Removing a rusted hitch! Help please?

[LovenLifeGuy]

I have a hitch lock on my truck and it's rusted on! It is the kind that has a round key that you stick in the end, push and turn to unlock and pull the two parts apart. Over the summer months I have not changed this hitch out. It's way to rusted to get the key in and turn it. Will a hack saw work or does someone have a better option. I cant be the first to have done this . Any help would be great thanks.

LovenLifeGuy

[efgh]

I had a Plymouth van that the receiver hitch was rusted in. I tried every thing sugested above with heat last, all I succeeded in doing was melting a chunk out of the plastic bumper that they put on the van. those plastic bumpers are expensive. The hitch was still on the van when it was traded off. I think the thing to do is too take the whole hitch off and use a big hammer and anvil and try to break the rust loose.

[Guest]

Nothing is easy when it comes to rusty trailer hitches... unless you take it to a shop and let them replace it.. then the wallet feels the pain.

[upnorth]

This thread made me go out and kick mine just to be sure it was still moveable.

I was thinking that the replacement route may be the easiest.