Just a rant / rave / praise . . . but my long freaking trailer hitch (for those that saw it at the Install Party in Waco) has saved my butt, literally, twice in the last 2 months. There's no telling what the rear end of my Jeep would look like right now if my hitch didn't extend past my Spare as far as it does.
Several weeks back I was rear ended by a Prelude as I was trying to drive out of an Apartment complex. Apparently the Gate was gonna close on her car or something, so she decided to rear end me instead . . . as if her car was gonna make my jeep move? Anyhow, her front bumper was soo messed up anyhow, I couldn't even tell where she hit it... except for the nice mark on the license plate.
Yesterday, I had big freaking Tahoe rear end me at a Red light . . . when a little high school girl jumps out and apologizes. Now that Tahoe did push me a bit. But luckily my hitch caught her square on the steel bumper (half on the license plate,
half on bumper). So it put a nice round mark there, but luckily protected my spare tire mount from her brush guard.
Other than convenience, that's just another reason I leave my Ball locked in my Reciever at ALL times
Hehe . . . so it might not be very good for too much offroading (ie. declining narrow places) but that sucker has saved me more than once!
