Martin S.

I have heard that it is good practice to put some sort of anti-sieze on the hitch ball. I have a pal that lost a stacker trailer and swears it was due to a rough road and lack of anti-seize on the trailer ball. He also may have neglected to close the trailer ball locking device. His chains did not hold and off into the weeds went the stacker with a car inside...the stacker was totaled, but the car inside survived.

KOAN

Make sure your tool kit drawers are secure before you lock the trailer to drive away.
Remember to turn off the inside trailer lights.
Remember to remove the chocks before you try to drive away
Remember to close the ceiling air vent before you drive away

RickBetterley

"He may also have neglected..."?? You think??
There is a teflon-based lube you can buy at auto parts and trailer stores for the ball lube. Water-resistant and not as messy as anti-seize, but still messy.

jscott82

Thought grease was a foregone conclusion... Would you use anti-seize instead? or grease is not needed?

Wipe the ball down with paper towel to remove old grease/grit. With a gloved hand, grab a handful of lube and apply liberal to your ball.

Quinlan

Veloce Raptor

RickBetterley

Always want to lube the trailer ball; the teflon grease designed for this is my preference, after having wiped the grease and grit off of said ball.
This thread is going weird fast.

mglobe

We were doing so well for so long. I blame Bob for the fingerprint comment that started the downhill slide. ;-)

Bill Verburg

I use regular ole grease, and keep it covered w/ a rubber shop glove when not towing, keeps the grit out

RickBetterley

I can't resist: https://rennlist.com/forums/racing-a...-bit-long.html

gregturek

I keep a container of wet ones in a tray on my trailer door. The last thing I do before closing and locking the door is wiping my hands. It keeps the inside of the tow vehicle from looking like it's engine compartment.

kgorman

Do this- if you have a gopro set it up in the trailer. Then use the iPhone app to watch all your stuff bounce around as you drive.

You will buy more airline track and strap stuff down after that.

PorscheFanGreg

Tire pressure monitors for trailer tires. Camping World or even Amazon sell these wireless kits that can include sensors for spare tires. If your tow vehicle does not have tire pressure monitors, get a little more advanced kit that can serve both tow vehicle and trailer. Receiver/alarm unit is small and can sit on dash. My brother had 2 trailer tire failures when towing an enclosed trailer round trip coast-to-coast a couple of years ago. One of these units made for a safe trip.

E55AMG

just installed one a few weeks ago on my enclosed trailex. took 10 minutes to program the sensors and mounted the monitor on the dash of the Treg. Very cool to be able to scroll thru each trailer tire and see PSI/temps for each tire. Also has alarm for slow/rapid air loss.

LuigiVampa

If you had good results can you share what you bought?

I was towing with an open trailer once and didn't realize a tired had shredded until I heard it. The trailer, albeit unloaded, remained stable at highway speed with the shredded tire. Bent the steel fender to hell!