Wally World does indeed carry it. Reese Hitch Ball Lube $4.96. Bin lable says teflon grease. Pricey for 4oz ointment jar the same size as Vicks Vapor Rub.
Nat

 

Bin lable.....?? Where are you today Nat?

 

Bill, You know I can't type... Label I mean.
The jar doesn't list "ingredients" but the label on the shelf called it Teflon grease.
Anything else?
Nat
By the way bin label is a left over term from my years at Lowe's Home Centers.

 

Jus picken at ya, Nat. Hope all is going well.

 

Bringing an old thread to life.

I've been using this:http://www.pbblaster.com/store/morei...?Product_ID=24
Not sticky and it seems to be working. Keep it in the toolbox in the trailer and spray it on every trip. It leaves a dry, chalky residue that doesn't come off on skin or clothes.

 

I grease mine too.
My hitch bar stays in all the time.
I keep one of these on it when not towing to keep the grease off of my pants/shirts/socks/shoes/hands............

 

take a tennis ball and cut one end of it out and slap it over your ball when you unhook---no more greasy leg------and SOMETIMES you notice that yellow thing sticking out the back of the rig BEFORE you bust a shin on it.

 

Thats what I use. I tried the no grease way for a while and now my hitch ball is pretty much wasted. I recommend the grease.

 

If you have a fifth wheel, look for a nylon lubricating plate. Goes on your hitch, is nylon, and NO GREASE!!! I used them on all eight of my OTR trucks. Loved them, and I wish they made something for goosenecks. Guess I will have to keep using grease.

 

Also, by greasing the ball there's less chance the ball will loosin on you. A dry coupler and ball will try to twist the ball while turning.

 

Instead of using grease I've heard that you can use aluminum foil wrapped around the ball. Since I have a 5ver I haven't tried it. Hmmm maybe it was wax paper????
Harold

 

I use the white lithium spray on grease on the ball and the teflon plate on my 5th wheel hitch. (B&W by the way)

 

Watch yourself around my hitch. I grease the ball every trip with the white lithium grease from Wally World. Little bit goes a long way. Also use some vaseline on the WD bars to reduce the metal to metal contact and noise per Reese's dircections for the 1200 lb bars and above. (Reese Dual Cam HP hitch)

When I get to the CG or home I just wipe them off.

 

All fifth wheel commercial trucks grease their 5th wheel plates and trailer pins. Some RV places sell a "ring" which is supposed to lubricate and eliminate the "grease" aspect on 5th wheel set ups. I have always greased my hitch ball, and even take grease and put it up in the gooseneck hitch (I have a grease tub and disposable gloves in my truck). I also grease around the gooseneck ball on the flat plate on my truck, as the trailer swivels when I turn. I just got back from a 4,000 mile run with my gooseneck - pulled the trailer off and the ball was nice and shiny silver, so even with all of the grease she still managed to "polish" the ball - think what would have happened hauling a 12K trailer with no grease on a rusty trailer ball ! Grease every time - the only place that "too much grease" causes problems is overpacking bearings - lubrication (internal and external) especially in extreme service conditions is what makes things keep working !

 

I could understand if they were saying not to grease a friction-type anti-sway system, but not to grease the hitch???

Rusty