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When I lived in Edmonton my neighbour once asked why I remove my hitch when not using it. Such a weird question.
Because you’re not a shit person
I don’t know if I would go that far ;) But thanks for the vote of confidence.
I don’t think it’s a weird question at all. But also in some places it’s actually not legal to leave it attached when not towing. Then there’s the argument about it interfering with the way the vehicle is designed to crash safely.
I probably find the question weird because I spent my whole life around heavy equipment, trailers, and other towables. Every time a trailer was hooked up, part of the job was grabbing the hitch from wherever it was stored.
Grandpa used to say ‘just don’t be an asshole’ and being an asshole includes someone who doesn’t watch out for everybody else’s shins.
I didn’t insult the person asking or anything stupid like that. I explained exactly why the hitches are made to be quick release for removal when not in use.
Your gramps was a hell of a man. Wish more were like that.
Why do so many people in Alberta have those big trucks when they do not need them. No wonder why they have highest emissions per capita in the nation.
It kind of gains momentum. My mom is someone who got a smaller truck after her big one. Not even a car, just a smaller truck. And she feels a bit vulnerable on the road. And a lot of these idiots will merge into you and kill you because you’re in a smaller vehicle
So basically, a lot of people who should NOT be driving have huge trucks and other people get huge trucks so they don’t feel like they may get killed by an idiot
I swear, if all of this province had regular tests every 5 years, most Albertans would be forbidden from driving
Yeah there really needs to be some laws curtailing the size of these useless abominations. Or make it so there are extra driving tests you need to take before buying one because it’s way too large and the ones that usually buy them are the not-so-intelligent crowd.
See those hitches? That means they are using them.
#2 and #3 from the front show zero visible signs of wear.
The moronic thought process is less damage will be done to their vehicle when it hits the tow ball, and it’ll do more damage to the vehicle that hit them. Since they deserve it for hitting them.
Someone’s not thinking. The removable hitch mounts into a steel receiver, made out of the same material and mount below the bumper. Does exactly the same damage 6 inches further away.
Yep, but that’s also 6 more inches to get through until the bumper. The problem being it removes the crumple zone the bumper has and makes the force entirely in your frame instead. It will also almost always hit the radiator of the vehicle hitting them doing significant damage.
They leave it there as assholes, while also not actually protecting their own vehicle, other than cosmetically, they’ll do more structural damage instead.
Hence the moron part.
Hey now. Alberta has a ton of morons, and slightly more than their fair share of assholes. But Hanlon’s razor* still applies. I don’t think anybody put a hitch on their truck with the express intent of causing harm somewhere. They are more likely just stupid and/or lazy.
* “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”
In other words: some bad things happen not because of people having bad intentions, but because they did not think it through properly. Or at all.
No… I’ve had truck owners ask me why I don’t leave mine on to protect my truck or make it worse for others. I just roll my eyes and walk away, because you can’t reason with them, like what’s happening in the comment chain here.
Also comes down to monkey see monkey do too I find.
Wouldn’t want to have to take 30 seconds to put the ball on when they actually need it!
Grab a tow rope or two and hook up a few of them together.
If they are ignorant in parking like this … chances are they will never notice that a tow rope is attached to that hitch.
It’d be fun to watch them take off and make a mess pulling a truck after leading 30 feet of tow rope.
It would be much less dangerous and more ethical to just steal all the hitches. It looks like only a couple of them are locked, but they’re combination bike locks which should be easy to bypass if the core is exposed through the cylinder.
You have a funny idea of ethics, I’ll tell you that.
Somebody could be injured or die between vehicles if trucks pull each other in a crowded lot or wires/rope/straps suddenly become tensioned. Somebody could also be injured by walking into these, or it could damage another vehicle. Ethics and morality are a spectrum, one bad can be more good than another.
