Re: more sailing for dummies!

The Costas (uffda@sonic.net)
Sun, 8 Nov 1998 08:05:37 -0800


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Solar Fry wrote:

>Have not greased the ball on the hitch in 100 years and never missed it...
If
>you wanna grease... Lube them bearings regularly...

I didn't know you were that old!

Two points about greasing the hitch:

I just saw the hitch on an old work trailer that belongs to a friend of
mine. It has almost worn through on the front. He never lubes it.

When I installed a new hitch on my truck I splurged and bought a new chrome
ball. Even though I had cleaned the trailer hitch, the ball, after 40 miles
of use, has lost some of the plating.

I now grease the ball.

Larry the boor