Adjustable pintle hitch receiver?

[kendelrio]

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I have a M105 trailer and to move it around with my truck, I bought this:



While it works, the receiver on my pickup (a Ram 1500 Warlock) is really much too low for practical use. I have to pick the trailer up, fold the landing gear then drop it about a foot and a half and rock it forward to land it in the receiver, then the angle is really ridiculous. Between the weight and low height of the hitch, it really isn't practical for use.

Is there such a thing as an adjustable pintle receiver/ball? I would honestly need at least a foot of height in order to safely tow my trailer.

Any help is always appreciated!

 

[kendelrio]

OK, found this beast, but a pintle receiver is not an option. I've reached out to the company to see if maybe it is...

 

[eric67camino]

https://m.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200792111_200792111?cm_mmc=Google-pla&utm_source=Google_PLA&utm_medium=Trailers%20%2B%20Towing%20%3E%20Ball%20Mount%20Hitches&utm_campaign=OneMount&utm_content=97652&gclid=Cj0KCQjwnoqLBhD4ARIsAL5JedILQXTpYOgnTtPKaoZyR6BIB0U3CuUy3N74EXMs5C8k6BSanIbs-msaAtx1EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

10 Ton Pintle Hook With Curt Adjustable Pintle Mount (2-1/2" Shank, 20,000 lbs., 7-1/4" High, 10-3/4" Long)

10 Ton Pintle Hook with Curt Adjustable Pintle Mount (2-1/2" Shank, 20,000 lbs., 7-1/4" High, 10-3/4" Long) - (Use only in the drop position)

www.rigidhitch.com

They make at least a few different styles.

ETA pictures

 

[Mullaney]

OK, found this beast, but a pintle receiver is not an option. I've reached out to the company to see if maybe it is...

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Just remember that when you have it turned over for your pickup, there is a LOT of leverage against your hitch point. I wouldn't drag that trailer more than empty with your truck. I had one on my M-1088 and it was twice as beefy as the picture above. When I pulled the pins, they were bent. The hitch was cracked too. Previous owner pulled big boats with it - and in my opinion - eventually the hitch would have broken.

Got a few pictures below from a previous post.

2" receiver hitch on M37

I'm looking to add a 2" receiver hitch on my 1951 M37. I want to keep the stock pintle hitch. I've seen a few pictures of people who fabricated a receiver set up. I'm thinking of mounting a stock aftermarket receiver hitch sold for modern trucks. It seems the frame rail spacing is the same as...

www.steelsoldiers.com

And yes, this was a ball because the truck already had a pintle.

 

[kendelrio]

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Just remember that when you have it turned over for your pickup, there is a LOT of leverage against your hitch point. I wouldn't drag that trailer more than empty with your truck. I had one on my M-1088 and it was twice as beefy as the picture above. When I pulled the pins, they were bent. The hitch was cracked too. Previous owner pulled big boats with it - and in my opinion - eventually the hitch would have broken.

Got a few pictures below from a previous post.

2" receiver hitch on M37

I'm looking to add a 2" receiver hitch on my 1951 M37. I want to keep the stock pintle hitch. I've seen a few pictures of people who fabricated a receiver set up. I'm thinking of mounting a stock aftermarket receiver hitch sold for modern trucks. It seems the frame rail spacing is the same as...

www.steelsoldiers.com

And yes, this was a ball because the truck already had a pintle.

Thanks. And no, wouldn't pull the trailer loaded. Strictly for moving it unloaded and short distances because sometimes the effort of maneuvering the 5 ton in and out of where I want to move it is more of a PITA than the effort, so I dont...

 

[G744]

Ken,

Fab a 90 degree bracket, with the top flange lining up with two of the bolts on the bottom of your 5-ton front bumper driver side, the other flange drilled to accept the 4 bolts of a regular pintle hook.

Put it together and you'll be SO HAPPY moving trailers around that way.

It won't cost you a bunch of simolians, either.

ps...Going down the highway in reverse will take a bit of practice, lol

pps...Ball hitches still suck! There's a reason tacticals don't have them.

DG

 

[rumplecat]

Go to etrailer.com and look under multi function ball hitch, they will fix you up.

 

[Mainsail]

When I bought my first M1101 I used the less expensive riser to get the pintle up to the height of the lunette ring- I would come to regret that. The one I bought was less expensive because it was rated lower, and was also a bit smaller. So while making a sharp turn in the Sears parking lot, the pintle bound up in the ring and bent the riser a little before it popped loose.

Like the Sears, that trailer and riser setup is gone now. When I won my second M1101 trailer I went with a much heavier duty pintle and riser. I haven't had any binding issues with it.

When the trailer is empty you don't worry so much about it- it's easy to forget it's even back there it's so light. With a yard of gravel in the back, or a pallet of landscape blocks, the heavier riser and pintle are very... comforting.

 

[Guyfang]

Ken,

Fab a 90 degree bracket, with the top flange lining up with two of the bolts on the bottom of your 5-ton front bumper driver side, the other flange drilled to accept the 4 bolts of a regular pintle hook.

Put it together and you'll be SO HAPPY moving trailers around that way.

It won't cost you a bunch of simolians, either.

ps...Going down the highway in reverse will take a bit of practice, lol

pps...Ball hitches still suck! There's a reason tacticals don't have them.

DG

Ken,

G744 has it right. In the motor pool, we only moved trailers around with two trucks we mounted a pintle hook to. And yes, take a few time to get the feel for it. But way easier for short little moves.