ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Drawbar eye

Okay kiddo, have you ever seen a truck or a tractor? They have this big metal thing at the back called a drawbar eye. It looks like a really big metal loop that sticks out from the back.

Do you know why it's called a drawbar eye? Well, it's because it's used to connect the truck or tractor to something else like a trailer. The drawbar eye is attached to the truck and then the trailer is attached to the drawbar eye using a hitch (which is like a fancy lock).

When the truck or tractor drives, it can pull the trailer along behind it because of the drawbar eye. It's kind of like when you play tug-of-war with a rope, and you hold onto the rope with both hands. The drawbar eye is like one of your hands holding onto the rope, and the trailer is like the other person holding onto the other end of the rope.

So, that's what a drawbar eye is, it's a big metal loop at the back of a truck or tractor that helps connect it to a trailer.