# What's with these Trailer Hitch Balls? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 19, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-these-trailer-hitch-balls/365237 "2006-07-19T21:09:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mouse\_Maven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Mouse\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mouse_Maven)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-these-trailer-hitch-balls/365237/1 "2006-07-19T21:09:27Z")
I have seen a couple of [threads](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=380190) about how some ads try to equate owning a large vehicle with having mammoth testes. That got me thinking about the[trailer hitch balls](http://www.bullsballs.com/suv/accessories.html) I see on some trucks and SUV’s. What are these guys trying to say? “I drive huge phallic symbol with tinnie tiny nuts?” “My SUV is so studly it has the side effects of steroid abuse?” ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-these-trailer-hitch-balls/365237/2 "2006-07-19T21:15:56Z")
They say to me, “I’m in and out of a man, all day long.” ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-these-trailer-hitch-balls/365237/3 "2006-07-19T21:20:08Z")
I saw a set on a little old Ranger yesterday that brought a chuckle out of me. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-these-trailer-hitch-balls/365237/4 "2006-07-19T21:26:37Z")
Well, that would also explain the need for boobs on the bridge of the Serenity… ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-these-trailer-hitch-balls/365237/5 "2006-07-19T21:35:56Z")
To me it says: “I think it’s funny to represent my vehicle, in public, as a masculine animal with exposed testicles.” Which is why I don’t understand the coded ridicule. What could be more self-evidently ridiculous than the truth? ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-these-trailer-hitch-balls/365237/6 "2006-07-19T21:48:34Z")
The first time I saw a truck with a set of those, I told my husband (after I stopped laughing) that there is no way in hell I would ride in a vehicle that had those attached. That has got to be the ultimate in tacky. I would like to get a set to secretly attach to a Hummer whose driver I loathe… ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-these-trailer-hitch-balls/365237/7 "2006-07-19T22:02:34Z")
I have a friend whose buddies gave him a blue set to attach to his ATV specifically for the tackiness. We think it’s funny; I don’t know anyone who sees them as anything but a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-these-trailer-hitch-balls/365237/8 "2006-07-19T22:05:29Z")
I agree with **SnakesCatLady**. . . I think they’re pretty tacky as well.I’d be embarrassed to ride in a car with them attached. But having said that, a set of blue ones is a different matter. That is a bit funnier, maybe enough so to get me to climb in. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-these-trailer-hitch-balls/365237/9 "2006-07-19T22:27:15Z")
There was a pickup truck that had a pair attached in the parking lot where I work. I could never resist the urge to give them a good kick every time I passed. 🆒 At the risk of a slight jack, I have to say that the balls are slightly less offensive/crass than the lettering on another local pickup. It’s an (older) Ford diesel; I think that they called their diesel engines Turbostroke or something? At any rate, the back window proudly proclaims something along the lines of “While the other guys are cummin, I’m still strokin’.” :rolleyes: Why couldn’t he have been happy with just a ‘Calvin’ pissing on a Ram logo like everybody else? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-these-trailer-hitch-balls/365237/10 "2006-07-19T23:03:19Z")
I think they’re bizarre and very tacky. I mean, depths of tack here. Oddly, the last time I saw a set, it was a girl and they were lime green. I’m not sure what that means. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-these-trailer-hitch-balls/365237/11 "2006-07-19T23:05:57Z")
Someone needs to get a pair of these and attach them to their antenna. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-these-trailer-hitch-balls/365237/12 "2006-07-19T23:10:39Z")
I think it was Zaa Zaa Gabor that said, “Macho doesn’t mean mucho, …” If you have to wear them long, large and low on your trailer hitch, your self esteem must short, tiny and dragging as well … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-these-trailer-hitch-balls/365237/13 "2006-07-19T23:29:03Z")
I don’t know, but I’m relieved to see that they are > [@](#): > > … molded out of a Poly-pro-py-lene Co-poly-mer. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-these-trailer-hitch-balls/365237/14 "2006-07-19T23:46:16Z")
To me it says “My penis is small, so I use my car as a proxy, and I’m admitting it, too.” ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-these-trailer-hitch-balls/365237/15 "2006-07-19T23:46:35Z")
I have a set of purple balls on my keyring. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-these-trailer-hitch-balls/365237/16 "2006-07-19T23:50:13Z")
I forgot the [link.](http://www.nutsfortrucks.com/getsome.html) They’re about 2/3rds of the way down just past the chrome bull balls. ---
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-these-trailer-hitch-balls/365237/17 "2006-07-20T02:39:47Z")
These have to be a joke. I can’t see someone seriously mounting these on a vehicle driven in public. Doubly-so for the scrotal keychains. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-these-trailer-hitch-balls/365237/18 "2006-07-20T03:02:31Z")
> [@cerberus](#): > > These have to be a joke. I can’t see someone seriously mounting these on a vehicle driven in public. Doubly-so for the scrotal keychains. Nope, sorry. I see them often. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-these-trailer-hitch-balls/365237/19 "2006-07-20T03:24:36Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Nope, sorry. I see them often. Perhaps if you wear a long coat, nobody will notice. Now where did that punchline come from?? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-these-trailer-hitch-balls/365237/20 "2006-07-20T11:55:56Z")
> [@Lemur Catta](#): > > “While the other guys are cummin, I’m still strokin’.” :rolleyes: In case you didn’t catch the joke…[Cummins](http://www.cummins.com/cmi/index.jsp?siteId=1&langId=1033&newsInfo=true) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-these-trailer-hitch-balls/365237.md?page=2)