Grease for hitch balls

[stuckmotor]

I've seldom used anything that had a hitch ball and when I did I didn't put grease on it. For a long time I didn't even know I was supposed to. What kind of grease should I use?

 

[ruffdog]

Most time it is a white grease because it is thicker. And it stains the legs/pants less.

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[nikerret]

I just use the same polyurea grease I have in the gun, for the tractor.

 

[Fallon]

Any grease is better than none. I use the nasty black molly stuff. Partially because it's the best for high pressure joints & partially because it's in my grease gun for all my tractor stuff.

I rarely unhitch the trailer from the beater F250. So nasty staining molly isnt that big of a deal. When I do I put a ball cover on and/or remove the ball mount. They are $5, or you can use an old tennis ball or something.

 

[stuckmotor]

Well, we have a variety of answers and Fallon has solved one of the mysteries of my life. The tennis balls are to keep the grease on the hitch ball and off people's pants. I though they were there to keep people's precious hitch balls from rusting.
Thank you gentlemen!
Stuck

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Now if you titled the thread "why do you cover your balls" you would get more responses.

 

[stuckmotor]

I thought about calling it something like that but fought off the temptation.

 

[Wagtail]

I was not aware that one should grease their ball(s). I will in the future, in the privacy of my carport.

I do employ a decorative ball cover (in the shape of a horse head :horse but that purpose was to minimise whacking my shin on the hitch.

 

[Monster5601]

I'm the odd guy out, I use Fluid Film on the ball as well as inside of the hitch. Works perfectly.

 

[fried1765]

I'm the odd guy out, I use Fluid Film on the ball as well as inside of the hitch. Works perfectly.

Fluid Film is likely better than nothing.
However, a much heavier grease is desirable.
If you could pump Fluid Film into your TLB zerk fittings, would you consider them adequately lubed?