Trailer hitch grease transfer: a real mess

When towing a trailer, the connection between the trailer coupler and the receiver hitch ball should be greased to minimize the friction and wear of the trailer coupler. Without a greased connection you will promote wear, rusting and squeaking noise coming from the trailer coupler.

When you properly grease the coupler, you are subjected to the resulting mess of spreading the grease onto everything that touches the coupler, especially your coupler lock. When you remove your coupler lock the portion that was inside the coupler is now coated with grease. As you handle the coupler lock internal plate the grease often transfers to your hands. That is the problem with most locks that have to be assembled on the coupler.

To prevent dealing with the grease mess most people choose to not lubricate the trailer coupler. This is not good for long term reliability of your trailer connection.

There is one lock on the market that eliminates this issue. Bank trailer Security Systems LLC’s design eliminated the need to assemble your coupler lock on the trailer.

Their interconnected design has no loose parts to assemble and disassemble each time your use it. The locking component that extends into the coupler ball cavity does not touch the ball contact areas of the coupler, eliminating the grease transfer to the lock. If the coupler was over greased and some grease did transfer to the locking component you are still protected from grease transfer because the locking component is captured inside the lock housing. The area that may get contaminated with grease stays within the housing and your hands cannot come in contact with that area.

With the Bank Trailer Security Systems LLC locks you can be wearing your Sunday’s Best clothes and operate our locks without worry of soiling your clothes from handling the lock through installation and removal.

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