Except for my enclosed trailer that has a plug full of hot wires and no extras for a ground. But I'm going to fix that one of these days and I'll grease it too.
I'm going to take a wild guess and say he's probably thinking of an anti-sway bar and not an equalizer bar, I can see where grease would defeat the purpose there.
I always grease the balls.
What is the weight rating on it? Maybe it's rated lower so it's softer?
I use 30,000 lb for anything in the bed. It'll rip or buckle the frame before the ball breaks.
Several years ago I worked for a mobile home manufacturer and I set up their vehicle maintenance department for all company owned vehicles. At the time, they had 3 company owned mobile home haulers along with various cars, trucks, tractors, forklifts, etc.
One of the assigned truck drivers greased the ball on the hitch of his mobile home hauler with chassis grease, but the other two drivers did not; instead, they always wiped the ball clean before hooking up.
After six months of constant everyday use, the greased ball showed severe wear cause by dirt grit getting caught by the grease and acted like constant sandpaper rubbing on the ball. The other two trucks showed minimal ball wear.
Ever since then, I have refrained from greasing the ball on my trailer hitches. I just wipe it clean before I hook up a trailer. I have never had any problems from not greasing my balls.
Sorry about bumping this old topic back up. I'm new here and just reading through all the forums.
But.....
For those of you that grease your balls, you may want to know that the bottom of a Propel sports drink bottle fits a 2-5/16" ball perfectly (snaps on, snaps off) and works great to keep grease off you pants.
It still hurts like a @#$@#$ when you hit your shin on it though.
that way, maybe your dog wont try to run off with your tennis ball...
