Solution on where to store receiver hitch

LarryJM wrote:

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

Larry,
What's your problem? Are you just looking for someone to argue with? Many people are able to lift their drawbar and put it in the hitch and close the latch. Just because you are unable (for whatever reason) to accomplish that simple task doesn't mean nobody can. If it doesn't work for you then find another solution but there's no reason to get so darn sarcastic about it. :R