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#21 ·
tgeb, wow that is a nice lock for the lunette, it makes me kinda wanna switch my trailer to a pintle
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Yeah, that is a nice looking lock.

I wish I owned a couple, I just stumbled across it via Google this morning.

I believe I might have to place an order.

I park my trailers in a secure area, but you just never know, and for the price of those it would be cheap insurance.
 
#22 ·
I changed the ball hitch on my trailer to a pintle. Best thing I've ever done. You do get a little bumping but nothing you can't deal with. The best thing is hooking it up. I put a CB radio antenna on the trailer and then painted a little stripe on my tailgate. Line up the two while you're backing up and when you feel a bump you're ready to hook up. Saves a ton of time, and it keeps your bumper from getting all dinged from hitting the trailer hitch.
 
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Went and bought every thing to change over to a pintle lunette setup. That solid pintle hitch has to wiegh 50# don't want to drop that on my toe. Found it at a semi truck place that doesn't advertise for pickup stuff but had all kinds of stuff for LT. Tool boxes ladder racks flat beds hitches I was really surprised.
 
#26 ·
What type of truck are you pulling the trailer with ?
Most pick up trucks trailer hitch is rated for 6500 lbs.
A WD hitch with snap brackets would be required to pull a 14,000lb trailer , but most hitches and truck capacity is 12,500 max .
A receiver hitch rated for 14000lbs would be 21/2" square tube not standard 2"
A bolt on Pintle hitch mounted on 450/ 550 series trucks will hold 16,000lbs 350 series dump I'm not sure my 350 are all pickups .
14,000 lb trailer is getting close to CDL depending on truck and registration .
In my area the DOT guys give you a road side inspection if they don't recognize your rig . :eek: DOT #s over10000lbs Answer to you original question is yes go with the pintle its safer . John
 
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wellbuilthome said:
What type of truck are you pulling the trailer with ?
Most pick up trucks trailer hitch is rated for 6500 lbs.
A WD hitch with snap brackets would be required to pull a 14,000lb trailer , but most hitches and truck capacity is 12,500 max .
A receiver hitch rated for 14000lbs would be 21/2" square tube not standard 2"
A bolt on Pintle hitch mounted on 450/ 550 series trucks will hold 16,000lbs 350 series dump I'm not sure my 350 are all pickups .
14,000 lb trailer is getting close to CDL depending on truck and registration .
In my area the DOT guys give you a road side inspection if they don't recognize your rig . :eek: DOT #s over10000lbs Answer to you original question is yes go with the pintle its safer . John
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Like I said in a post earlier I don't use it very often as I don't have a truck designed to pull it. I just have a f150 now. I did have a truck licensed for #16,500. The f150 I think is only rated for #8,800.

My inlaws let me store it on there property for free so I let them use it when ever they want.

Cole

Edit you do know just because the trailer is rated for 14g you don't have to put that much on it. Yes it's a lot of trailer but it was smoking deal and I know I can't over load it. Only paid $600 and it only needed a new plug and coupler. Had brand new wood deck and tires were almost new 2 years old. The guy needed money fast.
 
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I switched the enclosed trailer over to the pintle as well. When I did this it made the tounge about 4" longer. When I pulled it it seamed to bounce up and down on the pintle. Never noticed this with the ball. Moved my generator to the front and it pulled great after that. As long as you don't drive like an idiot there is very minimal banging. That was my biggest concern, the safety peace of mine is good too.

Cole
 
#29 ·
The pintle is more secure and generally used for heavier loads. Also the pintle allows "slack action" sometimes required to move heavy loads. The slack action is needed to give a little jerk from a stand still.

Example: A long train needs this slack action between each car to get the train moving. If there were no slack action, the train would never get moving.
 
#30 ·
EasyRWM said:
The pintle is more secure and generally used for heavier loads. Also the pintle allows "slack action" sometimes required to move heavy loads. The slack action is needed to give a little jerk from a stand still.

Example: A long train needs this slack action between each car to get the train moving. If there were no slack action, the train would never get moving.
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Good point on the "slack action", i never gave that a thought.

As far as the DOT rule of 10k as stated above "In my area the DOT guys give you a road side inspection if they don't recognize your rig . :eek: DOT #s over10000lbs" i have been asking alot of questions to friends in Law Enforcement about this myself and so far no one has a definite answer. My question is how can a car dealer sell lets say a Ford F-350 CCLB 4X4 Diesel that weighs around 8k empty, put 5 people in it and 2k lbs in the bed that will now be out of class per NY DOT laws and subject to DOT numbers to someone who only has a class D license and only use it for personal use?
 
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