I live in a bad area. is it easy to remove the whole hitch to store it?
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An additional comment: When we go on a bike trip and have to leave the carrier and or bikes on the vehicle le, I use a chain with a combination padlock that fits through the side holes of the receiver and through both bikes and the angled reinforcement bar of the carrier.
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I think it would be difficult to steal. There is not enough slack in the cables once tightened correctly to remove it easily. I would think someone would need to cut the cables. I have had mine on for a year with no issues. I feel that it is very secure if installed properly. Due to the weight and bulk of the rack it would be difficult to store in the car.
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My Father leaves it on year round as he stores his snowblower in a corner of his garage. I think you could take it off and on relatively easily as the whole thing is held on by only a few bolts. I think it would be a little bulky to store that way though as I don't believe it would fold up.
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I believe the official policy is to drop it off in your driveway. Yes, he used a lift-gate to get it off his truck. But, my delivery guy was nice enough to park it in my garage with his pallet jack.
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No, just take it out of the box, then remove the handy cloth cover which is good for storage. It is an amazing wagon and we use it several times a week. We keep it in the back of our suv when not using it.
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Yes, it's very easy to remove. There's a little storage box in there for attachments.
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It is very easy to attach and detach. The connector on the trailer itself just slides onto the hitch and is secured with a steel pin. Even if you don't want to keep the hitch on your rear axle, installing or removing the hitch is also very easy, if you have a quick release. You can find tons of how-to videos on youtube showing how it's done. Just search for "how to install bike trailer hitch". You basically open the quick release, remove the axle, add the hitch and put everything back. You just have to be careful that no parts fall out of the axle. The whole procedure will take you less than three minutes, even if you haven't done it before. Watch one of the youtube videos and you'll see how easy it is.
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Yes, all the hardware needed for installation will be inclosed inside the hitch receiver. Thank you.
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I guess it depends on where you live :) For someone to steal it they would need two ratchets, one to hold the huge no wiggle bolt that goes through mount, into the hitch and then into a HUGE nut on the other side and 3-5 minutes of no one looking to work on it. I figured for the price of this, it was a risk I was willing to take and so far no problems. I think anyone who just walked by and looked down at it would think there was no way that thing is coming off easily.
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sorry I'm responding so late...it will come apart in the middle ...we had to take off wench it would not work out of box and it was wielded, we put a bigger and better one on .. The hitch is built pretty good...
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Yes, the canopy is very easy to remove, but a little bulky and there is no good way to store if you take it off in the middle of a walk.
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If you mean able to be easily removed, no. It is installed just as in a car. I could remove it in a couple minutes by unhooking and releasing it. You would need pigtails if you wanted to use it elsewhere
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Not a lot, just the driver's side of an under-car plastic piece, enough to access the frame where the bolts attach the hitch. I didn't remove the plastic piece (as is suggested), just used a dremel tool to cut away the required part. There is some thin insulation on the plastic that may get caught in the tool, but easy to remove. You can't see it from the outside unless you're on your knees looking under the vehicle.
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Not easily. I keep it stored fully assembled in the garage and pull out as needed. Looks like the pins can be removed to reduce size, but I don't believe it would be much smaller?
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Yes, but I usually just take the hitch off and put it in the SUV when I'm not using it.
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I believe It can be removed easily. I already have a GPS on my dashboard so I mounted it on the windshield.
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I'm sure it could be drilled out if one wanted to. A door to your home can be busted too, it's a deterrent. I hope it sends someone looking to take a trailer to move on to my neighbors house, if they wanted my trailer bad enough I'm sure it could be removed with enough time.