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I have a clamp on my pickup to keep it from rattling and to keep the trailers from bouncing. The receiver is slightly oversized. I've never hit it yet. I have hitch on our SUV, too. That one comes off. It's a real shin buster. If you have a need for one, these work really well. ![[Linked Image from images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61n-vXJkmiL._AC_SL1500_.jpg) I have one on mine and it is excellent for stopping that damned constant "clunk".
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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. Always leave mine in. I got rear-ended five times in one year here. It's a little added protection against having the back of my truck tore up..
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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. Mine stays in, open your eyes and watch where you are walking
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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. Mine stays in, open your eyes and watch where you are walking Gee thanks, never thought of that!
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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. I had pleny of choice words, none directed at anyone but myself...just used to walking around my own vehichles where it is a non issue.
"Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, and more money." -Tom T Hall
Molon Labe
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I leave mine in.
3 vehicles.
1 pickup has a ball for the boat, and has a brush skirt attached to help keep debris from hitting my boat and 5th wheel.
Its bolted with a 5/8" bolt and nylock nut and washers, as well as a tightener.
The other truck has a 2" ball on it for my decoy trailer. It's my huntin truck !
Hitch tightener too.
The Hummer has a good size drop, and ball for the boat. Locked, and tightener on it.
We never hit our shins, and use the balls as a step to get in the bed.
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Regards,
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I rarely leave my hitch in the receiver because my truck is too long to get it in the garage when the hitch is in-place. The garage door hits the hitch. But on that rare occasion when I do leave my hitch in the receiver, I invariably bark my shin on the damn thing.
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Around here if you don’t have one in the receiver someone is apt to put one in for you.
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Everyone knows what they mean.
What's more important is time that is known
as the little dash inbetween.
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Did he tear up the hitch with his stick? grin The hitch and ball weathered the beating just fine. Plus, everyone within 200 yds was treated to 3 minutes of free entertainment.
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There might be 2 or 3 members of the fire who remember fender skirts. They were stolen often enough that those of us who had a few brain cells to rub together would duct tape razor blades to the latch area on ours. Finding bloody handprints and big dents kicked into our fender skirts was a pretty common situation! The same thing might work on a receiver hitch latch pin.
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Dad had fender skirts on his mid-60s Pontiacs. He didn't think a thing about them until he had a flat tire in the frozen wastes of northern Minnesota and had to try and get the $%#^ things off when they and their mounting hardware were frozen solidly in place. After that, they came on and off with the snow tires.
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I have a clamp on my pickup to keep it from rattling and to keep the trailers from bouncing. The receiver is slightly oversized. I've never hit it yet. I have hitch on our SUV, too. That one comes off. It's a real shin buster. If you have a need for one, these work really well. I have one on mine and it is excellent for stopping that damned constant "clunk". Thanks for showing this. I didn't even know they made such a critter. I just ordered one for my hitch. Just last night I was towing my utility trailer down our brick street and woke up everybody in 6 blocks.
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Double-nut that anti-rattler and it might also slow down a thief long enough to get a good sight picture.
Jerry
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Look where you are going!
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I pull mine off when the truck is parked at the house. We have a mentally disabled daughter who lives with us and doesn't notice a lot of things she should notice - she walked into it real good one time and I have removed it ever since.
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I pull mine off when the truck is parked at the house. We have a mentally disabled daughter who lives with us and doesn't notice a lot of things she should notice - she walked into it real good one time and I have removed it ever since. That is very considerate of you.
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Some States it's against the law to leave it in
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Must be up in damyankee territory. I'm glad I live in America!
Jerry
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Some States it's against the law to leave it in Those HAVE to be blue nanny states.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell
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