Greetings and Salutations!
banglading shit on my shin while working on the boat on the fucking trailer hitch…. Note to self there is a trailer hitch on the new truck…. Even told myself while working on it but managed to still clown myself…. I blame Glenn filthy as he posted about a maze of trailer hitches earlier this weekend damn it.
you can’t really see it too well but it’s about the size of a grapefruit sticking out of my leg … I need to get it checked just because I have so many circulatory issues from the surgery rebuilding the knee from that VBEID back in the day… They’ll probably drain it so I’ll update as we go
BCE
Damn.
Is the trailer hitch ok?
I WAS JUST KIDDING! PUT THE HAMMER DOWN!
Sorry to hear that.
About the only way I will go into any medical care.
Some one with an MD thinks you are a waste of oxygen take them at their word.
Mr. Country- Glen Filthie probably put the “Crocs and Goofy Smirks” curse on you. He’s like that, you know.
😂👍
That’s right! I transform men into better versions of themselves!
Blood Flow issues (through or out) are #2 on my Do Not Pass Go – Go IMMEDIATELY To The ER list.
# 1 being Swelling In Any Place My Bathing Suit Covers… I had my junk swell ONCE and it has moved to the top of my list ever since that evening, let me tell you.
Shiiiiit, that’s a big ‘un. Closest I never got to that was rolling an ankle really bad back in high school, and that bastard swelled up to about cantaloupe size. Was all bruised up too, after a couple of days. Self treated by icing it and keeping it wrapped for several days, it went down on its own with no lasting damage, but hurt like hell for a few. And scoring an own goal on your own trucks hitch REALLY sucks.
BCE,
I can imagine the new and colorful invectives that you uttered spontaneously there. When you get home; try ice, elevation (of the leg) and GETTING SOME REST. Lord knows, you need it.
I really hate those unplanned fits of co-ordination, especially when I warned myself. Purple leg disease, ouch.
Store the darn thing under back seat,does not get stolen , don’t bust shims on it, won’t rust solid in hitch.
This right here. Ain’t no reason to leave hitches on trucks. If you’re not hauling, stow the hitch.
you don’t board a ferry with retards behind the wheel of rusted junk hoopties to get to and from town… i have the longest hitch i could find on the back of my rides, i even have a plug-in steel bumper. keeps the losers at bay and has worked as intended at least 5x now. put a bright tennis ball over the ball so you can see it better.
I generally leave my hitch stowed under the back seat when not in use. But I do install it sometimes when I know I’ll be parked somewhere an inattentive asshole might run into the back of the truck. Then they take all the major damage, and the hitch gets a few new scratches. I’ve been spared rear bumper/bed damage at least twice that I know of by having the hitch in.
I also have a chain vise that fits in the hitch receiver for times when I need to hold a piece of cast iron pipe for cutting in the field. It only gets brought out when I know I’ll be using it on a job.
We have those chain things too. Useful!
Mine is stored behind the seat. Those things are shin destroying monsters.
Wishing you a speedy recovery, BC.
Shooter
I do the same thing. Too many expletives thrown into the void.
Rest, ice, elevation.
Frozen vegetables work great, and they don’t melt all over you.
Ootch! That’s gonna hurt come winter. On the plus side, you’ll probably get taken care of better by the civvy docs than you would if you were still in the dot.mil and had to go to the pecker checkers.
“Take two motrin, change your socks, and walk it off”. Yeesh.
Ouch! I hope it looks worse than it is. Take care!
Draw a smiley face on it. Hope it’s nothing too serious, praying for ya bud.
Hope it turns out to be minor.
That’s a “Barney Rubble” alright. I get road rage just looking at it. I usually bleed when I do it…
But – here’s the other fuckey thing about hitches: sure… pull them out and stow them away, smart guy. Then… six months later – try and remember where ya put it!!!🤬
I lost one 20 years ago. My FIL stole the replacement then forgot where he put it. Number three is still with me… keep us Poosted, Tiny. I’m getting sympathy pains off that one…😖
Dammit Glen, you just reminded me of what I’m trying to forget. Lost track of a 3 ball hitch. Needed it bad so had to buy another. Was cleaning out boxes two years later and found the lost one. Was PO’d. I keep better track of them now and look at them every month or so to be sure.
Shooter
Now you know why people put a tennis ball on the hitch.
This fucking guy is a walking talking disaster. I don’t think he’s had a day in his life that shit ain’t fucked for him.
Hey. Retard. You sound just like Coyote. He’s a shithead too.
Now, have some freshly baked STFU cakes and wash it down with this steaming mug of Fuck You. Then go play in traffic.
Shooter
Been there. Done that. More than once, but never got the t-shirt. Last time my leg swelled up like that, a black widow spider was involved. Funny thing is, there was another dude in the ER who got bit on the same leg, in almost the same spot.
I leave my hitches installed with a locking pin. A) Don’t walk close to my vehicle. B) Don’t rear end my vehicle. My hitches are 2-0 on radiators destroyed on those who weren’t paying attention and rear ended me.
Whutdefukk didja do that fer?
Learned about age 10 to give tbe ass end of the truck 18″ of berth.
Met a dude around 18yo who had a reciever on the front bumper. The shin bang I got tho, did NOT look that bad!
Things gonna start looking up for you soon!
I can personally vouch that that particular hitch has destroyed 3 radiators from cars running up into the back of the truck before it wrecked yer shin, BC. It has been there for years and I just got used to stepping around it after the locking pin froze up years ago – I had to put a locking pin on it when there was a rash of boat trailer thefts and people were coming back to the dock to find an empty slot where the trailer hitch had been. Some boats were stolen that way as well. I have banged myself on it a few times over the years, but not that bad – dang bro.
You start with ice pack, 1st, for 20 minutes, at least 3 times a day. On your 2nd or 3rd day (your choice) alternate ice for 20, then half hour to hour break, then heat for 20 minutes. Cold reduces swelling and pain. Heat brings in circulation and is soothing.
It’s sports medicine. Nat’l. Steel & Shipbuilding introduced this to me in 1975, works like magic. Aloe works subcutaneous, so cut open a piece and rub it on. Elevate it 24/7 for a week. I’ve been through this routine more dozens of times than I can count. Shipyard rigging, 8 years, tree service, 30+ years. Personal fuck ups since 1954ish (gravity racers, bicycles, motorcycles, 3 wheelers, 4 wheelers). Off roading since 1965. Addicted to G forces, see a pattern?
If all you do is sit on your ass, you’ll be pretty safe. If you do life stuff, shit happens.
NO, I’M NOT ACCIDENT PRONE!