Curt Rockerball

[mkirsch]

Anybody used one of these yet? I saw them for the first time in the local farm and fleet store yesterday.

Looks like it's got a small amount of shock absorbing capacity for a trailer that chucks back and forth.

[Grit_dog]

Still seems like snake oil to me.
Didn’t or don’t they still offer a cushion hitch stinger too? Where the pin block in the stinger is rubber damped?
I prefer not adding potential failure points to components. But that’s just me.

[BarneyS]

PrivatePilot,
I hope you will post your impressions here when you get it. I will be very interested in seeing your views and probably a lot of others also. I hope I'm wrong in my post above.:)
Barney

[PrivatePilot]

BarneyS wrote:
2-5/16 Curt RockerBall

I can't really see the purpose of this. If your hitch and coupler are fastened together properly and greased there should not be any fore/aft movement. Looks to me like this thing would only introduce it.

That's exactly what it's designed to do - introduce a little (rubber dampened) for and aft flex to things to help reduce the herky-jerkyness that is often experienced pulling a trailer.

I'm curious for anyones experience on this as well. I'm likely going to buy one for a small 1500# ultralight we have now that transmits a ton of aforementioned herkyjerkies to the tow vehicle.

The reviews I've been able to find online thus far seem to be overwhelmingly positive, but as with all things, I take them with a grain of salt until I see the same trend across multiple places.

[NJRVer]

Just buy a hitch with a shock absorbing shank. Probably safer than that ball.

[Cummins12V98]

BarneyS wrote:
I agree - but my comments still apply.
Barney

I agree!

[Timmo_]

The RockerBall completely changes your towing experience by absorbing the erratic movement and rattling of your trailer at the coupling point.

Another silly gadget to correct operator error?

[BarneyS]

I agree - but my comments still apply.
Barney

[Cummins12V98]

BarneyS wrote:
2-5/16 Curt RockerBall

I can't really see the purpose of this. If your hitch and coupler are fastened together properly and greased there should not be any fore/aft movement. Looks to me like this thing would only introduce it.
Barney

Probably intended for hooking up some sort of tow behind with no weight distribution or sway control.

[BarneyS]

2-5/16 Curt RockerBall

I can't really see the purpose of this. If your hitch and coupler are fastened together properly and greased there should not be any fore/aft movement. Looks to me like this thing would only introduce it.
Barney

[mkirsch]

cavie wrote:

mkirsch wrote:
Anybody used one of these yet? I saw them for the first time in the local farm and fleet store yesterday.

Looks like it's got a small amount of shock absorbing capacity for a trailer that chucks back and forth.

one of what?? I see no picture or link to anything.

Curt Rockerball, as the title says. I assume people can use google if they don't know what I'm talking about or can ignore the thread if they don't care.

[cavie]

mkirsch wrote:
Anybody used one of these yet? I saw them for the first time in the local farm and fleet store yesterday.

Looks like it's got a small amount of shock absorbing capacity for a trailer that chucks back and forth.

one of what?? I see no picture or link to anything.

[Lwiddis]

I’d try it. The 2 5/16 inch is $65.00 on Amazon.