did you all hear they captured the fellow in Murphy, NC who is suspected of several bombing incidents including the Atlanta Olympics? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="images/icons/shocked.gif" />

maybe he's been wheeling at Tellico all this time ... <img border="0" alt="[Drunk]" title="" src="graemlins/drunk.gif" />

stony-man,
many wheelers i've wheeled with leave their hitch as a rock scraper to protect their bumper, they do seem to take the ball and pin out though ... i removed my hitch plate in order to improve my departure angle and in hopes of "customizing" my bumper on obstacles at Tellico and other trails, it worked, the lower part of my rear bumper now has a nice upward angle at both ends (no longer squared off at bottom) <img border="0" alt="[Shiner]" title="" src="graemlins/shiner.gif" /> and i've finally ditched my end caps completely (kept falling off due to being totally rusted out and held on by only two screws each) <img border="0" alt="[Hillbilly]" title="" src="graemlins/notooth.gif" />