truck nuts

Truck Nutz is a brand name for the dangling plastic testicles some people affix to the bumpers or hitches of their vehicles. Also sold as Bulls Balls, Your Nutz, and other brand names, these plastic novelties have a powerful symbolic charge and are often associated with a crass, macho, red state audience. But truck nuts are a surprisingly complicated signifier whose symbolic power is increasingly divorced from their real-world usage.

Let’s Get Philosophical About Truck Nutz Willa Paskin 2019

Flashing your balls at people is called being a sex offender. Having truck nuts is called being a douchebag. Of those two offenses, only the former is illegal.

How is it that 'Truck Nuts' are legal? ColossusOfChoads 2025

For those who don’t know truck nuts are fake testicles that hang down from the back bumper of a truck, usually from the hitch. They are popular in what some would consider “redneck” culture.

The Bitter Battle Between Two Men Who Both Say They Invented Truck Nuts Mack Lamoureux 2024