chadsalt
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Leave it on the trailer, got to be dead on when you hook back up though.............
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Padlin
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chadsalt wrote:Leave it on the trailer, got to be dead on when you hook back up though.............
I'm not good enough to do this as yet, maybe a few years from now. I'd need to trade for a new navigator...
Bob & Deb
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davidj54
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I leave the head on the TV and disconnect the bars and slide them back onto the "L" brackets till they balance. Never had an issue with it yet. YMMV
Dodge Ram 2500 Mega Cab (Yeah, it's got a Cummins)
2006 Forest River Grand Surveyor GS-280
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1000/10000lb Equal-i-zer with 4-way sway control
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beemerphile1
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I remove the bars from my Equal-i-zer before pulling the head/shank assembly. I put the bars back into the box they came in and then the head/shank assembly goes into an old plastic cooler. The cooler keeps grease off of everything else and has handles making it fairly easy to move.
Tim
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MitchF150
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Sounds like he only has the 'issue' when at home and storing the head in a shed that's 150' away. Those Equal-I-zer heads are pretty heavy as I remember... The bars are solid square steel as well, and weigh more when compared to a standard WDH setup like my Eaz-Lift head and bars..
I'm not sure I understand the part about leaving the bars attached, but I'm sure I missed something there...
I only have to move my hitch head from the garage to the truck in the driveway, so it's not that far, but I built a shelf in the garage that is about chest high to me (I'm 6'3", so it's probably 4'6" high). This makes it so when I lift it off the shelf, I can keep it cradled at my chest with my arms locked (it's not physically touching my chest either) and I don't have to bend over to put it up or take it off the shelf. Now, you still have to lower it from your chest and bend over to put it in the truck, but at least I've taken half of the bending over part out of the equation!
I then take the bars in, one in each hand and I have a rack I put them on in the garage that's just a bit higher then where my arms are fully extended down or about 2'6" off the ground.
I'm not sure what my Eaz-Lift head and bars weigh individually, but I'm sure they are 'lighter' then the Equal-I-Zer ones... But, I don't think I'd sacrifice the ability of the Equal-I-Zer just to get a lighter hitch.. I'm happy with just the Eaz-lift, but I don't have that much trailer I'm dealing with, and sway has never been an issue, even in emergency maneuvers.. I know, I've had one or two along the way!
I like the idea of the garden cart to tote it that distance.. I have one of those and I use it for toting all sorts of things around my yard.. It goes over grass and small curbs pretty good.. The sides swing down, so you don't even have to lift it up and out of the cart either.. Just up to it's bed...
Good luck with it!
Mitch
1997 F150 XLT, 4x4, SuperCab, ShortBox, 5.4, 3.55 gears, Prodigy, EAZ-Lift WD hitch, Autometer Water/Trans temp gauges, 190,000 miles (GVWR #6250 GCWR #12500)
2003 Prowler Lynx 722F (GVWR #5000)
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Padlin
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Thanks all for the ideas, think I'll look around and see if I can't come up with a wagon somewhere. I do have a couple of wheel barrows that I've used in the past and of course as soon as the wdh goes in I need the wheel barrow for something else... A wagon on the other hand I can probably leave it in, at least till the grand kids come over.
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