Pintle hitch?

[HiTechTed]

I'm considering buying a dump trailer for use around my property with my L3400, for hauling dirt, etc. The trailer has a pintle hitch. I could pretty easily remove that and weld on a ball hitch-type coupler for cheap, but I'm wondering if there would be a way to use the pintle hitch with the tractor? Any thoughts or ideas on that? If I could weld up some kind of 2" receiver for use on the 3pt hitch, then use a small pintle hook, maybe it would work?

 

[77bronco]

For almost any pintle hitch you'd need a 2" receiver on your tractor. They get pricey too.

Pintle Hitch Ball Mounts | etrailer.com

Might be cheaper to convert to a ball.

 

[tcartwri]

Once you use a pintle, you will wonder why people put up with ball hitch.

 

[Mighty Dodge]

Once you use a pintle, you will wonder why people put up with ball hitch.

I'll 2nd that!

Get or make a hitch for your tractor. Great thing to have if you have trailers.

 

[Fordman1981]

This is what I did u can pull any trailer with it just use the appropriate receiver

 

[E/S]

I personally would use the pintle hitch, a lot less likely to bind up.

E/S

 

[HiTechTed]

I'll 2nd that!

Get or make a hitch for your tractor. Great thing to have if you have trailers.

That's what I wanted to see! Thanks for the idea, I think I'll keep the pintle on the trailer after all!

 

[galaxie428]

If you are handy with a cutter and a welder, go to the junk yard and buy a used reese hitch or two. I bought two for $20 and cut/welded then together to make something prety similar to the pic the Mighty Dodge showed us.

Keep in mind that your 3pt hitch will float up if there is too much weight on the back of the trailer. I take a heavy strap and attach it from my hitch to the drawbar when I move my trailer around just so I can make sure an accident doesn't happen. My trailer is 5k lbs and gets stored on the second floor of my barn so I have to back it up hill to get it there. I sure don't want the hitch coming up and causing an accident.

I see you are from IN also, what part? I live north of Rushville.

 

[allen in texas]

Once you use a pintle, you will wonder why people put up with ball hitch.

May be just me but I hate the slop in a pintle hitch. We use them at work so I have a lot of experience with them.
They are generally easier to hook up but like I said, I hate the slop. Give me a good tight ball anytime.

 

[HiTechTed]

If you are handy with a cutter and a welder, go to the junk yard and buy a used reese hitch or two. I bought two for $20 and cut/welded then together to make something prety similar to the pic the Mighty Dodge showed us.

Keep in mind that your 3pt hitch will float up if there is too much weight on the back of the trailer. I take a heavy strap and attach it from my hitch to the drawbar when I move my trailer around just so I can make sure an accident doesn't happen. My trailer is 5k lbs and gets stored on the second floor of my barn so I have to back it up hill to get it there. I sure don't want the hitch coming up and causing an accident.

I see you are from IN also, what part? I live north of Rushville.

I never considered the 3pt hitch rising on a heavy load, and I know it will so I'll probably have to strap it down like you do. Nice barn by the way, you don't see many of those around here that aren't caving in or seriously neglected. I live outside of Cambridge City not far from Richmond. I know there's some slop in a pintle hitch but I can probably live with it.

 

[galaxie428]

I live outside of Cambridge City not far from Richmond

We are not too far apart then, we live just south a 40 about 5 miles.

Nice barn by the way, you don't see many of those around here that aren't caving in or seriously neglected.

It is in really good shape for as old as it is. We are trying to keep it up because like you said there just aren't many barns left like that. It has three stories, the third is about 3/4 all the way across. The second floor is in realy good shape and I have driven my 4k lb tractor all over it and park my 5k trailer up there. We use it for family parties.

 

[allen in texas]

I'm considering buying a dump trailer for use around my property with my L3400, for hauling dirt, etc.

Sorry,
I missed the part where you were going to be using it around your place on the L3400.

A pintle would be a easy hookup and slop wouldn't matter.

Again, sorry.:ashamed:

 

[JB4310]

Uncontrolled 3 pt rise can occur in at least a few ways I know, like galaxie mentioned backing up a hill could do it, also going down a hill and applying brakes, but for sure it will happen with a dump trailer, when you tilt it up, before the load slides out, there's quite an upward force on the tongue.
I've got a 5 ton dump trailer and it happens to me.

I've got a 3pt receiver type trailer hitch. I bought mine from Flexpoint, but I had to add break away chain loops and to stop the 3pt rise, I welded a grab hook for 3/8 chain that I attach to the draw bar.

Installation for Flexpoint, EZmover Tractor Hitch, Tractor Hitch, Trailer Mover, Boat Trailer Hitch Receiver Adapter

It would not be hard to build, and I would of done it myself, if I knew I'd have to mod it anyway.

I just today modded my 3pt quick hitch, added a receiver directly to the QH, so I wont even need the easy mover.

JB.

 

[BoFuller]

I see the adapters for using a pintle hitch trailer with a 2 inch receiver on your truck, but what about the other way around? A pintle hitch on the back of the truck and one of the trailers has a ball hitch. Any way for this truck to pull it without changing the hookup permanently?

 

[Glen Watkins]

Sure like this! Buyers 2 5/16in. Dual Purpose Pintle Hitch Fits 2in. Receiver | Dual-Purpose | Northern Tool + Equipment

 

[BoFuller]

The pintle hitch on the back of the truck is not removable to my knowledge. It is not in a receiver like this adapter would need to be.

 

[sandman2234]

My ugly dump trailer was built with a pntle hitch to get the most towing capacity. Despite the slack typical of a pintle, they do have merits, and with a little practice, you will get used to the slack. A lot of people who use them on the highway don't like the bump when you decelerate/accelrate. Spring loaded pintle are available and absorb a lot of the shock. I have one out back but since my pintle trailer hasn't been pulled by anything except my JD2555, it is just a dust collector. They make cushions for the ring, but I don't have any experience with them.
David from Jax

 

[crazyal]

I have seen some trailers where the ring is fixed so the hook has to twist. I think some ex military trailers are set up like this.

 

[bcp]

The pintle hitch on the back of the truck is not removable to my knowledge. It is not in a receiver like this adapter would need to be.

I occasionally see a large truck with a permanently mounted pintle hook AND a receiver below or beside it.

Bruce

 

[jake98]

Sure like this! Buyers 2 5/16in. Dual Purpose Pintle Hitch Fits 2in. Receiver | Dual-Purpose | Northern Tool + Equipment

I think I paid more than that for my adaptor and hook 25 years ago..