Hitch Maintenance
Spent the weekend installing a B&W Patriot in my F150. After drilling through the frame and the truck bed and installing dozens of 1/2" bolts I got to wondering about the unit rusting, both the hitch ...
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After you tow with it a few times, get back under it and make sure all the bolts are good and tight...then paint it all. This is what I do with a new truck and have never had a rusting problem. Then I check the bolts each spring. The paint not only protects, but it also will let you know if a bolt loosened and the washer slipped. You will see the outline of the washer in the paint.
I remove the hitch in the winter...but it lives in the truck all summer.
I have a tonneau cover.
I use a lube plate, grease on the jaws and penetrating oil on the jaw pins (the vertical pins on the top of the head)in the spring.
I use a tripod, which eliminates the problem of walking into the kingpin.
I remove the hitch in the winter...but it lives in the truck all summer.
I have a tonneau cover.
I use a lube plate, grease on the jaws and penetrating oil on the jaw pins (the vertical pins on the top of the head)in the spring.
I use a tripod, which eliminates the problem of walking into the kingpin.
