RE: Do you have a " Hitch Dingle?"

[AustinBoston]

 
Hitch Dingle (n) That permanent indentation one has on the front of one s shin from banging it onto some part of the hitch. (hitch used in towing, dingle an adaptation of ding, a dent.  Coined on 2/24/2003 on the IRC chat)
 
 I think the draw bar is the most popular place for creating hitch dingles, but the hitch coupler works well, and one can certanly get a hitch dingle from the Coleman adapting brackets for the Reese Mini-350.
 
 Austin (who won t tell how many hitch dingles he has)

[moderator1]

 AustinBoston
Wow, from the title I thought I d have to edit this one[]

[whippetwrun]

 AustinBoston
I had one lasted most of summer, but it popped back out over winter with all the downward exertion of shovelling snow![]

[4Galvs]

 AustinBoston
Last summer we set our Jayco up in the driveway to check it out.  I popped it down @ the end of the weeekend.  Later the next week, I rounded the front of the trailer in the dark.  You guessed it - I got nailed! [:@][]A hitch dingle if there ever was one - right in the mid-section of my shin.  Darn near brough tears to my eyes.  I resorted to bungeeing a 5 gallon bucket over the hitch end.
 
 We also had one of the pups get a " slide out dingle" .  Ran right into the leading edge of the open slid out.  Sliced her side open pretty good.  I installed corner trim pieces top the bottom edges, to add thickness, shortly after the vet visit.
 
 

[6Quigs]

 AustinBoston
Whenever we go camping, I always remove the drawbar from the tow vehicle.
 As it is part of the reese mini 350, it s not as easily replaced, as a normal drawbar.
 So no Hitch dingles for me.
 The bunk end slides out far enough, that there s very little chance of dingling on the hitch coupler on the popup.
 The " adapting brackets for the reese Mini 350  have been hacksawed off, and filed down smooth after they put a nice rip in a pair of pants and a nice nick in my leg.

[Miller Tyme]

 AustinBoston
No hitch dingles here, but I do have some stabilizer bites.[]

[SactoCampers]

 AustinBoston
I ve had hitch dingle before, but I don t do it often. There s nothing like the four phases of anxiety, pain, rage, and embarrassment following a hitch dingle event:
 
 Phase 1: Anxiety - This is the brief emotion of about 2-3 seconds immediately after hitch dingle because you re wondering how much of phase 2 you ll be in.
 
 Phase 2: Pain - Yes, hitch dingle hurts. Phase 1 is biologically programmed as a protection response, but in fact, makes it worse since you have time to think about how bad this phase will be. Tip: Abundant anterior leg flesh provides superior protection. Bone-on-hitch dingles are especially painful.
 
 Phase 3: Rage - When phase 2 is severe, phase 3 kicks in simultaneously like a supercharged  Vette because you re PO d at yourself for being so stupid as to commit the most demeaning of stupid popup tricks while setting up.
 
 Phase 4: Embarrassment - It s funny, once phases 2 and 3 subside phase 4 makes a visit. In response, you scan the neighboring campsites to take inventory of witnesses. The length of phase 4 is directly proportional to the number of witnesses of the event. Sometimes the life of phase 4 can be extended when somebody at the campfire makes note of the wound on your leg and/or blood stain through the jeans.

[Ab Diver]

 SactoCampers
Oh, yeah. I ve got one of those, but it s more of a bump than a dingle due to the scar tissue that grows over the bone. []
 
 

ORIGINAL:  SactoCampers
 
 Phase 3: Rage - When phase 2 is severe, phase 3 kicks in simultaneously like a supercharged  Vette because you re PO d at yourself for being so stupid as to commit the most demeaning of stupid popup tricks while setting up.
 

 Brian, another very astute observation on your part concerning human nature. Another demeaning SPUT is whanging your shin on the hitch, standing up quickly when it happens and hitting your head on the camper shell door (creating that other well known badge of honor, the " head divet" ), and then staggering backwards to fall over the rest of the gear not loaded in the truck yet.  THEN the rage kicks in. DAMHIKT [:@]
 
 Let s just say that was the episode that got me the " First Runner Up"  award I mentioned in that Campsite Safety thread. []
 

[Dust64]

 AustinBoston
AB: I got tired of " hitch dingles"  and not being able to find the right ballmount with the right ball on it. Somewhere around this house I probably own 10 different ball mounts and never can seem to find the right one when I need it.
 
 Saved my pennies and bought one of the Quick Draw Hitch Magnums.  www.quickdrawhitch.com
 
 Fully adjustable thru a 12"  range by simply pulling a pin, rated to 10,000#, has both a 2"  and 2 5/16"  ball that rotate by once again pulling a pin, and both balls store under the ball mount when not towing presenting a flat chrome exterior plate.
 
 For straight weight carrying applications this one hitch takes care of all my needs...earl

[SkipP]

 AustinBoston
I have yet to understand the link between a shin and a larynx....but it s there! Forcefully " dingling"  (making words up all over the place, aren t we?) a shin often tends to yank words from a " dinglees"  mouth which they had no intention of saying. Perhaps that could be 3(a) on Brians list.
 
   Reminds me of  an " out-take"  I saw on one of the fishing shows. The person (Jimmy Houston?) started talking to the camera from the far side of his pick-up and, as he continued his narrative, he began walking around the back of the truck.....his hand resting on the tailgate. As he reached the center of the back of the truck, in mid-sentence, DING!!![] he disappears and the rest of the conversation was deemed unfit for public TV. You had to be there.  [][][]

[Gatsmommy]

 AustinBoston
Have one on each leg at the moment. I add to one of them at least once per camping trip and anytime I m stupid enough to put anything in the back of the van. Don t think they ll ever go away......OH well, means I must be camping enough!![]

[Starcraft Dad]

 AustinBoston
Back in the day, my dad was notorius for getting them from his PU hitch.  All summer long we kids would learn new and interesting words to try on the world.[:@]
 
 This was just not an occasional thing with him, it was everytime we went camping, loading the PU or just walking around it.   So my mom came up with a solution.  She bought that foam rubber tubing you put around pipes.  Cut the length that was needed, slit it down the side and just squeezed it on the hitch area.  It workrd great.  Dad didn t get damaged anymore and us kids didn t reveal to the world the new and wonderful world of word usage. []  Just had to remove it during towing, but hey, it worked.[]

[rednekrubbrduck]

 AustinBoston
Yes..but I m seeing a doctor about them next week to be removed.

[Gamecock Camper]

 AustinBoston
Starcraft Dad,  My dad would also help us learn new words.  The only problem is that kids tend to repeat things.  We knew the words weren t nice words, but needed to " test our new vocabulary"  out at school to see how bad they were....