[AT] Truck hitch questions

Mike Sloane mikesloane at verizon.net
Wed Jun 20 08:54:18 PDT 2007


Are you sure that the trailer coupler is opening all the way? I have a 
couple of trailers where I have to gently "nudge" the locking collar a 
little to get it open completely and allow it to go over the ball.

Mike

jahaze at aol.com wrote:
> I have a 2" receiver hitch on my truck.  The hitch is 10 years old
> and hasn't been used much in the past few years since I now have a
> gooseneck trailer.  My problem is despite my best efforts to keep it
> cleaned out, over the years it has rusted on the inside to the point
> where I can no longer insert at hitch (without using a sledge
> hammer). There is isn't any large scale rust, but the inside diameter
> has "shrunk" enough that I'm trying to decide if I should just
> replace the whole thing, or grind off my insert to fit the smaller
> diameter.  Has anyone else run it this?  What did you do?  Maybe I
> can have someone sandblast the inside for me?
> 
> Enjoy, Joe 



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