I've seen some clever storage solutions on the trailer frame, but has anyone got a good suggestion for storage of the hitch off the TV and off the AS? When I purchased my AS last January the PO gave me a wooden device he made to hold the hitch in storage. It is difficult to transport and difficult to get the hitch out. I just want something that makes storing the hitch in my shop relatively painless and efficient.
I built a wooden box with handles on the sides for the hitch head & the other small pieces. The whole box goes into the bed of the pickup when we're traveling. I store the bars on top of the box in my garage when we're not traveling. It's just a simple wood box with a cover.
I started with a $10 Harbor Freight mover's dolly, removed the carpet, added a few bits of scrap wood. Not the prettiest thing in the world, but it allows me to store the hitch and bars under a table in the back corner of the garage, then roll it all over to the truck when I am ready to install.
For storage I usually just let the trailer handle it. I remove the hitch from the van, put the ball back in the trailer socket, lower the latch (padlock if worried about theft) and then place the bars on the L brackets.
If the receiver bar is a walking hazard, I'll put a box or brick under it and perhaps some other warning to step around.
Over winter, I'll coat the parts with hitch lube or a light coat of oil.
Thank you for the ideas. I could certainly build a wooden box (I might even have one that was a kitchen box on one of my old whitewater rafts, but I like the idea of the Sportsman Trunk with wheels.
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