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Do you grease your balls?

Do you grease your trailer balls?

  • No.

    Votes: 39 47.6%

  • Yes.

    Votes: 27 32.9%

  • Never thought about it.

    Votes: 5 6.1%

  • Seems like a good idea, I may start.

    Votes: 11 13.4%
  • Total voters
    82
I grease my ball in the truck bed for my gooseneck but i dont grease the bumper ball because i always hit my shin on it when i walk behind my pickup and i no i would get that crap all over the place!
 
grrrrrrr I hate that I always keep my hitch under the back seat stays clean and I dont bust my legs on it all the time.
powerstroker said:
I grease my ball in the truck bed for my gooseneck but i dont grease the bumper ball because i always hit my shin on it when i walk behind my pickup and i no i would get that crap all over the place!
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I don't see the point. Invest in a stainless tongue and ball if rust bothers you, you will never wear out a hitch ball.
 
Some people have the tongue made into their trailer like me so you can not change it with a S.S. one. Also stainless may not rust but it will also ware its metal.
 
I think he meant to say stainless receiver and ball but I am sure most of those are just plated stainless and will eventually rust and look crappy.
Big Red said:
Some people have the tongue made into their trailer like me so you can not change it with a S.S. one. Also stainless may not rust but it will also ware its metal.
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wizard8575 said:
I think he meant to say stainless receiver and ball but I am sure most of those are just plated stainless and will eventually rust and look crappy.
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I have a steel (not ss) ball that I acid-wash and re-paint on a semi-regular basis to keep it matching the chrome accents on my suv. My receiver is galvanized but kind of f***ed up from previous owner bending it somehow. My receiver is welded to the trailer, I have an acetylene/oxygen torch to cut it with and a good arc-welder to slap a good one back on; I'd rather just get a better trailer and use this one for scrap.
 
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