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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.
"Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, and more money." -Tom T Hall
Molon Labe
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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.
There is no way to coexist no matter how many bumper stickers there are on Subaru bumpers!
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Mine stays in. I tow damn near every day. Makes sense.
"Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, and more money." -Tom T Hall
Molon Labe
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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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Campfire 'Bwana
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Ball or clevis hitch I try not to leave on unless you're moving trailers all the time. This is short enough to not worry.
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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.
Paul
"I'd rather see a sermon than hear a sermon".... D.A.D.
Trump Won!, Sandmann Won!, Rittenhouse Won!, Suck it Liberal Fuuktards.
molɔ̀ːn labé skýla
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I’ve busted a few shins on mine!!!
Well we're Green and we're Gold, and we play better when it's cold. All us Cheese heads have our favorite superstar. We love Brett Favre.
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Stays in on the F-350. Take 'em out of the other vehicles.
Mercy ceases to be a virtue when it enables further injustice. -Brent Weeks
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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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
Eagle Lake, Mississippi is close to heaven.
"Everything Hipsters touch turns to chit........Period.. Whisky.....Beer.....Tobacco.....Boots....Clothing....Gear......you name it.. Good thing the fuggers don't like firearms.." Fieldgrade
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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. +1
Dale
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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! Jerry
Ignorance can be fixed. Stupid is forever!
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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.....
It’s one of those B&W foldover jobs...
Dave
�The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.� Lou Holtz
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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?
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.
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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.
Regards,
deadlift_dude “The very first essential for success is a perpetually constant and regular employment of violence.” ----Fred Rogers
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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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