George2615
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The receiver looks like its in a cement rear ballast for a tractor. Safety chain is all twisted and the breakaway cable is wrapped around the chain. That wouldn't work too well if needed.
Time for a pintle hitch?
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The receiver looks like its in a cement rear ballast for a tractor. Safety chain is all twisted and the breakaway cable is wrapped around the chain. That wouldn't work too well if needed.
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What is the rating on the trailer coupler and the ball mount?
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I towed with them all the time. They are horrible. Clunking around and sloppy. Beat the heck out of you trucks towline.
Why not a ball. I have a setup rated for 18,000#. Ball is actually rated for 25,000# but the hitch itself is only 18,000#
My GN is a ball and rated for 30,000#
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Yes it does. We pull house boats in the 40K range and ball hitch boats in the 25K range.
Pintle hitches are sloppy. The clunk around and are hard on the tow vehicle.
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The trailer is a 8x12 10k deckover dump trailer I find incredibly useful arround my place.
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You guys really have had such bad luck with pintle hitches?? Or buddy had a trailer with one and we never had any problems. Even when using our mud truck to haul stuff never had bad luck
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Oh, its not wood. Its cement! Thanks! :thumbsup:
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I use a pintle hitch on my woods trailer. If the ring is too big there is a lot of shucking. Still, I like being able to see the actual coupling of ring and hook. Habit, I guess.
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I suspect part of the problem isn't so much being overloaded, but rather picking it up too high with the 3ph. The trailer is far too small to hold enough weight to bend that hitch, if it was used as it was designed to be. When lifted too high, it changes the angle that the force is being applied. Get a new, decent quality hitch and don't pick it up so high. Pintle hitches are made for hauling loads like dozers and such, not an 8'x12' farm trailer.
