towing with pintle hook?
 

Anybody here ever pull a trailer with a pintle hook rig? Do the hooks
that fit into standard receiver hitches work okay for lightweight
trailers? I'm thinking about getting an M416 1/4 ton trailer (with
lunette eye).

B

Re: towing with pintle hook?
 

Snowboardripper on this forum tows an ex-Canadian Army Trailer with a
pintel.


"Brian" <bsheller@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:bsheller-9D6D4A.20321905032007@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
> Anybody here ever pull a trailer with a pintle hook rig? Do the hooks
> that fit into standard receiver hitches work okay for lightweight
> trailers? I'm thinking about getting an M416 1/4 ton trailer (with
> lunette eye).
>
> B

Re: towing with pintle hook?
 

Snowboardripper on this forum tows an ex-Canadian Army Trailer with a
pintel.


"Brian" <bsheller@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:bsheller-9D6D4A.20321905032007@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
> Anybody here ever pull a trailer with a pintle hook rig? Do the hooks
> that fit into standard receiver hitches work okay for lightweight
> trailers? I'm thinking about getting an M416 1/4 ton trailer (with
> lunette eye).
>
> B

Re: towing with pintle hook?
 

Snowboardripper on this forum tows an ex-Canadian Army Trailer with a
pintel.


"Brian" <bsheller@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:bsheller-9D6D4A.20321905032007@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
> Anybody here ever pull a trailer with a pintle hook rig? Do the hooks
> that fit into standard receiver hitches work okay for lightweight
> trailers? I'm thinking about getting an M416 1/4 ton trailer (with
> lunette eye).
>
> B

Re: towing with pintle hook?
 

If you're talking about the Class III - type hitch, where your pintle
bolts up to a male insert, my only concern revolves around additional
slop in the connection and how it relates to your comfort. The pintle/
loop setup inherently has a bit of slop in it (compared to a standard
ball), and then you add a bit more movement from the receiver hitch.
I only mention it for the possibility that you might be sensitive to
the occassional "clunk"...but, in the worst case scenario, you go down
a concrete highway with the trailer lightly (relatively) loading the
tongue, and the slop translates into a kick in the pants over every
joint on the road. So it's a comfort issue -- I do see the benefit of
both the hitch setup and the off-road duty trailer.

Any idea as to the unladen tongue weight on those trailers?

Re: towing with pintle hook?
 

If you're talking about the Class III - type hitch, where your pintle
bolts up to a male insert, my only concern revolves around additional
slop in the connection and how it relates to your comfort. The pintle/
loop setup inherently has a bit of slop in it (compared to a standard
ball), and then you add a bit more movement from the receiver hitch.
I only mention it for the possibility that you might be sensitive to
the occassional "clunk"...but, in the worst case scenario, you go down
a concrete highway with the trailer lightly (relatively) loading the
tongue, and the slop translates into a kick in the pants over every
joint on the road. So it's a comfort issue -- I do see the benefit of
both the hitch setup and the off-road duty trailer.

Any idea as to the unladen tongue weight on those trailers?

Re: towing with pintle hook?
 

If you're talking about the Class III - type hitch, where your pintle
bolts up to a male insert, my only concern revolves around additional
slop in the connection and how it relates to your comfort. The pintle/
loop setup inherently has a bit of slop in it (compared to a standard
ball), and then you add a bit more movement from the receiver hitch.
I only mention it for the possibility that you might be sensitive to
the occassional "clunk"...but, in the worst case scenario, you go down
a concrete highway with the trailer lightly (relatively) loading the
tongue, and the slop translates into a kick in the pants over every
joint on the road. So it's a comfort issue -- I do see the benefit of
both the hitch setup and the off-road duty trailer.

Any idea as to the unladen tongue weight on those trailers?

Re: towing with pintle hook?
 

I have a pintle hitch welded to my CJ5, and my brother has a pintle hitch on
a 2" receiver that fits the tow bar on his CJ7. We both pull the 1/4 ton
army trailer (there are a few varities, I'm not certain which one he has)
with ease. I pulled this trailer over the Rubicon Trail that extends from
basically Placerville, CA., to Lake Tahoe, NV. This is one of the more
difficult trails in the USA, and to complete the route pulling a trailer is
a rare event.

I find that the trailer is very well designed, and it tracks perfectly in
tight places. I've pulled the trailer through wooded areas as well taken it
rock crawling. There are obvious problems in getting the trailer to go
backwards while rock crawling, but it goes forward anywhere you are able to
drag it.




"Brian" <bsheller@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:bsheller-9D6D4A.20321905032007@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
> Anybody here ever pull a trailer with a pintle hook rig? Do the hooks
> that fit into standard receiver hitches work okay for lightweight
> trailers? I'm thinking about getting an M416 1/4 ton trailer (with
> lunette eye).
>
> B

Re: towing with pintle hook?
 

I have a pintle hitch welded to my CJ5, and my brother has a pintle hitch on
a 2" receiver that fits the tow bar on his CJ7. We both pull the 1/4 ton
army trailer (there are a few varities, I'm not certain which one he has)
with ease. I pulled this trailer over the Rubicon Trail that extends from
basically Placerville, CA., to Lake Tahoe, NV. This is one of the more
difficult trails in the USA, and to complete the route pulling a trailer is
a rare event.

I find that the trailer is very well designed, and it tracks perfectly in
tight places. I've pulled the trailer through wooded areas as well taken it
rock crawling. There are obvious problems in getting the trailer to go
backwards while rock crawling, but it goes forward anywhere you are able to
drag it.




"Brian" <bsheller@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:bsheller-9D6D4A.20321905032007@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
> Anybody here ever pull a trailer with a pintle hook rig? Do the hooks
> that fit into standard receiver hitches work okay for lightweight
> trailers? I'm thinking about getting an M416 1/4 ton trailer (with
> lunette eye).
>
> B

Re: towing with pintle hook?
 

I have a pintle hitch welded to my CJ5, and my brother has a pintle hitch on
a 2" receiver that fits the tow bar on his CJ7. We both pull the 1/4 ton
army trailer (there are a few varities, I'm not certain which one he has)
with ease. I pulled this trailer over the Rubicon Trail that extends from
basically Placerville, CA., to Lake Tahoe, NV. This is one of the more
difficult trails in the USA, and to complete the route pulling a trailer is
a rare event.

I find that the trailer is very well designed, and it tracks perfectly in
tight places. I've pulled the trailer through wooded areas as well taken it
rock crawling. There are obvious problems in getting the trailer to go
backwards while rock crawling, but it goes forward anywhere you are able to
drag it.




"Brian" <bsheller@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:bsheller-9D6D4A.20321905032007@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
> Anybody here ever pull a trailer with a pintle hook rig? Do the hooks
> that fit into standard receiver hitches work okay for lightweight
> trailers? I'm thinking about getting an M416 1/4 ton trailer (with
> lunette eye).
>
> B