Remove hitch or not?

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alkaline747trio

alkaline747trio

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Without any lift on my newer cruiser, I have a problem hitting my hitch on the back side of the hills pushed up along the trails at URE for drainage. I was wondering if I should leave it on and just cringe every time it hits, or take it off and risk my rear bumper.

While also on the subject of things hitting, my muffler hits on some steep breakovers, I was wondering if it could cause any serious damage and that I should re-locate or get a lower profile one, or just let it get thrashed and hope for the best?
 
well, that's easy: just decide what would bother you most: likely scraping the inexpensive receiver or less likely scraping the expensive body/bumper? :)
 
My hitch hit a few places in Moab and saved me damage to the rear bumper. It's the poor mans rear bumper and I would leave it on. The bottom holes on the hitch might bend , but it shouldn't create problems anywhere else.
 
You can hit the hitch teeth jolting hard. The thing is designed to take incredible shocks pulling a 5000lb load. My hitch saved the a$$ end of my cruiser many many times till I got the Slee rear bumper. Do not worry. If you take it off you will need the Slee sooner :-)))))).
Cheers,
Sean
 
Yeah just leave it. I have done some rock crawling yet i only have the hitch and I beat it to hell. And it is doing fine back there. It is a little bent and very scraped but it has saved my rear end.
 
Pull it off and send it to me!

:D
 
alkaline747trio said:
I was wondering if I should leave it on and just cringe every time it hits, or take it off and risk my rear bumper.
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Leave it on.

alkaline747trio said:
While also on the subject of things hitting, my muffler hits on some steep breakovers, I was wondering if it could cause any serious damage and that I should re-locate or get a lower profile one, or just let it get thrashed and hope for the best?
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The stock muffler will eventually get trashed; probably with loose internal baffles that will start rattling and drive the sweet lady at the drive-up speaker crazy. When you can't stand the rattling any more you can buy one with a smaller diameter.

-B-
 
not, use it as a skid plate. If you are banging that hard maybe you need to stop driving like the Duke boys.
 
Why dont you take it off.. Put the spare tire in the back (inside) and get a skid plate made?
 
Sell it to me, and I will pay shipping! :D
 
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