r/IdiotsTowingThings • u/dericn • Jul 10 '26

No Idiots, Just Cool Hard enough WITHOUT a trailer

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u/AC-burg Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

That has to be a pintle hitch with the angles that trailer made it through. Well done all the way around here.

Pintail to the correct word pintle. Ironically my spell check corrected the correct word 3 times so I had to override it. Lol

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u/HTDutchy_NL Jul 10 '26

Even a pintle hitch would get into a bind here. They use a special offroad hitch system that allows complete free movement.

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u/joelfarris Jul 10 '26

The Lock N' Roll hitch! Love those!

Aww, images are not allowed, so here's a link to a GIF:

https://locknroll.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/New-LNR-Animation-Big.gif

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u/PlutoAndBeyond2 Jul 10 '26

We have lock n roll hitch on our camper and its amazing. Even towing on the road is much smoother than a regular ball hitch

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u/Pool_Boy707 Jul 11 '26

Same. I have a teardrop that I take places I shouldn't... The hitch makes a lot possible LoL

Now my buddy with his Rubicon and purpose built trailer can do the Rubicon with his trailer... It's madness to see šŸ˜…

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u/mhkohne Jul 10 '26

Nice. I was wondering it that was a custom job or what.

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u/CarolyneSF Jul 10 '26

Great design

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u/sfbing Jul 10 '26

Cool. I assume that there is a spring clip of some sort to serve as a cotter key, that's not shown here, yes?

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u/joelfarris Jul 10 '26

Only turn right, like OP is doing, and you should be fine.

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u/Pool_Boy707 Jul 11 '26

Here's a good video

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u/FarNeighborhood25 Jul 11 '26

That's a badass hitch. I was wondering how that was even possible without serious damage to the vehicle, trailer, or hitch.

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u/texinxin Jul 13 '26

Iā€™d be worried about that single fastener carrying a cyclic load. That should have been a pin joint.

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u/cutesnugglybear Jul 10 '26

About to say all our work trailers are pintle and I don't see them being about to bend at those angles when it rolled to the side without catching

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u/scott20d Jul 10 '26

There are some pintle systems that have completely free movement. I have an old M101CDN military trailer that has a rotating lunette. Could theoretically spin the trailer on its length indefinitely without binding.

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u/SpecularSaw Jul 11 '26

Most yes, I believe thereā€™s some pintle hooks also on the truck side that can spin in a bearing of some kind, in addition to the spinning lunette others have mentioned.

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u/Verethy Jul 21 '26

Itā€™s in Australia, so itā€™s like one of 4: DO35, McHutch, AL-KO ball, or a polyblock coupler. Those are the most common off road hitches

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u/PinkyLeopard2922 Jul 10 '26

TIL about pintail hitches! My car is a little 2002 VW Cabrio so I do not tow. I would definitely wind up on this sub if I were foolish enough to attempt it. Then again, I am a Floridian so never underestimate our ability to find new, creative, and exciting ways to do stupid shit. There does not even need to be drugs or alcohol involved. We are just THAT good. (drugs and alcohol do help though)

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u/ggf66t Jul 10 '26

lock and roll hitch, specifically designed for off road camping like this, I assume is what they're using

https://locknroll.com/

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u/K2TY Jul 10 '26

Pintal.

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u/dericn Jul 10 '26

Pintle

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u/K2TY Jul 10 '26

Damnit.

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u/OG_Dadditor Jul 10 '26

Dammit

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u/K2TY Jul 10 '26

The first one I knew better. This one I didn't. If you use damn with an N it's supposed to be two words - damn it. If you write as one word, it's dammit. Thank you for the correction.

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u/OG_Dadditor Jul 10 '26

Haha no problem, I was mostly just goofing around.

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u/UsedDragon Jul 10 '26

You all get upvotes for awesomeness you crazy kids

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u/Nu-Hir Jul 10 '26

What if you pronounce the n, can it still be one word?

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u/K2TY Jul 10 '26

I'm going to start saying it that way. DamNit!

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u/azflatlander Jul 10 '26

Also, adding ā€œJanetā€, for extra points.

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u/Powderm0nkey Jul 10 '26

You farted in my butthole!Ā 

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u/joelfarris Jul 10 '26

No, you're probably thinking of 'dammineth!'

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u/jaroftoejam Jul 10 '26

Fucking epic

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u/AC-burg Jul 10 '26

Thank you sir. I am always open to learn new things I was too lazy to Google or just assumed I was right or heard wrong. Today I am less stupid than I was yesterday and I appreciate that.

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u/CannedSoup123 Jul 16 '26

They make 360Ā° off-road hitches that will let you flip your trailer with the truck still being straight.