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we have both a pintle on a 18' equipment trailer and a 2'' ball on a 16' and 14' trailer

what is the benfits and downsides of both i havent really noticed any except i think the pintle beats on the truck more even with trailer brakes it knocks and pushes and pulls on the trucks
 
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I like the pintle, simply because it's easy to back up to and hitch on to.It is also very hard, if not near immpossible to unhook a pintle hitch accidently. Yes it does push on the truck, but I still like it better.
 
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Pintle hitches pivot better and therefore make it better to travel over uneven terrain with.

Personally I do not think a ball hitch is all that unsafe assuming you are using one properly rated for the load you are towing. I see way too many people tow very heavy equipment with a cheesy ball/receiver combo only rated for 5000-6000 lbs.
 
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srl28 said:
Yes it does push on the truck, but I still like it better.
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I think it pushes on a truck just as much as a ball hitch. It is the same weight pushing the truck. I like pintles better because I feel much more safe with them and they are so easy to hook up. I am switching my dump trailer over to one realy soon. I have never had a problem with ball hitches, but like Eclipse said, it is too easy to overload them when you don't have the right people using them. I feel perfectly safe with my ball hitch on my 2500 lb. boat set up, but not so much on my dump trailer.
 
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pushes and pulls on the trucks
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EVERY trailer does this...ball or pintle...

I have a pintle hitch that is also a ball hitch on my bucket...best of both worlds!!!
 
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I have a 2" ball/pintle combination setup for my trailer and when I rent trailers or chippers I have the pintle available without switching hitches. I wish they would make the spring loaded hitches like on the big truck available for 3/4-1ton trucks like mine to reduce some of that slide hammer on the launches and braking.
 
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BSDeality said:
I have a 2" ball/pintle combination setup for my trailer and when I rent trailers or chippers I have the pintle available without switching hitches. I wish they would make the spring loaded hitches like on the big truck available for 3/4-1ton trucks like mine to reduce some of that slide hammer on the launches and braking.
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yeah we have the 2'' ball/pintle combo on my truck but just a 2'' ball on the others but have spare pintles to swith if needed becasue like you said rental trailers and chippers are mostly pintle
 
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I tend to disagree with the guys that say that a pintle doesnt push the truck around more than a ball. These guys must have never pulled a pintle with a pickup. Turning, stopping, and accelerating all jerk around the pickup. Granted, if you maybe had a very heavy trailer with a TON of tongue weight, it might not move at all. But, every one I've ever pulled slammed the truck all around in the corners at least......:waving:
 
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Does a pintle allow you to have a better turning radius? Just curious.
 
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lawnboyblake said:
I tend to disagree with the guys that say that a pintle doesnt push the truck around more than a ball. These guys must have never pulled a pintle with a pickup. Turning, stopping, and accelerating all jerk around the pickup. Granted, if you maybe had a very heavy trailer with a TON of tongue weight, it might not move at all. But, every one I've ever pulled slammed the truck all around in the corners at least......:waving:
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Slam the truck around, Bull ****.
Mike
 
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lawnboyblake said:
I tend to disagree with the guys that say that a pintle doesnt push the truck around more than a ball. These guys must have never pulled a pintle with a pickup. Turning, stopping, and accelerating all jerk around the pickup. Granted, if you maybe had a very heavy trailer with a TON of tongue weight, it might not move at all. But, every one I've ever pulled slammed the truck all around in the corners at least......:waving:
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Then SLOW DOWN!!!:hammerhead: :laugh: :drinkup:
 
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DBL said:
you can definetly tell the difference when you have a skid loader on a pintle behind you compared to a couple mowers on a ball hitch
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I should hope so with all the additional weight:hammerhead: ...That is a poor comparison for pintle and bll...:rolleyes:
 
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Now you all have me worried that switching my dump trailer to a pintle hitch from a ball is going to loosen every bolt on my truck and the ones rolling around in my head!:cry:
 
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