I'll kindly pass but Zman may take you up on a bit of tug-o-war.


Start spraying it now with some of that Mopar rust penetrant, by summer it will either disappear or just fall out.

 

i was putting oil on it all summer and i was lucky just to get the pin out. this summer i might used some acetone and automatic transmission fluid.

 

I just take mine out and throw it under the seat. Never had a problem with rusting as its not in there long enough to rust!

 

i think some places there are laws against leaving them in when not in use.

 

Mine stays on the truck its my rear bumper protector, its amazing what a hitch will do to another car before they can make it to the rear bumper, and I use it quite a bit

Mines always in use I got a little deer head cover that hides the trailer plug so it doesnt get filled with mud again

 

Mine stays in all the time too. It's nowhere near rusted to the point of getting stuck. It rattles every time I hit a speed bump.
One of these days i'm going to do what Hammer did and spray some plastidip on it to shut it up.

 

Or your knees when you forget it's in there walking around the truck. OUCH!

 

Yeah I dont hit mine much but nail my dads all the time, that sh^t hurts

 

laughin at the irony of the add for reciever hitches at the bottom of this thread.

anyway, mine has gotten stuck in pretty good just sittin for a coupkle weeks without being slid out. I tied a log chain around the tree and pull away, hasnt failed yet, find a concrete wall and back into it, atleast it will break lose and be easier to pull forward with the log chain, i recently took my receiver hitch and dipped it into a bucket of waste oil, hasnt froze anymore on me no matter whose hitch i use or how long it stays in

 

What is the point of leaving it in? Just lazy?