Excellent comment there.
And that is the reason everyone should visually inspect all hitching
equipment prior to towing regardless of age or millage.
The quality note you made also applies to any equipment purchase.
Also, Just because it is premium price doesn't mean it is premium quality.
Go with a brand name rather than an off or unknown brand.
It is also a good idea to get tow equipment that is rated over what your
towing. Say, if your towing a 4000 or 5000 lb trailer. get a 6000 lb or
higher tow rating on the tow hardware if possible.
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Warren
1989 GMC R2500 HD Suburban.
1953 Airstream Cruiser Travel trailer.
Western KY
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> Wear on the ball is going to vary all over the map, depending on who
> made the ball and how hard they made it. Add in dirt in grease and the
> ball could wear fairly rapidly. A ball well chrome plated by a domestic
> maker using well characterized and heat treated USA made steel may never
> wear and an imported ball made from steel melted down from unknown scrap
> metal and plated with a flash of chrome may rust and wear in a few
> thousand miles. Buying a ball at a bargain price may not prove to be
> such a bargain if the scrap metal ball fails and wrecks trailer and tow
> vehicle.