<epetrevich@relavis.com> wrote:
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> I always cross the chains as well. I learned this while in the
> Army
Hmmm... It was a retired Colonel that taught me the trick...
> and it has saved me once when a hitch came off the ball.
Thank God I've never had that happen. Worst thing was a
blowout on the trailer tire... Wasn't much of a problem at all.
Except finding a replacement tire on a Sunday morning...
> Also note, make sure that you kept the ball well lubricated
> and clean of debris.
I got in a bit of a discussion about this with a guy at U-Haul
once. He claimed that you should never grease the ball (as
he wiped mine clean), and that it was "company policy". I
tried to explain to him that it was because U-Haul uses the
hitch/ball as the ground path for the lights (ever see those
tail light bulbs that they use with the pig tails hanging out?).
He had no idea what I was talking about. So I regreased it
when I got home and ran a ground wire from my trailer plug
(I didn't use the bulbs) to a bolt on the trailer...
Tim Mullen
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