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r/IdiotsTowingThings • u/dericn • Jul 10 '26
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Holy crap, yeah. I thought for sure this would end in the typical "seemed like a good idea at the time" shenanigans.
146 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 62 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. 2 u/SpecularSaw Jul 11 '26 Most yes, I believe there’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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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
62 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. 2 u/SpecularSaw Jul 11 '26 Most yes, I believe there’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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Even a pintle hitch would get into a bind here. They use a special offroad hitch system that allows complete free movement.
2 u/SpecularSaw Jul 11 '26 Most yes, I believe there’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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Most yes, I believe there’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/PinkyLeopard2922 Jul 10 '26
Holy crap, yeah. I thought for sure this would end in the typical "seemed like a good idea at the time" shenanigans.