weight distribution caddy

[whirlypig]

I built a caddy for my hitch and bars. I put runners on the bottom so the floor is above the jamb of the garage door and the full plate keeps the scuffs and dings away from the floor. When in use, there’s lots of space for the jack pad blocks.
I bought a used camper with a lot of issues around the door from the abuse. Easy fixes but a bit ragged and the flooring was torn up. I found the lip would usually catch a sleeve or ding a finger.

 

[Bob K4TAX]

Nice! Looks as though those torsion bars need a bit of grease where they go into the hitch. Dry metal to metal is not a good thing. I won't comment on that sparkling hitch ball.

Bob

 

[pnkdmnd]

Thats a good idea! I keep mine in a plastic bin but I can see how this would make it easier to get to.

 

[D W]

That's all well and good for a brand new hitch. Once you do your PM on it they can get pretty nasty. The "zerks" on bar trunnions aren't there for show. I just leave the hitch on during camping season, and place the lubed bars in army sandbags. They get stowed flat in the pass-thru.

 

[NJKris]

I just lean 'em up on tongue A-frame brackets, greasy ends up. At home I stick them in shed to prevent excessive rust. Nice organization though. I lack that sort of storage space.

 

[Ox Brown]

WDH caddy

Nice work, and looks professional grade. Here's my version of a WDH caddy. It's kind of a Frankenstein build since I used scrap wood and just purchased swivel wheels. I install/uninstall each camping trip and I'm too old to be lugging 65lbs of steel each time. I wheel the hitch up to the truck and only have to lift it about two inches to install. Then I reverse the process and wheel it back into the garage. The torsion bars stay in the RV pass-through.

 

[ejl923]

Nice work, and looks professional grade. Here's my version of a WDH caddy. It's kind of a Frankenstein build since I used scrap wood and just purchased swivel wheels. I install/uninstall each camping trip and I'm too old to be lugging 65lbs of steel each time. I wheel the hitch up to the truck and only have to lift it about two inches to install. Then I reverse the process and wheel it back into the garage. The torsion bars stay in the RV pass-through.

This I could get behind! When I’m in a busy tourist area I like to take the hitch off to save a foot or so in the scrunched tourist area parking lots. My back does not allow me to do this alone so it’s usually the wife and I lifting on and off. This could help.

 

[whirlypig]

Nice work, and looks professional grade. Here's my version of a WDH caddy. It's kind of a Frankenstein build since I used scrap wood and just purchased swivel wheels. I install/uninstall each camping trip and I'm too old to be lugging 65lbs of steel each time. I wheel the hitch up to the truck and only have to lift it about two inches to install. Then I reverse the process and wheel it back into the garage. The torsion bars stay in the RV pass-through.

I don’t have a garage, so I wanted them nearby to save the lifting/travel distance. When I bought my first camper (used), I was gifted a little red wagon to move the hitch about. I figured this, also of scrap wood, would do while I can still lift it.

 

[whirlypig]

This I could get behind! When I’m in a busy tourist area I like to take the hitch off to save a foot or so in the scrunched tourist area parking lots. My back does not allow me to do this alone so it’s usually the wife and I lifting on and off. This could help.

I always intended this to stay in the bay, but, a two-person stretcher device would be a good solution as well.