EXTREMELY RUSTED/SEIZED TRAILER HITCH - The Best Way to Remove!

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EXTREMELY RUSTED/SEIZED TRAILER HITCH - The Best Way to Remove!

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Ай бұрын

The trailer hitch and receiver which came with my 1st gen Dodge Dakota are EXTREMELY seized together from years of neglect and road salt. I have a method which works EVERY TIME to remove these stuck hitch pieces...
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@stephenwilliams1138 Ай бұрын

last minute of video is why I watch every D&E video, Happy 4th Doug

@danhambrick6331 Ай бұрын

Happy Independence Day Douglas...The struggle was real...😁😁

@DEInTheGarage Ай бұрын

Happe 4th bud! Hope you enjoy the day.

@strictlyxjs8750 Ай бұрын

That posi worked well! Those clutch packs must be in great shape

@iowafox2206 Ай бұрын

After I bought my new to me truck I got a receiver hitch with it with a weird piece of pipe welded onto it. I asked the previous owner what it was for. He said oh he used it as a flag pole. I said oh now I need to make a flag pole and get a good flag. So I took it off, painted it to color match blue like my truck and now for the 4th of July Ive got a cool flag pole on my truck! It reminded me of your video last year!

@DEInTheGarage Ай бұрын

Love that bud! Gotta have a spit for the stars and stripes

@leefhead1 Ай бұрын

Ive had a lot of these come into the shop. If smacking it for a few minutes doesnt do the trick, ill just turn it into a liquid with torches. If torches arent available, ill use a sawsall and cut flush with the hitch, then cut from the inside out and use an air hammer to remove whats inside the hitch in 4 pieces. Whats hilarious is i was talking to a friend about this just a few days ago. rofl. If you can, anchoring the vehicle to something (a large tree using front tow hooks) then using something like a come along on the hitch to another tree, just to provide some pulling pressure on it, while smashing the hell out of it with a hammer will help a lot.

@DEInTheGarage Ай бұрын

Thanks bud. I'll try that come-along method next time!

@tomdell7169 Ай бұрын

Happy 4th brother!! Gotta love a posi rear. I tried pulling my hitch on a tree and wound up with no back window.haha

@tadavis12 Ай бұрын

Hell yeah! Happy 4th D&E!

@garyt3hsna1l82 Ай бұрын

Awsome dude, Ive used a 30k tow strap with the receiver hitch bolt to pull jeeps stuck in mud, that pin is crazy strong.have a good one!

@randyarock Ай бұрын

I had a 95 GMC Suburban about 16 years ago. It too had a rust welded ball hitch in it like this. Clever me attached a tow strap and wrapped it around a concrete light pillar in a nearby parking lot. I attempted to pull it out using the truck. Well… Instead it ripped the rusted old hitch and that was that! 🤣. I tossed the broken part in the back and threw it out later. That ripped up hitch went to the next owner to figure out after I got rid of it. 😂

@MajorWeakness Ай бұрын

Happy Independence Day Doug!

@outdoorsmansgarage Ай бұрын

Yep I had the same problem with my truck when I first bought it.

@MidnightPolaris800 Ай бұрын

I like your custom bumper 😂

@preppinglife624 Ай бұрын

For the Win!

@papajonwj Ай бұрын

burnout is highly approved

@rodom303 Ай бұрын

Perfect intro🤣

@jake-mv5oi Ай бұрын

Gotta be an easier way. Maybe heat & lube+winch+air hammer?

@zachhensel5480 Ай бұрын

What you think about the 07 silverado 2500hd 4x4 ext cab long bed they any good

@DEInTheGarage Ай бұрын

I honestly don't know bud. I am not much of a GM guy, but I know those 2500HDs are pretty stout

@iFixJunk Ай бұрын

They can ticket you for that in NJ? I don't really see who it's a hazard to, except the radiator or intercooler of the fool who rear-ends you, and they'd deserve it...... Anyway, nice job, although I don't know that you can really trust that receiver anymore, anyway. I think I'd have just removed THAT, and most likely that bumper, too. (Was this truck launching boats in saltwater, by chance?)

@OuttaSighTmind Ай бұрын

💪🏻

@nikolauschiorgno5884 Ай бұрын

Tire fryer

@scotthanson7888 Ай бұрын

I removed the receiver hitch and used a hydraulic press

@65895555 Ай бұрын

Thats one way to do it. My way, get a liter or two of coke. Dont drink it , start pouring out on the hitch continue for a couple of days, that boy will come rght out.

@NathanMaldonado-mt5st Ай бұрын

❤

@oshof801 Ай бұрын

Laughing in South West.

@MrMrsregor 28 күн бұрын

I tried the old tie it to a tree and drive away trick. Didn’t work, even with the addition of the summer teeth

@hushai5154 Ай бұрын

Someone guide me to an affordable mechanic in Central/South NJ. Any side job guys out there good at bearings and brakes? 2010 E350 Super Duty XL converted to a camper, need more stopping power.