Leaving WD attached to trailer

I would check the rules in your state. In some jurisdictions you cannot drive on public roads with the WDH hitch head still in place if a trailer is not hooked up.

I have been leaving ours on permanently but just learned recently that in BC you cannot do that if it is removable. We are using the Blue Ox immobilizer (removes hitch play) that requires undoing 4 nuts. Way too much work to re & re all the time - not going to happen. When in a parking lot, I try and find a spot to back into since our truck is long due to 8' box and super cab. Could not find the rule on the internet and will need to phone someone. Besides maybe getting a fine, I don't want to get in some kind of an accident that could be blamed on the hitch sticking out. Maybe a red warning flag would be okay? :D

I changed to the Andersen, lighter, easier and it gives a great ride.

RoyB wrote:
I see this done a few times at the campgrounds where they just apparently pulled the pin on the hitch and pulled away from it...

It might be tricky to line up with the hitch when you are ready to leave?

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Roy Ken

A typical WDH that uses a coupler and hitch ball, their's little harm leaving the stinger hanging in the coupler.

This picture is how someone opted to store their stinger on a Hensley, as one would with a typical ball/coupler. Its nicknamed stinger for a reason and this only adds risk of injury. They don't rotate or pivot out of the way.


NO WAY is anyone hooking up their TV to a Propride or Hensley with the stinger in the hitch head like that.

Pulling out? May be..IF you could get the pin out and head aligned close enough that it doesn't drop or jump when you pull forward. I would not be inclined to ever try this. Just release the two latches and do it right...there's no time to be saved here.

I see this done a few times at the campgrounds where they just apparently pulled the pin on the hitch and pulled away from it...

It might be tricky to line up with the hitch when you are ready to leave?

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Roy Ken

If the bars are greasy, you can just use a pair of old sweat socks to cover the ends of them. We have done this for years. And yes, that hitch is getting heavier!

re_tired wrote:
My WD seems to get heavier with each birthday. Sometimes I just pull the receiver pin and leave it all attached to the trailer (after disconnecting the tension bar chains). I do keep a padlock on the ball and a locked pin on the hitch. Anyone else do this? Any problems other than skinned shins?

Easy way to store the hitch. I turn it so it doesn't stick out. My bars aren't greasy, so they go in the pass through.

I never pull mine out unless there is some good reason to.

re_tired wrote:
My WD seems to get heavier with each birthday.

Join the club! :W When camping I just leave the head in the receiver and only remove the spring bars but at home I still do remove the head entirely and store it in the garage ... but it is a struggle that's only getting tougher every year! :E

Hitch Grip

I just used the Hitch Grip for the first time and it really helps to make carrying the hitch easier...especially on the back. I got it from Etrailer.com at a better price.