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trulyvintage 12-29-2025 03:21 PM

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Caption this …
Actual steel trailer ball I just saw


https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...1&d=1767039418


https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...1&d=1767039419


Jim

kurt v 12-29-2025 03:28 PM

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looks like a death wish

kiwi nz 12-29-2025 03:42 PM

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"What me worry"


Thankfully it does not look like it has been used.

farmertom 12-29-2025 03:46 PM

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by the looks of how many threads are showing past nut on that light receiver hitch is not suited.does't look to even be a class II receiver.

petehoovie 12-29-2025 04:04 PM

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Someone sucked the chrome off of it...;)

big deuce 12-29-2025 04:45 PM

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Better than this...

Kube 12-29-2025 04:50 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by big deuce (Post 2429685)
Better than this...

I love this!

Karl Wescott 12-29-2025 10:50 PM

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While I can think of a couple of obscene captions...


This looks to be an anti-theft device that is screwed together (likely with a 5 point or 7 point allen socket), allowing the ball to freely rotate making it difficult for a thief to remove the ball.

tubman 12-29-2025 11:22 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Karl Wescott (Post 2429744)
While I can think of a couple of obscene captions...


This looks to be an anti-theft device that is screwed together (likely with a 5 point or 7 point allen socket), allowing the ball to freely rotate making it difficult for a thief to remove the ball.

I was thinking the same thing, but then decided not to post, because what good does a security device do on a tow vehicle? They only make sense on the trailer.

GB SISSON 12-30-2025 12:54 PM

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Could a person remove the nut from a ball if the coupler had a padlock on it for theft prevension? Then he'd just drop the threaded shank into his receiver, reinstal the nut and drive off? Perhaps a rotating ball prevents this. Oh, and what size IS that ball? A 3 5/16" ?? looks huge!

flatford8 12-30-2025 02:18 PM

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I wonder if it’s for a Gooseneck hitch that somebody put on a receiver……..Mark

Lanny 01-04-2026 03:43 PM

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SAFTY CHAINS, WE DON'T NEED NO STINKIN SAFTY CHAINS, I had my
buddy Goober welding everything for at least 15 minuets and it's so dang
strong that pulling the 65 ft. tri axel trailer thru the Rockies will be like
a breeze, TRUST ME. :eek::eek::D



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