Those vertical offset ones are great, because trucks are different and trailers are different.

I have what people call a “toy truck”, the receiver is ridiculously low, and one trailer we have is ridiculously high, so offset ball mount is a requirement.

The shadows show it - exactly. The same from both directions, and weird looking to boot.

Yep.

I used to keep mine greased, got tired of getting dirty from it when it didn’t really make any difference.

Yep.

My “toy truck” (It’s a small truck, with a small engine) now looks like hell, but it’s 20 years old and has been used as a truck.

For years it looked great, because I used a trailer for everything, because it’s just easier. Bed was used for small hauls of stuff you wouldn’t want in a car: paint, bags of mulch/sand/gravel, etc. Or needed a quick pickup and didn’t want to go hookup a trailer.

Yea, no one asks “Why doesn’t anyone visit Vegas anymore”.

1. Suckers will always go to Vegas

2. We don’t care who does/doesn’t go to Vegas

3. If Vegas disappeared tomorrow, we’d cheer

That’s the “socio-economic class” difference.