pintle vs off-road hitch

[SaltCreek]

Is the Lock n Roll "really" far stronger than a 10,000# pintle?

Lock N Roll is rated at 11,000 lbs GTW, but if you need more than that, it's not the right hitch for you!
Edit: For comparison, Max Coupler is class 3, rated at 6,000 lbs. Lock N Roll is class 4, rated at 11,000 lbs.

 

[luk4mud]

I valued the Maxx with the Jeep/Conqueror set-up. No slop.
But hard to connect ---- the Conqueror was light enough to move around though and I dealt with it.

But, as for "more for your money", my Power Wagon and bank account both love the lunette/pintle from Northern Tool.
They cost under $100 together when I got them but they're still a good value today...

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200514183_200514183
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200247824_200247824

Bill,
That system would allow for no pivot/ flex. Did you use it offroad at all?

 

[Hilldweller]

Bill,
That system would allow for no pivot/ flex. Did you use it offroad at all?

Almost every weekend. I had it just about 30 degrees sideways and dangling at about 65 degrees down an embankment on Sunday; dragged it up on the skid 'til it found tire.
Remember that the suspension is doing its share too. And this ain't Moab around here. I'm never going to do anything "extreme"; I'm just a teardroppin' tourist that likes snotty roads. I'm no rock crawler.

 

[CUoffroad]

Just FYI, The Max Coupler is actually de-rated to 6k from the 7.5k that has been cleared in the SAE testing. A new higher rating will be available soon that will be considerably higher. Strength has never been an issue with the design because it is not doing anything it does not want to do. The Max Coupler is built by military contractors who believe that "failure is not an option!"

 

[luk4mud]

Almost every weekend. I had it just about 30 degrees sideways and dangling at about 65 degrees down an embankment on Sunday; dragged it up on the skid 'til it found tire.
Remember that the suspension is doing its share too. And this ain't Moab around here. I'm never going to do anything "extreme"; I'm just a teardroppin' tourist that likes snotty roads. I'm no rock crawler.

I think we have similar uses- mine in theory until built and yours in practice. I already have the tow vehicle side of the pintle equation, so I just order the lunette from Northern Tool. I really like the pintle system- simple, bulletproof, easy to hitch. I will use it for on road and mild offroad. I think I will get a Max Coupler as well for less mild offroad when the wife stays home.

 

[navigator]

I bought an old military style generator trailer. It has a pintle on it already.
The trailer is really light and the pintle was a little noisy. I put a short piece of radiator hose over the hitch part and it is quiet now.
I'v not done anything extreme with it and likely never will but running down a washboard road I hardly knew it was back there.
More extreme conditions and heavier trailers might generate more noise but right now I don't think I'll ever need anything else.

 

[rnArmy]

I prefer the pintle/lunette set-up. I did not find it to be noisy, and it has a much better range-of-motion compared to a ball mount.

We took the Jeep and trailer up to Alaska and Canada for three weeks, and every evening when setting up camp we would disconnect the trailer and reconnect in the morning before heading out. It was so easy to do both; especially reconnecting. You only had to get the lunette ring "close" and you could latch the pintle hitch.

 

[Ace Brown]

I have and use the Maxcoupler a lot. Like many have stated it can be difficult to hook up but I found a simple solution. Grind off the sharp edges on the receiver end (the ears) and remove a bit if plastic on the front and bottom edge of the pin cushion. It all drops in so much easier. Lubing the pin helps too.


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[waterboy222]

Wrong thread. Oops

 

[tgreening]

I've used a pintle/lunette system exclusively. The advantage: Every trailer I've bought for off road use already had half the set up installed and the other half is cheap. Noise: I've found as long as the trailer is loaded properly and the two parts of the system are sized properly to each other the noise is minimal. Definitely no more bother than creaking suspension or skid plates dragging across rocks. On the highway I've never noticed it. It's dead simple and easy to hitch/unhitch and if in some strange universe I managed to break something replacement parts are stupid easy to find. Range of motion: Moab doesn't have a lock on off-camber terrain, and I've never been in a situation where I thought "dang, sure wish my trailer hook up had a bit more twist in it".

If those other systems came on a trailer I bought I doubt I'd spend the money to change it unless something broke, but I would certainly not spend the money to replace a lunette/pintle with one of those others.