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10-30-2012, 05:17 PM

Truck Guy99

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Depends who ate the bean burrito and that old jello smelling funny in the back of the fridge.

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10-30-2012, 05:20 PM

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11-05-2012, 04:24 PM

minncountryboy

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it depends on what i just got done pullin.. but usally i will take out the ball mount, and swap in my tow pin mount.. its for the front end of a peterbilt, and sure is nice for pullin people out.. dont have to worry bout the chain/rope fallin off and if someone hits it there will probably will be more damage then from a ball mount

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11-05-2012, 07:37 PM

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i leave mine in all the time. i have a big load equalizer hitch and if some one hit me it would take most of the impact. stock bumpers won't take any sort of hit... i bent mine a little when i backed up against a snow pile at school.

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11-05-2012, 09:57 PM

Bigg Redd

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Yeah that bites.

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11-07-2012, 06:16 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Eddiebuntain

Do you guys with receiver hitches leave them in or take them out between tows? Personally, I take mine out as soon as I'm done towing, in case somebody rearends me, I don’t have to worry about a drop hitch getting jammed in there and killing my departure angle. Plus I don’t want the wrong hitch rusted in if I have to pull a different height trailer. Anybody agree or disagree?

Around here, they get snitched if they ain't bolted down. So, I remove mine when not towing but...I tow only a few times a year. If I towed a few times a week, I probably leave it in and put a lock on it.

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11-08-2012, 08:34 AM

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I just like having the "added security" ,such as it is, when someone bumps the back of my truck, and they end up with a reminder to the front of their vehicle. Mom's a believer now. Padlocks are cheap insurance IMO.