Cummins12V98
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I guarantee if I did not lock my B&W it would disappear.
OH and that is the proper way to leave it when NOT towing.
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PA12DRVR
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"To be fair, alot of my missing trailer hitch stingers are attributed to someone else on the jobsite "borrowing" it (and the primary reason I started locking them so I wouldn't have to do the trailer hitch easter egg hunt), but I've lost a couple to plain old theft....a long time ago, before I started locking my hitch onto the truck!"
Nothing quite as frustrating as getting multiple rigs set up to tow (either boat, sno-go's or ???) then on Friday evening find out that #1 Son has borrowed either the stinger, the hitch pin, or the hitch bushing because he couldn't find his.
It's equally frustrating to come back from a long day of sno-going ready to unhitch only to find that some part (or the whole part) of the locking hitch setup is frozen and I can't drop the trailer at the storage spot. ....so I've now come to the point where: a) on either boating or sno-go trips, I use locking hitch pins as well as locks on the trailer ball; and b) on sno-go trips, I carry a small butane torch (fits in a shirt pocket to warm it up) and a larger gas torch for thawing purposes.
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Grit dog
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Yup always carry a torch in the rig in the winter especially when out with the Sno gos.
Often have to thaw the padlocks on the trailer ramp doors as well. Worse around here than up north where it goes from above freezing and rain at home to below freezing up on the hill.
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Grit dog
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Cummins12V98 wrote:I guarantee if I did not lock my B&W it would disappear.
OH and that is the proper way to leave it when NOT towing.
Agreed, although I always leave the stinger on and facing out large and in charge.
It’s saved damage to more than a few of my/our trucks from other motorists that get a little too close!
It’s really nice when you get bumped and get out, pull the other persons front bumper cover off you trailer hitch and wish them a good day and leave without the collision taking up more than 2 minutes of your day. Also nice when the hitch and receiver take the brunt of the damage and you don’t have to go to the body shop thanks to someone else’s inattention!
Also makes for a nice “backup camera” in rigs that don’t have an actual camera…
Our 16 y/o commutes 400+ miles a week to hockey practice up in Lynnhood and Everett.
Got a beater old Tahoe for him to run the piss out of for that. It sports a big ole long shank pintle hitch that I had laying around. Keeps the tail gators a little more at bay!
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Grit dog
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Cummins12V98 wrote:I guarantee if I did not lock my B&W it would disappear.
OH and that is the proper way to leave it when NOT towing.
Ha! I had to break down and get a B&W to haul our toyhauler (ex toyhauler now…) as the nice aluminum drop hitch I bought for the brodozer would allow the TH to scrub the taillights on the truck in tight turns. That extra “inch” made all the difference! Literally
But it stays in the shop. I leave a cheaper stinger on it for daily driving.
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mkirsch
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Never had a shank disappear off my truck or had anyone mess with one. I don't often leave the shank in the receiver because they tend to rust in place after a few weeks, though.
I have been inconvenienced by a locking pin not wanting to unlock on multiple occasions. Had to get out the death wheel.
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dieseltruckdriver
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I always take the shin knockers out and put them inside the cab, under the seat. That way I always know where they are, and they aren't rusted in place.
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Cummins12V98
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dieseltruckdriver wrote:I always take the shin knockers out and put them inside the cab, under the seat. That way I always know where they are, and they aren't rusted in place.
A decent thing to do!
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Grit dog
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For those wondering, hitch shanks don’t “rust in” in a few weeks or even a few months, even in the salt belt. And if they are trying to they make this stuff called grease, fluid film, antiseize for that purpose.
However locking hitch pins won’t make it through a wet winter, much less a snowy salty winter without freezing up. Just basic maintenance, keep ‘em loobed up.
Personally living or driving anywhere in suburban or urban areas, I’d not forego the free tale gator protection of a trailer hitch shank if driving any vehicle with a hitch receiver.
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JRscooby
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Grit dog wrote:
Personally living or driving anywhere in suburban or urban areas, I’d not forego the free tale gator protection of a trailer hitch shank if driving any vehicle with a hitch receiver.
Well for a few decades the manufactures have been designing vehicles so less chance of injury to occupants when vehicles bang together. Not sure if having a ball mount in place is in their plans.
I know the '85 F250 I bought wrecked would of let me pull the frame back in shape if had been hit on the end of rails, tied together by hitch, instead of the ballmount. As it was I had to cut both rails between the spring hangers, and splice together.
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