I need a hitch cover, please help.

[sjturbo]

I have a cover for a 12K Pullrite Super Glide hitch. I do not want to spend $$$ for a OEM cover. Can anyone point me to an inexpensive cover that does not require me to get a loan to afford it please.

[Me_Again]

The low lives will not be able to figure out how to cook on your hitch when they remove the Weber Q cover in some back woods fish camp! Chris

[ol_Bombero-JC]

bucky wrote:
I guess I am being snarky, but why have a way high line RV and truck and then want to cheap out on a hitch cover? :h

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Easy to remove "high dollar" covers (in the open) have been known to grow legs..:S

With bed cover:
If you have a bed cover - and your hitch requires WD-40 on the mechanism - a trash bag and bungee helps keep the dust out.

The cheap out:
Hmmmm - it's a....."Handy-out"!!...:W
If you haven't used your hitch in a while, time for a new cover!
Pull off the old trash bag and toss...:C

No bed cover:
The Weber Q - or "generic" BBQ cover - about $10 from HD or Loews & avail in various sizes. Bungee as needed.
If you're in a high dust area - "bag it" underneath the BBQ cover.

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[JIMNLIN]

bucky wrote:
I guess I am being snarky, but why have a way high line RV and truck and then want to cheap out on a hitch cover? :h

You guessed right.

[bucky]

I guess I am being snarky, but why have a way high line RV and truck and then want to cheap out on a hitch cover? :h

[laknox]

john&bet wrote:
I just this afternoon put mine in the tool shed for the winter. Took all of 5 minutes.:B

Yep. Mine's been in the garage all summer. 😞

Lyle

[Scott16]

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Maybe??

That will work. Inexpensive a good idea! You will not have to take out a loan like you mentioned!
Scott

[Tango__AE7UI]

My brother brought a Weber Q and since he stores his under cover, he gave me the cover.
Works great on my B&W hitch during the season.
I pull the hitch for the winters here in Utah.

[john_bet]

I just this afternoon put mine in the tool shed for the winter. Took all of 5 minutes.:B

[brirene]

A quote from 10 Minute Tech in Trailer Life, May 2013, which I just happened to look at in preparation for recycling and was open on my coffee table:

"I have come up with an easy way to cover the fifth wheel hitch when not in use while in the bed of my truck to protect it from the weather. While buying parts for my barbeque at Home Depot a few months ago it occurred to me that the cover for a Weber Q barbeque would do just fine. I purchased it for about $8 and adapted it to cover my hitch saddle. It works great.
I simply cut a small hole on the side of the cover to skip it over the jaw-release arm and fit it over the hitch head. It has drawstrings on the bottom that I cinch up so it fits snuggly and won't come off. The size of the cover would probably accommodate most hitches.
It is a simple solution that does not cost much."
Virgil Weber, Glendora, California.

[rwjejits]

R12RTee wrote:

allen8106 wrote:
I'm trying to understand why you even need one. I've never heard of anyone using a hitch cover.

Probably a lot of things you have never heard of. My hitch stays in the truck and a cover on it keeps it from getting filthy and rusty and the air bags on the hitch stay out of the sun. Pretty useful to me.

That is one nice looking hauler bed setup...

[JIMNLIN]

I use a patio gas cooker cover for my Reese hitch. I have a tool that adds grommets that allows the cover to close the bottom with a draw string then a couple of black tarp straps to hold it in place while traveling around.
When not using the hitch it hangs in the tractor shed with the cover over it.
I also added commercial grade sticky back velcro so I can close the cover at the bottom. Keeps the dab blasted mud daubers out while hanging in the shed. Plus much less maintaining the hitch head/slider moving parts.
The hitch is a '97 model and still looks and works better than new.

[sjturbo]

Well I have tried the lawn/leaf garbage bag approach. Unfortunately the desert sun makes quick shred of them. I have seen many a hitch that had never heard of a hitch cover and they are good examples of a pile of rust. Covering the entire bed is not necessary either but I do appreciate all of the suggestions!

[dapperdan]

is it friday yet? wrote:
It won't fit under a tonneau cover? My Reese 16K does. I had to cut the handle and turn it slightly but it covers the hitch and whole bed.

That's what I did, just put a TruXedo tonneau on my RAM. The B & W fits great under the tonneau! :B

The garbage bag idea is frugal but effective.

Dan

[larry_barnhart]

I had a cover special made to fit our large air hitch to keep the sun off and not give a knot head an idea to poke a knife into an airbag. So I need to get busy and cover the hitch as we will sit for 6 months here in the nice warm Az sunshine.

chevman