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This is why you keep your hitch mounted!

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Old 06-04-2015, 02:03 PM
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Only thing your jolly Roger needs are some red LEDs in its eye sockets.
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I like that idea. Please do it up Hio. I'd like to see a pic of that!

OK.. stand by. I'll do it up as a weeknight "time kill" project.
 
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Old 06-04-2015, 02:07 PM
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I have this mounted to provide fair warning...





Look familiar?


I like it. I would put it on my truck. I looked for a while when I had a hitch to put a "cover" on mine. I didn't care for any of the ones I found but liked the idea. Make it act like a third brake light off the trailer controller.
 
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I have one of them big old diamond plate type bumpers. Anyone gets too close they're gonna feel it before I do.
 
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Originally Posted by willowbilly3
I was to a city once. Seems like the people there spend a lot of time trying to think of new ways to be mean to each other.
City people generally don't give a rip about anybody but themselves so you have to take preventive measures.
Dollars to donuts says they won't leave a note on your car if they hit it so you do what you can to prevent it from happening in the first place.
 
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Are you a city person or just visiting there?
 
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Old 06-04-2015, 08:58 PM
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Living in Phoenix isn't any fun. I don't know where I'm going to end up, but I don't want it to be in the big city.
 
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Originally Posted by willowbilly3
Are you a city person or just visiting there?
I live in the city but.....
If I hit somebody's car I would leave a note.
If I found somebody's wallet I would try to get it back to them.
If I met somebody from out of the city they'd spot me as a city dweller though.
A city person? Hmmmm, tough call.
 
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The only time me hitch is out on my flareside is if I pull my car hauler trailer, hitch needs to be higher for it.
I don't have to worry about all that other stuff here is the suburbs of Possum Trot.
 
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Old 06-05-2015, 12:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Randle
The only time me hitch is out on my flareside is if I pull my car hauler trailer, hitch needs to be higher for it.
I don't have to worry about all that other stuff here is the suburbs of Possum Trot.
Hey Randle I see you are just up the street from me. We don't have to worry about that stuff here in the out skirts of Monroe either.
 
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Originally Posted by 68fish
I live in the city but.....
If I hit somebody's car I would leave a note.
If I found somebody's wallet I would try to get it back to them.
If I met somebody from out of the city they'd spot me as a city dweller though.
A city person? Hmmmm, tough call.


Around here we get merits on our drivers license for good driving and demerits for accidents, tickets etc. I was at full merits for years. A few years back we had a freezing rain and I tapped somebody in a parking lot. My front corner hit his rear door/ wheel well area. No damage to my vehicle but I left a note. I wanted to pay the guys repair bill, he was all paranoid and wanted to go through insurance. Two demerits for me and my insurance discount goes down. With three vehicles, various trailers, quad, snowmobile, boat etc. that can add up. Problem solved though we changed everything to the wife's name to get the discount. By the way she always says if I die on Tuesday the auction is on Saturday!!
 
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Here in Alaska we run our hitches 365. You learn to walk around the rear of a vehicle than getting your shins wacked. And it is your fault if you rearend somebody. Even the Troopers run their hitches 365 on their Expeditions and 250/350's. At -40, they have to be on the go when called. They don't have time to screw around with trying to install a hitch.
 
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Old 06-06-2015, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by 68fish
City people generally don't give a rip about anybody but themselves so you have to take preventive measures.
Dollars to donuts says they won't leave a note on your car if they hit it so you do what you can to prevent it from happening in the first place.
Of course country people are all about other people. Never heard of an idiot that lives in the country, or country people being mean to each other.

What possible reason would city people have to park that close to each other?
 
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Old 06-06-2015, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by yellow truck
Of course country people are all about other people. Never heard of an idiot that lives in the country, or country people being mean to each other.

What possible reason would city people have to park that close to each other?
Indeed. There's *******s everywhere. But I do agree that the big city has more of them. It's everyone for themselves. Small towns/ country have a more friendly/ courteous attitude. From my experience anyway. I'm moving the heck outta here as soon as I can.
 
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Old 06-06-2015, 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by 351Cleveland C4
Indeed. There's *******s everywhere. But I do agree that the big city has more of them. It's everyone for themselves. Small towns/ country have a more friendly/ courteous attitude. From my experience anyway. I'm moving the heck outta here as soon as I can.
It holds to reason that there are more idiots in cities than the country. More people live in cities. Keep in mind that the Hatfields and McCoys were country folk.

This can spin out of control quickly, so one hopes we all keep it tongue in cheek.
 
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What possible reason would city people have to park that close to each other?
Lack of parking spaces!
 

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