covered and you can rotate the hitch so it is out of the way.
John U
Glad you can lift that 40+lb unwieldly, unbalanced drawbar-hitch head with one hand and align it into the tongue socket while latching it in with the other hand. I know I couldn't do that without a second person or a floor jack.
I now just stand mine up on end with the drawbar pointed up with the ball towards/under the A-Frame and lock it to one of the safety chains with my Reese locking hitch pin. I do like the receiver idea, but not how it might stick out from the A-frame due to my extended drawbar (approx 18").
Larry
Might be a problem when I get older, I am only 71 now. It is all in the technique you use.
John U
SECRET TECHNIQUES only known to you and obviously not wanting to share to me means it's not as easy as being portrayed. If you have developed a physics defying method you should copyright it and become a millionaire:R
OTOH to me it says you have never done what you have portrayed as simple and easy.
Larry
