Solution on where to store receiver hitch

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

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

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

That IS awesome - great idea. Thanks!

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

That's the way I do it. Plain and simple.

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

There's always one.
RichH

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

... And it can be locked to the trailer...

thanks for posting images

Wow! Simple and effective. :C

The RV builders should offer that, at least as an option.

Thanks for posting.

WOW, that is an awesome idea. When I had a bumper pull toy hauler, I always unhooked, and removed the hitch, and chucked it on the ground. Then it would rain, and get the hitch all nasty.

I now have a truck camper, and a big enclosed trailer. I could easily benefit from this on the enclosed trailer.