WNYBob wrote:
I just reviewed the DMV driver's manual here in NY and it states that it is illegal to leave a ball hitch in the receiver of a vehicle!
Never heard that being enforced, but if in a crash back there you are open to legal liability.
Paranoia will destroy ya!!
Best part of a trailer hitch is it makes your pickup semi immune to minor rear end accidents from others, s especially smaller vehicles with plastic bumpers!
Kind of fun when someone skewers their car on your hitch and you get out and ask them if it's ok to pull away and then you have to give them their bumper cover back!
Avoided at least a half dozen minor repairs or insurance claim/accident report bs thanks to a long shank pintle hitch!