Please remove your hitch

We always remove our WDH when camping and also at home. Leaving it in might result in its theft, unfortunately (happened to a friend of mine at a campground), plus putting it away protects it from the elements. I also don't like the look of a big hitch sticking out of a truck. If one tows daily, like a work truck, I could see leaving it in.

lol I love these answers

Sorry to hear that your wife was hurt. Unfortunately I cannot remove mine as I cannot lift for medical reasons. I get help to put it in the receiver in the spring and to take it out in the fall. Sorry.

I always remove mine after I unhook because I'm the one that will run there shin into it within short order. Or the other thing that happens is I will brush against it and get grease from the ball on my pants, I did this once changed my pants and came out of the trailer and did it again.

Another reason I remove mine is owning a crew cab long bed my truck is already 22' long, don't need any more length for parallel parking.

Maybe next time it will be someone's grandkid who is running through the parking lot to catch up with Grandpa who is going to take him fishing? Kind of hard to see those bayonets sticking out from under the back of a pickup in a darkened parking lot. Totally unlike a tree in the yard unless one is legally blind.

bedell wrote:
Yesterday my wife hurt her knee on a hitch on the back of someone's pickup in a parking lot. I don't know if it was a TT owner's truck but the lesson was clear. We need to be considerate and remove the hitch after we are done towing.

Don't want this to sound harsh or mean (it isn't meant to be though)but..

Most hitches only stick out 6"-12" from the bumper.. That is 1 FOOT OR LESS.

Pretty much no reason for anyone to be walking and hugging the backend of vehicles in a parking lot..

Walking that close to vehicles in parking lots can HIDE the person walking from OTHER vehicles moving about or even attempting to back out of a parking spot. Other vehicles parked beside the vehicle backing out will HIDE you and they will not be able to see you when walking close the backends of vehicles. Its called BLIND SPOTS for a reason..

Not to mention folks tend to HIT the vehicles with packages and other personal items while walking.. I have a truck with unexplained on how and when they got there on one of the tail lights and another truck that had mysterious scratches the length of the tailgate. Most likely in both case it was someone walking too close to my truck in a parking lot..

I have personally had people suddenly appear and walk BEHIND MY VEHICLE AS I AM BACKING OUT!

Glad your DW is OK but perhaps both of you should walk a little further way from the backend of vehicles.. Might even save your lives when a driver suddenly starts backing out of a parking place!

if there is nothing attached to my hitch, it gets removed from the truck.
safety is the main reason. bumping into it and getting grease on legs or clothing is another. also i don't want it to weld itself to my truck, which is what would happen if i left it in there and it gets rusty.

Should I remove the tree from my front yard to prevent people from walking into that?

Also sorry she got hurt..........BUT...............


Next, Drive something smaller..so if someone runs a Light,and you hit them,they wont get "hurt as bad",:S

Then

Drive something shorter....so when "I pull in the right,as you signal for a wide right turn,I wont get my vehicle hurt":S


On and on ................Be careful.....Personal Responsibility :h

I remove ours for that very reason as I have had the pain before. However, I ONLY do it when going to be staying long term (Week+), will not remove for a few days of camping.