I love my trailer hitch

[Mr. Sandman]

There is nothing better then a big truck and with a 2" reciever in bad weather. This thing has saved my vehicle from damage several times now. One time I had the hitch on and a guy hit me in the rear while the car was parked and his front end was messed up and the vehicle never even touched my car, the hitch kept him at bay.

This morning while stopped trying to make a left hand turn I see a mini van in my rear view mirror approaching and skidding on the ice. He is not stopping and is going to hit me. So I floor it and keep the vehicle straight but he caught up and hit me in the rear and I hear a large thud!...but my vehicle was moving foreward at the time of impact. Anyway I get out and NO DAMAGE AT ALL TO MY TRUCK. I look at his and the front plastic airdam is shattered. He went under my rear bumber and hit the reciever which is very solid. It is not ever scratched. He asks if I am ok and is my my vehicle damaged, I say I am fine, the vehicle is fine, he says he is fine. I say have a nice day and we both drive away. I should have grabbed my neck and tried to sqeeze him for a new boat but I am not that kind of guy.

Nothing like an SUV with a hitch.

[pmueller]

Nothing beats a battering ram on the end of a vehicle

[Slipknot]

I have one in the front too

[JohnR]

THey're great. And after you hit your own shin a couple times you remember its there for ever...

[Bigcat]

One morning I was driving to work on rt 24 doing about 70,I feel a thump in the back.
A nurse just got of duty from doing a double shift fell asleep at the wheel,and slamed into the back of my GMC with a pintle hook.
Her little Nissan got totaled,but I know it saved her life.

[Mr. Sandman]

Originally Posted by Slipknot

I have one in the front too

me too! Lots of people ask me why I have that. It is very handy for moving boats around the yard, holds my cooler rack and keeps fools off my front bumper.

JR is right about the shin though...damn that hurts at night when you can't see it.

[Swimmer]

Oh are they ever shin killers!

[blue oyster]

for some reason allmost like clock work someone rear ends my truck , the hitch has saved me many bumper changes , one time the car that hit me was stuck on the hitch , i pulled the pin , pulled the truck up , went back gave the hitch a twist out it came , put it back on left the guy sitting there leaking antifreeze waiting for a towtruck next time hopfully he will pay more attention to driving

[Jenn]

Yup quite a few years back now but I had vehicle issues and had to drive my hubbies 78 bronco for a while. When he got it he said " I should put a big heavy duty bar up underneath it to protech the gas tank in case someone every rear ends me" so he did. Well wouldnt you know that senario came true while I was driving it. girl that hit me stuffed her car so far under the rear end it completely totally the car.She was cranking!!! If that bar had not been and (and stopped her from going further) there she probably wouldn't be alive...........

[Sluggoslinger]

Originally Posted by JohnR

THey're great. And after you hit your own shin a couple times you remember its there for ever...

yup, been there still doing that. It seems that my short term memory only stores that for about 6 months then bam I get my reminder.

[Steve K]

I got the trailer hitch option on my FJ even though I don't plan on towing anything just to protect my rearend from city parkers bouncing off my bumpers. So far it has been good.

[NIB]

Check ur frame...

[Raven]

(My neck vertabrae aint so peachy anymore.)

so, i took the rear bumper off my truck
and bolted on an old pressure treated 8 x 10 beam
that used to be underwater.
and used it as a battering ram on many occasions

[fishermanjim]

i love it when it goes through the thing on the front of your vehicle and the green stuff flows on to the ground hehehehehe