Is a pintle hook preferred to have for an M416 trailer?....and can you explain why it's important to have one as opposed to a ball type? Where can I get a pintle that fits the Slee 4 holed bumper?
airlaird
airlaird
Where to buypintle hooks/questions
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The pintle is preferred when offroad because of the angles you could get into. It looks like the bumper is made to be able to bolt on the pintle into the four holes. You can get the pintle from here or just search for pintle and it seems most people are using the 15 ton pintle. pintle from Northern Tool + Equipment
go to a local class 8 trailer shop (utility trailer, fruehauf, etc). they should have them. a regular ball hitch will come undone, break, or may flop the trailer long before a pintle hitch will.
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Thanks guys...you know your stuff..
airlaird
airlaird
I am running the 5 ton receiver type on the above Northern Tool page. It gave me another 11 inches from the rig so I can swing out the tire without unhooking the trailer and I can still slide in a ball receiver for the boat trailer.
I found one at my U-Haul dealer; however, I would classify this dealer as a large dealer.
I have had good luck with this place.
Pintle Hitches Trailer hitch bike rack and trailer hitches - etrailer.com
Pintle Hitches Trailer hitch bike rack and trailer hitches - etrailer.com
I installed a combo pintle with 2" ball form Northern Tool onto a 1950's era Dodge M37 Weapons Carrier rotating pintle mount. This allows complete articulation, even if the trailer lunette or ball doesn't.
Mud thread here: https://forum.ih8mud.com/40-55-series-tech/187703-rotating-pintle-hitch-install-fj40.html
Mud thread here: https://forum.ih8mud.com/40-55-series-tech/187703-rotating-pintle-hitch-install-fj40.html
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Even better info! Thanks
Steve
Steve
The pintle setup is the way to go for off-road use. People told me that it would "clunk" all the time because of the play in the pintle/lunette, but mine doesn't make noise at all.
I bought my pintle hitch that goes into a 2" hitch receiver at Tractor Supply.
I bought my pintle hitch that goes into a 2" hitch receiver at Tractor Supply.
I just welded on my pintle hitch to my trailer, and I was suprised to find out it didnt make any noise at all like I was told it would.
The bumper is drilled and tapped to accet a pintle but 2 of the bolt holes are metric odd ball size, I couldnt find any in grade 8 ,even at the Toyota dealer, so I just drilled out the holes and used longer bolts.
I havent got any good offroad pics yet because I am still working on the trailer, but here is one from my driveway, it shows how well the pintle works.
The bumper is drilled and tapped to accet a pintle but 2 of the bolt holes are metric odd ball size, I couldnt find any in grade 8 ,even at the Toyota dealer, so I just drilled out the holes and used longer bolts.
I havent got any good offroad pics yet because I am still working on the trailer, but here is one from my driveway, it shows how well the pintle works.
I just welded on my pintle hitch to my trailer, and I was suprised to find out it didnt make any noise at all like I was told it would.
The bumper is drilled and tapped to accet a pintle but 2 of the bolt holes are metric odd ball size, I couldnt find any in grade 8 ,even at the Toyota dealer, so I just drilled out the holes and used longer bolts.
I havent got any good offroad pics yet because I am still working on the trailer, but here is one from my driveway, it shows how well the pintle works.
Nice! The pintle setup is very underrated in my opinion.