Anyone remove the hitch when wheeling?

[Chadnutz]

I've been watching some videos and everyone is dragging their hitch.

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[CTFriel]

Won’t hurt it and it’ll save your bumper etc. Back in the day my hitch on my XJ worked better than a gas tank skid. Basically something is going to drag, might as well be a piece of steel...

 

[InvertedLogic]

Won’t hurt it and it’ll save your bumper etc. Back in the day my hitch on my XJ worked better than a gas tank skid. Basically something is going to drag, might as well be a piece of steel...

Same for my TJ. That thing was super beat.

I'll eventually get a hitch skid

 

[Cshadow2]

I keep mine off unless I’m towing, because I can here it clunking when I drive over the speed bumps in my neighborhood. It Took me a dit to figure out what it was I thought I had a bad bushing or something, but fortunately it was just the receiver rattling.

but to answer your question I wouldn’t worry about it unless you are going to be upset if your receiver is scuffed up.

 

[Renegade]

That’s why I ordered mine without the towing package. I plan to eventually have a high clearance bumper built, and I don’t want to drag that box around in the meantime.

 

[Troybilt]

I removed mine when wheeling. The hitch mount extends just past the bumper so I seen no reason to leave it in making my truck 8" longer. I do plan on making a hitch slider this winter that will not extend much past the hitch mount .

 

[Sazabi19]

I take mine off when I'm wheeling but leave it on otherwise. Though I don't tow anything I find that people look out a little bit more for trailer hitches and seem to want to hit them less. It provides just that little bit more "protection" for me Though I do hear it jiggling around, that is annoying.

 

[ZTMAN]

I've been watching some videos and everyone is dragging their hitch.

You talking about the receiver or the hitch?

 

[Chadnutz]

You talking about the receiver or the hitch?

Receiver. I'm not that dumb.

 

[Gvsukids]

How does one take off the factory mounted receiver?

 

[Chadnutz]

I haven't looked, but I'm going to guess bolts.

 

[MntMan]

Just buy a hitch skid.

 

[Chadnutz]

It's more about improved departure angle than it is about scratching.

 

[Troybilt]

How does one take off the factory mounted receiver?

One way is to use it as a recovery point. Jerk at it as hard as you can that guy is really stuck good. Get a good long run at it. Do this until it rips out from under your truck. YouTube will have plenty of reference videos.

 

[Troybilt]

It's more about improved departure angle than it is about scratching.

This plus I did not want to bang up the treads on the ball. I switch them out from time to time.

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