Remove your hitch.

[ruffdog]

It seems the newer receivers ('13 GMC and '12 F150) are made looser so they wont get rusted in. The problem is the hitch insert then clunks around a bit when in use.

 

[Budweiser John]

It seems the newer receivers are made looser so they wont get rusted in. The problem is the hitch insert then clunks around a bit when in use.

I slather my receivers with anti seize compound and have never had a problem getting the hitch out

 

[Will_C]

I had the hitch seize up on the my old pickup-it went with it when I traded it-and bought a stainless hitch!

Will

 

[aczlan]

We switch back and forth between a ball and a pin hitch (landscape trailer or haywagon), so we take it out every time.

Aaron Z

 

[LiveRoll]

I have the same problem on an old 87 deck truck I picked up a month or so ago, the receiver tube had a plate welded over it as well, I have been spraying it regularly with Fluid film and WD 40 and can now manage to move it a millimeter or two from side to side with a hammer, I hooked onto my old 12 foot heavy harrows and drug those around the field for half an hour hoping to snag a badger hole and pop it out and it didn't budge... next step is giving it some heat I guess.

Cheers

Roger

 

[Bigfoot62]

So today i had a guy stop by my shop. A friend of a friend sent him over. His truck is a 2008 Dmax 2500. Anyway, he needed to get the 2" ball out and switch over to a 2 5/16". He said it was stuck and had been in there for 6 years. Anyway, we put a chain around it and a couple of good pulls from my F350 popped it out. Good thing he didn't tow anything serious with it. . .
Chris

No worries. That ball mount should handle anything he CAN tow with a Dmax.

Now, if that was on a F-series, . . . :stirthepot:

 

[Diamondpilot]

Good point, but I really never understood the need to list the make/model of vehicles involved when it has little to no relevance to the issue . . . just had to get that off my chest.

Back on topic . . . adequate paint coverage to help prevent the start of rust is hard to achieve inside a small tube, not to mention some of it most likely gets scrapped off when installing/uninstalling. I don't recall the brand of hitch, but I came across one that was actually sealed off on the backside, and I wasn't to keen on that design because I believe it had the potential to make a situation like this more likely to occur or even make it worse!

The point was it was so rusted a 2500 Diesel truck could not free it.

I once lifted the rear end of a van off the ground with a backhoe trying to remove a sized little 1.25" class 2 hitch with no luck. Just ended up having to buy a new hitch.

Chris

 

[wawajake]

Chris ..............we know what your motive is on just about every post .

I keep mine in because with six months of winter up here , at least once every winter someone slides into me at a traffic light......I prefer no damage on my vehicle.

 

[Whatswrong]

Chris ..............we know what your motive is on just about every post .

I keep mine in because with six months of winter up here , at least once every winter someone slides into me at a traffic light......I prefer no damage on my vehicle.

I believe they are illegal to leave in full time in Saskatchewan for that reason ,the guy behind won't be as lucky but if he just tapped your bumper neither would be hurt.

 

[Diamondpilot]

Chris ..............we know what your motive is on just about every post .

I keep mine in because with six months of winter up here , at least once every winter someone slides into me at a traffic light......I prefer no damage on my vehicle.

Every year? Sounds like you people need to learn how to drive.

By the way they are illegal to leave in when not in use in most areas but rarely it's enforced by the law man.

Chris