Weight Distribution Hitch Bar Storage

[nfteaudrey]

OK, So I've seen the storage ideas for the WD Bars with the tubes and hooks. But the other day I saw a post where the guy left the chains attached and hooked the bars backwards to the tongue of the trailer with a bracket of some sort. Told my hubby about it, but now I can't find the picture of the mod for the life of me. Can anyone help?

[Tunce the traveler]

Give it a few days and someone will find it I'm sure.

[SkyBound]

Only thing to be careful about with that is theft. One of the members here installed some brackets inside the front storage compartment to hold their bars - I think I will look into something like that. I don't have chains either.

[dmax_83]

Have always and will always put mine in a storage compartment. In my opinion it looks nicer, keeps the equipment out of the elements, and also keeps them from wandering away. That being said, our floor plan has a nice storage compartment just aft of the tongue on the curb side so it makes it rather convenient.

[jamaddox]

We don't have a pass thru compartment so I just put mine in my truck bed. It has a lockable truck cap

[RedHorse1]

I would put our bars across the A-frame behind the gas bottle, one from each side. Unless you went looking they were mostly invisible, out of the way, off the ground and not taking storage space from anything else.

[Old Blue]

I have always stored my bars on the tongue of the trailer ether on the battery boxes or behind them never woried about them walking away. but then in about 40 some years of camping of one knid or another only one lawn chair walked away never lost anything else so I guess I am lucky.

[tjpolsin]

My hitch head stays on the truck with a grease/dust cap for the ball. the bars end up on the ground under the trailer.

Just like Old Blue stated, I have camped for a number of years with a lot of camp gear outside (bikes, stoves, axe, etc.) nothing has walked away.

I would put them near the battery box/LP bottles, but they don't seem secure.

[qwed94]

If I remember right, the pic the OP is talking about is on RV.net. Anyway, I think he attached some pipe on the tongue, then he left the chains hooked and turned the bars over, placed the ends into the pipe on the tongue. Left them hanging from there.

On the other hand, I put mine in my outdoor compartment.

[Jagiven]

I saw pic like that sometime back, I think in this website.

I too just put the bars behind the propane tanks on the a frame while at camp. At home, the whole hitch sits in a piece of plywood that is on a couple pieces of 2x4s under the far back corner of the htt out of site and out of the weather.

[xtruckerbob]

I posted "Some thing hold my bars." I tried to repost the pictures but for some reason I can't. Check it out.

[jamer]

bought a storage bag nice heavy canvas one and place bars in them in the bed of the tv. Lockable tail gate to keep things safe. Use dust cap on ball and leave the hitch hooked up most of the time unless going sight seeing, I than store under the tt.

[howlin4you]

This thread might have the pictures you're looking for - http://www.jaycoowners.com/forums/f3...ars-23784.html

[Camper_bob]

I remember seeing the pic too. I was thinking it is something I could do. My bars are secured to the spring hangers with a pin. That pin should be plenty enough to hold the bars in place when not attached to the hitch. My bars are tapered, so I could just slide the bar up in the hanger until the pin was snug enough to hold them there. This would work with any of the Equal-i-zer type WDH/sway control hitches.

All that being said, I usually remove and store the hitch and bars in my front pass-thru storage during setup. If I'm only unhooking for a short time for some reason, I've been known to lay them across the A-Frame behind the tanks. They are not readily visible, and are easy to access.

[TxTwoSome]

Originally Posted by nfteaudrey

OK, So I've seen the storage ideas for the WD Bars with the tubes and hooks. But the other day I saw a post where the guy left the chains attached and hooked the bars backwards to the tongue of the trailer with a bracket of some sort. Told my hubby about it, but now I can't find the picture of the mod for the life of me. Can anyone help?

It could have been my pics I will attach a link to my mods I have done see if that's what you are referring to.


http://www.jaycoowners.com/forums/f3...ods-33174.html

[Bigmacatac]

what you are looking for is

EzStorHitchâ„¢ Trailer Weight Distribution Hitch Storage Device

Securely Store Your Weight Distribution Hitch System, Reclaim Your Storage Space!

[Camper_bob]

So, I guess I've gotten lazy or whatever. I've started laying them across the A-Frame behind the propane tanks all the time now (instead of stowing them inside the front pass-thru). It's just easier that way, and the bars are right there where I need them when it comes time to hitch up.

I still store the hitch head in the pass-thru storage compartment though.

[Little Can]

I made a storage holder for mine from a PVC fence gate kit. It comes with 2 posts that fit my Equal-I-zer bars perfectly. Just cut it to size & attached to my A frame under the propane cover (on an Eagle TT). Then glued one cap to the far side permanently. The other side I use a through bolt & knob to hold the other cap in place. Keeps the bars out of the weather & is barely visible so doesn't attract sticky fingers. I store the bars in there at home & on site. I had to make a pull hook to get the bars out when I want to use them. I posted a picture on the "what did you do to your Jayco today" thread.

[S.Chandler]

Here is what I have

[Loosenuts]

I keep mine in a soft sided Rifle Case. Keeps them from banging anything and has a nice handle to move it around. I'm liking this idea of welding a couple pieces of pipe to the tongue like Mr. Chandler shows. I'd been thinking about welding a class 3 receiver on the tongue of my old trailer to hold my hitch with it's not on my truck too. But my new trailer came with one on the rear bumper so my hitch lives there now when not in use.