Probably a stupid questions (balls)
Do you use any kind of a lubricant on the hitch ball?
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Grit dog wrote:Isn't that true about getting a surprise with a handful of grease? The crazy thing is that when that happened to me, I was covered in petroleum, anyway.
Never used ball grease...... On trailers, lol.
And in going on 30 years of towing or being around probably 50-100 different bumper pull trailers I've rarely seen it used.
Although when I was a kid turning wrenches there was one guy who would grease the hitch balls on all the trucks (or trailers). Never fail, I'd grab the hitch pulling myself out from under a truck and have a nice dirty splotch of gritty grease on my hand.
Not sure how,long it takes to wear out a hitch or coupler, but it's definitely a long time. Never seen one wore out or appreciable wear.
It certainly can't do any harm though.
I've gone both ways on the greasing. Wear points like a trailer ball get wiped now and then. Chains get a little oil (stored pulling chain). The latch on all my vehicle hoods operate excellently because, if I have oil on my hands, any extra goes on the latch. I lubricate things less, now, than before but swatting the hitch ball and hitch arms with a little grease (or other) sure can't hurt. I'm down to about two chin vs hitch events/yr and I wear old clothes so a little grease on my pants leg is just a badge of worthiness. I try to cover the WDH if it stays on the truck for any length of time.
