Do you remove your...

[Boilerup15]

I always left mine in, my buddy rear ended me one night and he has a dent in his hood now, and my truck was fine.

 

[99sierraman]

If I know I'm going to be towing stuff like the boat around all week, then I'll leave it in. Otherwise its always out. Like Matt said, if you don't take it out in the winter, it rusts the shiz out of the receiver...

 

[nubuilder]

If I know I'm going to be towing stuff like the boat around all week, then I'll leave it in. Otherwise its always out. Like Matt said, if you don't take it out in the winter, it rusts the shiz out of the receiver...

When I bought my truck, I had to beat it for a long time (with PB Blaster and WD-40 sprayed in where I could) with a 4x4 piece of wood. You could hear the thud through the entire neighborhood!

So I finally go it out and used some 60-80grit sand paper along with a crowbar I found in the road to scrape out as much rust as I could.
I still have to do this periodically so the tongue fit otherwise it binds up and I can't get the pin in to lock it in place or get it back out.

I really want a new hitch.

 

[tonkatoy37]

I have a weight distribution hitch, so i remove it when I am not towing with it. Sometimes I will leave it in if I am only camping for the weekend.

 

[Carolinaboy]

I'm w/ Brian on this one. Always ON!

 

[Trent]

I always have something in it, its normally a receiver shackle though.

I need a good plug for my front one though

 

[Ricky Bobby FX4]

It's a fine if you leave it in here.

 

[Nick The Great]

If I know I'm going to be towing stuff like the boat around all week, then I'll leave it in. Otherwise its always out. Like Matt said, if you don't take it out in the winter, it rusts the shiz out of the receiver...

When I bought my truck, I had to beat it for a long time (with PB Blaster and WD-40 sprayed in where I could) with a 4x4 piece of wood. You could hear the thud through the entire neighborhood!

So I finally go it out and used some 60-80grit sand paper along with a crowbar I found in the road to scrape out as much rust as I could.
I still have to do this periodically so the tongue fit otherwise it binds up and I can't get the pin in to lock it in place or get it back out.

I really want a new hitch.

Yeah I've had this hitch for pretty much 2 winters. It is really rusty And probably just as bad inside.

 

[Nick The Great]

It's a fine if you leave it in here.

Why?

 

[RebelThunder]

I always leave mine in. If you happen to walk into it, maybe you'll pay more attention to where you're walking next time.