Pintle and Ringfeder

OK Guys. My question for today, are these couplings interchangeable?
I believe the pintle was mainly military used many years ago. Are the rings similar?
I have a pintle hook on the back of my B61 for towing an old tandem plant trailer.
Thanks. Rod.

RodMan
GuddayM8

From here on in
I no SFA all, with no experience of these hooks

Pintle hooks R very old tecknowledgy th@ dates back to when Noah used m to drag trailers loaded with feed down to the Ark to keep the animals happy for there long voyage

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PINTLE: U had to lift the draw bar up n onto truck connection it is mainly used for military vehicles




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RINGFEEDER: Is a tradename of the 1st of this type of hookup th@ was available here in Oz thru Transpec but many other makers now offer the same type of product
U can back into drawbar n it will auto connect n lock just like a a 5th wheel



With all the above mentiond conections U do need safty chains

www.bpwtranspec.com.au/images/stories/ba...ngfederDOW_lores.pdf

RE:are these couplings interchangeable?
So in a word
NO
it can't B used as the trailer drawbar eyes, R of a different size

ButEyeDoSt&2BCorrected

cya
[ch9787]

for ridgid drawbar
then its the pintle

floating drawbar , then its ringfeeder and no they is not interchangeable

just bought a nice new pintle hook for rear of leader in case i decide to tow something bigger than a 6x4

or or

bartlett ball hitch, these seem to be popular with the brick trucks i see scooting round perth

swishy can find piccys of the bartlett ball hitch whilst he finding more porn

Bartlett is just an overgrown car type hitch th@ is approved by DOT with Rigid Drawbar: Max ATM 24,000kg





www.bartlett-equip.com.au/couplings_127.asp


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cya


[ch9787]

My two cents worth to ..
Ringfeeder is spelt RINGFEDER The company name.
Because the pintle hook has no oscilation ability the hole in the ring is alot bigger in the eye to allow for this. Rattle, clonk, pig root carry on is about all you feel in the cab with on of these.
Pigs to connect up by yourself.
Coz eye on a 2" pintle is so big it wont fit in a ringfeder coupling mouth.
Pintle pin is mongrel shape so 2" ringfeder eye wont fit pintle hook either. Also if you do get one to go on be carefull you dont go over uneven ground coz you can break pintle off or break eye on hitch.
Know this from experience after travelling 600 k's with truck and stiff bar to tow truck home and bar wouldnt fit. Had pintle eyes on both ends and tow truck had ringfeder. Had to cobble it all together with chains. Ugly but it worked.
Bartlett ball is good for plant trailer as there is no Rattle, clonk, pig root carry but hurt knees when you walk into them in the dark.
Ringfeder company also make taperlock bearings. Bit of useless info for you.
Basil

Rod, is an issue with these attaching systems, I know SFA about them but had been told the tow weight of some is huge but the shear wieght is in the 1000 kg range. That means if the down load at the drawbar may easily exceed to the tiny 1000 kg as you cross and gutter and footpath or some other high low point.... the coupling may fail, been some serious major collisons when it happens at speed.

Just something else to worry about when you are hooking up.


Sarge :-X

behind my furniture truck i often hook up my triaxle trailer (4.5 ton gvm)the trailer has a "ringfeeder" type conection ..ive made my own towbar setup for the truck ..basically just a hardened pin that goes through the eye on the trailer conection ..the secret seems to be get the height of the trailer conection as close as possible to the truck height then the trailer wont buck like a mule behind the truck ...

The hook and pintle is good for trailers that go off road because it will articulate a lot further than a ringfeeder. They do clunk a little but easier to hook up than a 50mm ball if it is slightly out of line. You can buy ( via Hayman Reese I think ) the hook business that also includes a 50mm ball for smaller trailers.