My new shiny balls
 

I thought I would show off my new shiny balls. :D I recently acquired a small 4x8 trailer with a 1 7/8" coupler and rather than buy a 2nd hitch and ball, I found this setup. Picked it up a Academy for about $40. It comes with a 1 7/8", 2", and 2 5/16" balls and is rated at 8k lbs. If you don't need the 2 5/16" then they have a kit with only the 1 7/8" and 2" for $5 less, but I went ahead and got the one with all 3 in case I ever needed it. I looked a a couple of other brands but wasn't very impressed with the locking mechanism and from what I read, you couldn't leave the ball on the shank unless you had a trailer hooked up. The release mechanism on this one is very easy to operate and it's impossible for it to fail with a trailer on the ball. Also, the ball is able to spin on the ball bearings so the trailer coupler isn't constantly grinding into the ball.

http://www.academy.com/webapp/wcs/st...-1?N=662858369

http://reeseprod.com/content/product...230&part=63803

http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/...115_083818.jpg
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/...115_083842.jpg
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/...115_083858.jpg
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/...115_083905.jpg

Not a bad setup. I have the one that you just rotate the hitch that has all three on it.

http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/pub...4-EXp7_lLCNUJg

I thought about one of those, but I have to have my 3 1/2" drop to level out my boat trailer or the rear of the trailer drags the ground on small bumps.

Nice balls.

Why thank you!

Lol Nice

lol. those things are nice though I use to have a set at one time too. mine had a pin that went through the side of the ball though.

I looked at those, but you can't leave the ball on unless you have a trailer hooked up or it can come off...

You have 3 balls, that's impressive!

Haha nice