Lube plate
Question: when using a lube plate, doesn't it prevent the pin from come down further in the hitch? Does it affect how well the pin can be wrapped by the hitch mechanism?
C-Bears wrote:
So some of the FW dealers/manufacturers are providing them to customers, not hitch manufacturers. I still think that are a \"comfort\" item and not a required item.
C-Bears wrote:
So some of the FW dealers/manufacturers are providing them to customers, not hitch manufacturers. I still think that are a \"comfort\" item and not a required item.
Me Again wrote:C-Bears wrote:
So some of the FW dealers/manufacturers are providing them to customers, not hitch manufacturers. I still think that are a \"comfort\" item and not a required item.
Metal against metal without grease or the plate is not a good thing. The grease that semi's use will stand a foot tall without falling over! It is a special VERY thick grease!Chris
Me Again wrote:C-Bears wrote:
So some of the FW dealers/manufacturers are providing them to customers, not hitch manufacturers. I still think that are a \"comfort\" item and not a required item.
Metal against metal without grease or the plate is not a good thing. The grease that semi's use will stand a foot tall without falling over! It is a special VERY thick grease!Chris
C-Bears wrote:
So some of the FW dealers/manufacturers are providing them to customers, not hitch manufacturers. I still think that are a \"comfort\" item and not a required item.
C-Bears wrote:
So some of the FW dealers/manufacturers are providing them to customers, not hitch manufacturers. I still think that are a \"comfort\" item and not a required item.
C-Bears wrote:
So some of the FW dealers/manufacturers are providing them to customers, not hitch manufacturers. I still think that are a \"comfort\" item and not a required item.
C-Bears wrote:
So some of the FW dealers/manufacturers are providing them to customers, not hitch manufacturers. I still think that are a \"comfort\" item and not a required item.
MFL wrote:minnow wrote:C-Bears wrote:
Here is the way I look at lube plates. They were invented because folks didn't want to grease the tops of their hitch plates. The grease makes the tops of the plates dirty.
If my hitch manufacturer designed mine for use with a lube plate then it would have been included in my paperwork and I would have been instructed to use it instead of grease.
With that line of thinking, how do you empty your black & grey tanks, hook up your cable TV or change a spare tire as the manufacturer didn't provide a sewer hose, coax cable or lug nut wrench.
Yep, when I got my new FW, the sales person gave me a boxed starter kit, full of cheap goodies. Sewer hose, water hose, 15amp adapter plug, toilet paper, and a few other little items.
I asked if I needed to get the hitch plate disc off from my trade-in. He said no, we provide a new one of those as well.
I must have paid too much!:E
Jerry
MFL wrote:minnow wrote:C-Bears wrote:
Here is the way I look at lube plates. They were invented because folks didn't want to grease the tops of their hitch plates. The grease makes the tops of the plates dirty.
If my hitch manufacturer designed mine for use with a lube plate then it would have been included in my paperwork and I would have been instructed to use it instead of grease.
With that line of thinking, how do you empty your black & grey tanks, hook up your cable TV or change a spare tire as the manufacturer didn't provide a sewer hose, coax cable or lug nut wrench.
Yep, when I got my new FW, the sales person gave me a boxed starter kit, full of cheap goodies. Sewer hose, water hose, 15amp adapter plug, toilet paper, and a few other little items.
I asked if I needed to get the hitch plate disc off from my trade-in. He said no, we provide a new one of those as well.
I must have paid too much!:E
Jerry
minnow wrote:C-Bears wrote:
Here is the way I look at lube plates. They were invented because folks didn't want to grease the tops of their hitch plates. The grease makes the tops of the plates dirty.
If my hitch manufacturer designed mine for use with a lube plate then it would have been included in my paperwork and I would have been instructed to use it instead of grease.
With that line of thinking, how do you empty your black & grey tanks, hook up your cable TV or change a spare tire as the manufacturer didn't provide a sewer hose, coax cable or lug nut wrench.
minnow wrote:C-Bears wrote:
Here is the way I look at lube plates. They were invented because folks didn't want to grease the tops of their hitch plates. The grease makes the tops of the plates dirty.
If my hitch manufacturer designed mine for use with a lube plate then it would have been included in my paperwork and I would have been instructed to use it instead of grease.
With that line of thinking, how do you empty your black & grey tanks, hook up your cable TV or change a spare tire as the manufacturer didn't provide a sewer hose, coax cable or lug nut wrench.
