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Who here leaves them in? I always take mine out. Bashed a shin on a buddies the other day. He always leaves his in. I don't understand why, unless it is just to fugg people up.


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Mine stays in. I tow damn near every day.



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Mine stays in only cause I am too lazy to take it out when not using and have to put it back in when I need it.


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Originally Posted by jackmountain
Mine stays in. I tow damn near every day.

Makes sense.


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I don't leave mine in, but I did have a class IV stinger in when a painter in a van hit me. Tremendous damage to the van. Nothing on the hitch or truck. I don't fault the painter. He was probably under the fumes from paint.

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I leave mine in. I use it regularly. I do make a point to park at the far end of the parking lot. I have also programmed myself to walk further than draw bar length from trucks.

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I usually leave them in.

I have been hit in the rear at least 3 times.

The first bent my bumper,the others had a rv trailer hitch imprint on their cars.

As for knocking your shins i always walk like there is a hitch in.

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Ball or clevis hitch I try not to leave on unless you're moving trailers all the time.


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I leave mine in as I use it often I also try to watch where I'm walking and if I do happen to bash my shin on someones hitch I tell myself I'm a dumb sonofabitch for not watching were I was going.


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I’ve busted a few shins on mine!!!


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Stays in on the F-350. Take 'em out of the other vehicles.


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I always have one in. A: I use it at least a couple times a week. B: I’ve been rearended twice and never had any damage to my truck because they stopped the car from getting to the bumper.

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I have had one on my trucks since 1985, I don't remember ever busting a shin. But other people have.....lol


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Originally Posted by Hawk_Driver
Mine stays in only cause I am too lazy to take it out when not using and have to put it back in when I need it.

+1


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The big Reese Class III weight equalizer hitch is a real deterrent to tailgaters, especially ones in rice burner mini cars!
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I leave mine in..

Don’t remember where i put to key to the pin. After putting it somewhere where i would remember it.....


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When we discussed this awhile back, didn't someone say that it is illegal in some state to have it in if it isn't towing?


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Leave it in. Had a few folks rear end me such that I saw no damae to my truck, but they ate it in the front end. Have bunged a knee, but not often.


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I take mine out.

These types of hitches are bolted directly to the frame and an impact can and does bend frames.

I was a passenger in my father's little Ranger when I was a kid and we were hit by a gal going about 25 MPH, rear ended, glancing blow. They totaled the truck. Without the hitch, it'd have been a bumper and rear quarter panel.

https://sparebumper.com/common-trailer-hitch-mistake-youre-probably-making-right-now/

Just lifted this off the innernet, as it is very similar to a few other articles I have read about this.

"It takes about an 8 mph impact to bend a uni-body frame and a 12 mph impact to bend a frame railed vehicle…but the further the drop on the ball mount the easier it is to bend the frame."


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I used to leave mine in until one time had to leave the truck at the mechanics for work the following day.
Someone needed it more I guess.

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