So basically the only thing holding the load would be one of these things:
Before you say, "That's all that's holding a hitch pin!" you're plain wrong. The load of the trailer is pulling against the PIN, not the clip, and the hitch is a clevis that balances the pull above and below the drawbar. None of the weight of the trailer is applied to the clip. The clip just keeps the pin from jumping out of the hitch.
A hitch ball is pulling only from the top of the drawbar, and will be constantly trying to pull out of the drawbar, especially any time the trailer hits a bump and jumps up. Inevitably it will end up putting all the force of the pull on the flimsy little clip, which will at best bend so you can't get it out, or at worst shear off and cause the trailer to separate from your tractor.
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