DH's towing UH-OH to FW

[WhitShores]

Crazy story. On the way to the fort last year it was a nice smooth ride (well, as smooth as you can get going down through Georgia... Hopefully the route is changing this year...)
We get there, set up, have a great weekend. Hook back up, head home. It was JERKY on the way home... We'd stop and we could feel the pop up jerking around. I asked DH if that was normal. He said yes. But for some reason we just weren't paying attention to it happening on the way down. And that it did...
We get home at midnight and go to sleep... The next day we're unhooking everything and DH comes in the house white as a ghost...
We rode all the way to the Fort and all the way back with the 1 7/8 ball on the hitch... The pop up should have been on the 2 inch ball...

How lucky were we? That could have been disastrous...
Amateur... lol. I still tease him about it. I'm just the ride along so I can do that since I had nothing to do with it. Bet he double checks this time!

 

[LONE-STAR]

You were very lucky. My boss forgot to switch balls when he was pulling our hydro jet it takes a 2 5/16" ball he left in the 2". He went over the rail road tracks at about 30 mph and lost the trailer. Did I mention it was only a couple months old and had a price tag of $40,000. Thank goodness no machine or human was really hurt.

 

[Gatordad]

I often forget to switch my balls as well. So far, so good.

 

[ftwildernessguy]

There is nothing worse than a ball in your hitch that's too small.

 

[geegollywiz]

I sometimes jiggle my balls around in my hand to make sure I have the right size!!

 

[WhitShores]

You would think with all that jerking around that he would have realized his ball wasn't working right...

 

[ftwildernessguy]

You would think with all that jerking around that he would have realized his ball wasn't working right...

Good one!

 

[geegollywiz]

You would think with all that jerking around that he would have realized his ball wasn't working right...

Perhaps that was the problem, he only had one ball!

 

[ftwildernessguy]

I always keep a couple balls of different sizes handy.

 

[Just Beachy]

Since getting the truck camper, my dh doesn't need any balls anymore.

 

[3gr8kids]

How did I know this thread would come to this? You people are too funny

 

[big kahuna1]

You should always compare balls before use. Just remember though, bigger is not always better.

 

[3gr8kids]

It's not the size that matters, it's what you do with them that counts.

 

[des1954]

I've been accused of having balls, but I've never found them.

 

[LONE-STAR]

You should always compare balls before use. Just remember though, bigger is not always better.

Actually bigger would have been better in this case.

 

[disney4dan]

Sometimes I wonder how I get through the day without logging on to this place.

This thread reminds me of a 70's sitcom or maybe a George Carlin routine.

 

[BRDof3]

Since getting the truck camper, my dh doesn't need any balls anymore.

That one just sparked so many responses that they all jammed in the discharge chute and caused a melt-down. They are forming so fast I can't even finish one before the next one starts!

btw, I keep my balls in the garage so they are handy whenever I need them. I have them hanging right in front of the truck, so that I won't take off without one of them. (Don't even get me started on my hanging trunions).

 

[WhitShores]

That one just sparked so many responses that they all jammed in the discharge chute and caused a melt-down. They are forming so fast I can't even finish one before the next one starts!

btw, I keep my balls in the garage so they are handy whenever I need them. I have them hanging right in front of the truck, so that I won't take off without one of them. (Don't even get me started on my hanging trunions).

What is a trunion?

 

[ftwildernessguy]

I have one of those hitches with multiple balls on it. I am never without the right ball.

 

[BRDof3]

I have one of those hitches with multiple balls on it. I am never without the right ball.

But have you ever found yourself without the left one?