Allright. I have never seen that happen. But it must because there are pictures. I must have never attached them wrong. huh. Im not to old to say i was w w w (wrong). i didnt think they could do that and I have pulled more people out of mud, ditches, snow banks, lakes, etc. then most.

Look at the hitch in that picture you posted. It actually is bent. They were just a little bit away from suffering the consequences.

Holy shit I'd hate to see that embedded in someone's skull.

Knew I needed to add something to my "never take it out of the truck" kit.

Touché. Stupid is an equal opportunity affliction. It just seems to be so out in the open in Texas!

Pretty much! Wanna get a team going?

That actually looks like a lot of fun!

What do you expect? It's Texas. Home of "let's drive big rigs on a beach" and "let's all drive pickups but not know how to use 'em."

so what is the proper way?

or this!

further down the forum he posted the aftermath:

Take the hitch out of the receiver. Stick the hitchpin into one side of the receiver, then through the strap, then the other side of the receiver. Put the cotterpin on. Ready to go.

The twisted ball thing actually happened in this situation. See thread here: http://www.f150forum.com/f38/my-greates…

I can certainly see the problem with this, but where would you attached it, to the frame? I've seen people put blankets and such in in the middle of the strap to prevent it shooting back. What else? *newb.

If you look at his post on the F-150 Forum, he did get his receiver hitch bent fairly good. He admitted that he shouldn't have done that.

As someone who has worked in the off-road industry for years, if I could recommend your post more than once I would.

My only question is why would you drive a Semi truck on a beach? Not sure its the ideal location to park one.