grease your balls or not

AKweldshop · Apr 8, 2014

I'm sure he's talking about hitches like these.
You don't want to have sticky grease all over these.
rolling around in the back of your truck.
I sure don't.
~John

grsthegreat · Apr 8, 2014

come on...if you grease your balls you could slip off a chair.

ultrarunner · Apr 8, 2014

Some teen driving an Oldsmobile hit the back of my Silverado... I had just unhitched the trailer and wanted to top off the truck fuel tank.

The ball mount took all the impact and not a scratch on my bumper... the Olds had a trailer ball pushed all the way into the radiator and that was against the fan...

Just don't see a downside here.

dusty3030 · Apr 8, 2014

ultrarunner said:
Some teen driving an Oldsmobile hit the back of my Silverado... I had just unhitched the trailer and wanted to top off the truck fuel tank. The ball mount took all the impact and not a scratch on my bumper... the Olds had a trailer ball pushed all the way into the radiator and that was against the fan... Just don't see a downside here.

Great parking aid as well, in a parking garage back up till yup feel the wall, throw her in park and your done!

Diamondpilot · Apr 8, 2014

Degolyerent said:
Why would you let that bother you? Just make sure and remove your own.

Because they end up banging up my vehicles. Had it happen to my BMW and last F150. Plus it's a shin banger.

Chris

Johnny g · Apr 9, 2014

grsthegreat said:
come on...if you grease your balls you could slip off a chair.

That what underwear was invented for.

Johnny g · Apr 9, 2014

ultrarunner said:
Some teen driving an Oldsmobile hit the back of my Silverado... I had just unhitched the trailer and wanted to top off the truck fuel tank.

The ball mount took all the impact and not a scratch on my bumper... the Olds had a trailer ball pushed all the way into the radiator and that was against the fan...

Just don't see a downside here.

How many feet long was your hitch?

rd_macgregor · Apr 9, 2014

FWIW...I kept losing ball covers and the tennis ball was too tight and hard to remove (and started getting greasy), so I tried condoms on the hitch ball as a temporary grease shield. That works pretty well, but they have a really limited life in that application...well, I guess a short life in their design application, too...I don't even bother removing the condom when I hook up the trailer, just remove the left-over rubber bands from around the ball neck every so often.

chopped · Apr 9, 2014

:thumbsup::shocked:

rd_macgregor said:
FWIW...I kept losing ball covers and the tennis ball was too tight and hard to remove (and started getting greasy), so I tried condoms on the hitch ball as a temporary grease shield. That works pretty well, but they have a really limited life in that application...well, I guess a short life in their design application, too...I don't even bother removing the condom when I hook up the trailer, just remove the left-over rubber bands from around the ball neck every so often.