Please remove your hitch

[bedell]

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.

[Butch50]

For the folks that are worried about them being stolen why don't you use a locking pin. I use one every time I put my stinger on my rig.

The ones that I don't like are the ones who back their rigs in and then they back over the sidewalk and now it is in the way for anybody that is walking on the sidewalk were they are supposed to be and with trucks when they back up till their rear wheels hit the curb or bumper on the ground have almost taken up the entire sidewalk. Those are the ones that make me mad.

Now the real good one is one time I went to an RV show and there was a full size dually truck parked in the parking lot and he had a 4' extended hitch, yeah I said 4' not 4, on the back of the truck and he was parked in a normal parking spot. He probably hauled a slide in trick camper and took it off and didn't bother remove the hitch and just came to the RV show and parked it. Now that one was really stupid.

[kep5niner]

bfast54 wrote:

gchackett wrote:
Pretty sure it not legal to have a hitch receiver in when not towing here in Michigan. I see them all the time however but still don't make it right. I never drive around with one unless I am using it to tow. I have done that dance myself of getting a good shin buster from one. Don't recall ever doing it in a parking lot on someone else vehicle.

ARE YOU FRIGGING KIDDING ME?????????? Against the LAW???????


Please......educate us all.....Quote the statute........:S

Education.

[dodge_guy]

Rollnhome wrote:
I worked heavy construction for 40+ years. The hitch was left on my trucks for fourty years. Some days I used it a lot, some weeks I never used it it.
I left it on for two reasons. 1. It was a pain to take it on and off that often 2. It was a waste of time and it is only illegal if it blocked the license plate.
People need to be responsible for themselves and watch where they are going. Next they will be asking us to remove our side view mirrors when we park at the grocery store.

So you`re still using trucks from the 60`s and 70`s?!!!!!:E

[Quick_trip]

TomG2:
I own a fifth wheel and DO NOT have any thing hanging out of the truck!
There are no hitch bars hanging from a fifth wheel set up.
A tow behind has hitch bars?
Correct me if I am wrong?

[Huntindog]

TomG2 wrote:

Gdetrailer wrote:
Maybe the OP could invent and patent a hitch air bag for folks to install on their vehicles which would help cut down on the deaths caused by lazy folk walking to close..

Or perhaps a extremely loud siren with airport flashing lights which would go off whenever someone is within 20ft of the rear of the vehicle..

OP could make bunches of money by legislating some laws requiring all hitch owners to "retrofit" their patented "safety" systems for the lazy folks walking too close..

Perhaps we could sharpen them in order to maximize the damage to someone who happens to get too close or make them pointed so that they poke a nice neat hole in the event that you back up six inches too far.

How about poison on the sharpened tip? Lets improve the gene pool.:B

[TomG2]

Gdetrailer wrote:
Maybe the OP could invent and patent a hitch air bag for folks to install on their vehicles which would help cut down on the deaths caused by lazy folk walking to close..

Or perhaps a extremely loud siren with airport flashing lights which would go off whenever someone is within 20ft of the rear of the vehicle..

OP could make bunches of money by legislating some laws requiring all hitch owners to "retrofit" their patented "safety" systems for the lazy folks walking too close..

Perhaps we could sharpen them in order to maximize the damage to someone who happens to get too close or make them pointed so that they poke a nice neat hole in the event that you back up six inches too far.

[Gdetrailer]

Caveman Charlie wrote:
I didn't read all 8 pages of this thread. (Wow 8 pages from 9am to 5 pm on the same day. You must have really hit a nerve... Get it,, hit a nerve.)

I too am sorry your wife got hurt but, I rarely remove my hitch. I use it every couple of days so it just stays in there. After banging my shin on it a couple of times I just learned to avoid it.

I have a buddy that left his in for so long we couldn't even get it out using a tractor. Just pulled the pickup backward.

They do make rubber things that go around the hitch to protect your legs if you hurt yourself on it a lot.

Maybe the OP could invent and patent a hitch air bag for folks to install on their vehicles which would help cut down on the deaths caused by lazy folk walking to close..

Or perhaps a extremely loud siren with airport flashing lights which would go off whenever someone is within 20ft of the rear of the vehicle..

OP could make bunches of money by legislating some laws requiring all hitch owners to "retrofit" their patented "safety" systems for the lazy folks walking too close..

[Caveman_Charlie]

I didn't read all 8 pages of this thread. (Wow 8 pages from 9am to 5 pm on the same day. You must have really hit a nerve... Get it,, hit a nerve.)

I too am sorry your wife got hurt but, I rarely remove my hitch. I use it every couple of days so it just stays in there. After banging my shin on it a couple of times I just learned to avoid it.

I have a buddy that left his in for so long we couldn't even get it out using a tractor. Just pulled the pickup backward.

They do make rubber things that go around the hitch to protect your legs if you hurt yourself on it a lot.

[Mr__Camper]

Maybe someone should form a club...The Kneenockers. Whatever happened to personal responsibility?

[jake2250]

If I am Camping I leave my hitch in and locked! I do not want it stolen.. When we go site seeing I cover the greasy ball with a bright yellow tennis ball,, If someone busts a shin on it I am sorry for your injury but I have done all I can to warn you! I was at a small coastal town and parked near a popular sea food joint,, Parking lot was tight! When we come out I noticed a note under my wiper,, It said "Thanks to your inconsiderate laziness my child ruined his shirt from the greasy hitch you left on your truck"! I kinda chuckled at first,, but that would have meant that your little germ bugger had to have taken or knocked the tennis ball off and rubbed themselves against the hitch ball!! I mean really?? How is that my fault? Now that kid is going to grow up hating campers!! Oh,, and I use synthetic grease!! Not going to wash out......

[SprinklerMan]

I use my hitch almost every day , the only time I take it out is to swap it with another size . I have bumped into it before , and it hurts . I also leave my snowplow on just about all of Jan.and Feb. And yes I have had people walk into the big red 8 ft wide 2 ft tall plow with flags on each corner . If you are not paying attention to where you are walking you will walk into something .

[tvman44]

Sure blame someone else because you don't watch where you are walking. 🙂

[bfast54]

gchackett wrote:
Pretty sure it not legal to have a hitch receiver in when not towing here in Michigan. I see them all the time however but still don't make it right. I never drive around with one unless I am using it to tow. I have done that dance myself of getting a good shin buster from one. Don't recall ever doing it in a parking lot on someone else vehicle.

ARE YOU FRIGGING KIDDING ME?????????? Against the LAW???????


Please......educate us all.....Quote the statute........:S

[matt7591]

There's a new con in the world revolving around oneself department.

[nevadanick]

Come on now be reasonable, dont you know its always someone elses fault.