Alpo Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 When I first approached this truck, I thought this was some type of hitch lock. You know like the club - that steel bar steering wheel lock that's covered with plastic so it won't scratch up the steering wheel. But then as I get even with the back of the truck I see that it is a child's sand shovel, like you would play with at the beach. And I thought about that for a bit and decided that they had hung that there to draw people's attention to that huge shin buster sticking out from underneath the bumper. If you see that bright red shovel maybe you will see the trailer hitch and not hit it with your leg. Maybe. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 I'd do it anyways. 3 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 4 minutes ago, Michigan Slim said: I'd do it anyways. Like, out of spite? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Just now, DocWard said: Like, out of spite? It's just how I roll. Use a box cutter, cut my finger. Gut a deer, cut my finger. Hammer? Thumb. Trailer hitch? You get the idea. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Just now, Michigan Slim said: It's just how I roll. Use a box cutter, cut my finger. Gut a deer, cut my finger. Hammer? Thumb. Trailer hitch? You get the idea. Ah... You're one of those types that I want to have around. If something bad is going to happen, it's going to happen to you... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 2 minutes ago, DocWard said: Ah... You're one of those types that I want to have around. If something bad is going to happen, it's going to happen to you... My kids will tell you that a job aint done right until dads bleedin on it. 2 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Bullweed Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Kind of reminds me of the grip on the eyeglasses in the movie The Jerk. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 The fad down here is a set of plastic testicles in a scrotum hanging off your toe ball. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Who looks down? if you did you’d see the hitch. Just like this morning. If I had looked down I’d have seen the corner of the bed frame and wouldn’t be limping now! 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 i can bark my shins on most anything and a plastic shovel wont stop me , gotta give the guy credit for trying tho ..... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 4 hours ago, Michigan Slim said: It's just how I roll. Use a box cutter, cut my finger. Gut a deer, cut my finger. Hammer? Thumb. Trailer hitch? You get the idea. Multi-talented. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Seamus Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 11 hours ago, Michigan Slim said: It's just how I roll. Use a box cutter, cut my finger. Gut a deer, cut my finger. Hammer? Thumb. Trailer hitch? You get the idea. Best not be using any guns soon. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 My trailer hitch has drawn more blood than my guns. 2 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 After nearly eighty-one years I almost never crack my shins on anything any more. I can't even remember the last time I did. I do trip, stumble and fall down a lot, but I don't bust my shins. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shoer 27979 Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Knew a guy who painted his bright orange, he still hit his shins on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Hitches are God's way of telling where your shins are! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G W Wade Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Wish I had the picture of the ultimate shin buster , Son's FIL bought a 2003 Jeep Cherokee to pull his ice fishing house. Before he was done, he added tracks. Before he was done he had a custom 20 inch drop hitch to hookup to fish house GW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Hopefully the tracks would cause you to take a wide enough path around it or major ouch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kloehr Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 Install the hitch only when about to use it. Remove the hitch from the receiver as soon as done using it. Simple rules to follow, and I have the scars to prove I forget. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 On 11/13/2022 at 6:54 PM, Michigan Slim said: I'd do it anyways. You're not supposed to imitate my bad examples! I've shin banged the damned things hard enough to make a 3/4 ton Dodge ring like a bell! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 I've never understood why people leave the Hitch in the Receiver. I barked my Shin just once on mine and NEVER left it in the Receiver again. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 In some places you might haul and unhitch 3 or more trailers in a days work ... Jabez Cowboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 I love em in the parking garage at the hospital. The spaces were lined when cars were small! Now 4 door pick ups with hitches park straight in and the hitch is way out in the travel lane. Every now and then, there will be a car hung up on somebody's hitch. Then watch the trucks try to back out, they're as far back as they can go and the front is still in between 2 cars! "Back on arrival" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgavin Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 I usually see these before crashing into them. I'm always looking down for either nails or money, and usually find both. I dunno how many flat tires I have prevented over the decades, but it must be a few. I like the red flag. Mebbe use that on lumber sticking out the bed window instead of the fluttering bits of red plastic flags. Or a red scrotum... here in CA, that would get me elected to public office... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 14 hours ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said: I've never understood why people leave the Hitch in the Receiver. I barked my Shin just once on mine and NEVER left it in the Receiver again. To put through the bumper of the young lady/man texting behind me. Mine is a multi hitch with a hook. Your bumped wanted to touch me? Fine. I'll take it with me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finagler 6853 Life Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 18 hours ago, John Kloehr said: Install the hitch only when about to use it. Remove the hitch from the receiver as soon as done using it. Simple rules to follow, and I have the scars to prove I forget. I thought I was the only one to do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 The camper hitch comes out as soon as I unhook. That sucker sticks way out and would definitely take you out! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 20 hours ago, Eyesa Horg said: The camper hitch comes out as soon as I unhook. That sucker sticks way out and would definitely take you out! That and it cost way too much to chance dome AH stealing it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 On 11/14/2022 at 7:09 PM, John Kloehr said: Install the hitch only when about to use it. Remove the hitch from the receiver as soon as done using it. Simple rules to follow, and I have the scars to prove I forget. i take it you never had one rusted in place ? ive had two going on three Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 9 hours ago, watab kid said: i take it you never had one rusted in place ? ive had two going on three Kroil and chain it to a tree! Go!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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