Am I the only one?

[NOSLEEP]

Re: Am I the only one?

Goose neck's carry thousands of pounds of<br />tongue weight, not the same.

 

[DJ]

Re: Am I the only one?

Call me a "girly man". I've NEVER had a trailer failure, of any sort.<br /><br />I consider 750 pounds of tongue weight "significant". Can you hold that, spread over 2 square inches, in your hand?

 

[NOSLEEP]

Re: Am I the only one?

Hey I'm a Friend of Arnold's.<br />We are here to pump you up!!<br /><br />"Girly man", "girly man", "girly man"... <br /><br />DJ yes 750 lbs of tongue is significant.<br />If I was trailering that kind of weight around<br />the country I would grease it too.

 

[Elk Chaser]

Re: Am I the only one?

When we bought our 4 horse trailer 12,000 lbs. fully loaded (Ball Hitch) the manual stated that you should grease the ball occasionally and only lightly. <br /><br />As others have stated it is mainly for protection of the metal parts from rust and wear and a little grease goes a long way, too much just makes a mess.<br /><br />I grease once a month or so and use very little.

 

[starrider_68]

Re: Am I the only one?

well it seems like some of us still follow what dad used to say..."you cant work the d@#! thing if it is rusty"... I use that white lithium spray once every 2 months...seems to work for me!

 

[jtexas]

Re: Am I the only one?

I never did until one day it occurred to me that if there's enough friction the trailer might grab the ball enough to unscrew it a little bit on a turn and it might not tighten it back up when I turrned back to the right. I shuddered to think what might happen if the ball got a little loose.<br /><br />But I'm just paranoid - I bet that's never happened.

 

[cajun555]

Re: Am I the only one?

JT, It can happen. Happened to dad, infact the same car and the same ball. He drilled through nut and shank and put bolt in it. <br /><br />Now all things don't require lube. Brothers got a 5th wheel. The trailer hitch rides on a plastic bushing (I guess its plastic), But directions say don't grease it.

 

[LazyJ]

Re: Am I the only one?

Contrary to popular belief as usual, I'm a believer of greasing the hitch not the ball. The latch mechanism is the weakest link of the system.