If you tow both lunette ring and standard coupler trailers, this pintle hitch makes the swap easy. It comes with hitch balls you can switch out as needed, and a built-in scale that shows tongue weight so you know you're safe before you head out.
Without a built-in scale, you've got two choices: haul the trailer to a weigh station or mess with a separate gauge. This hitch saves that trip. The built-in scale shows how much tongue weight's pressing down on your truck. Too much squats the rear end and lifts your steering. Too little and the trailers dancing all over the road. Now you can balance your load before you ever leave the spot where you hooked up.
Many jobs use more than one kind of trailer. You might haul a skid steer on an equipment trailer in the morning and switch to a dump or cargo trailer that afternoon. Normally that means changing hitches or hauling extra gear, but not with this setup. The pintle hook and ball mount use the same assembly, so you can switch between them without unbolting or swapping anything on your truck. It's not just convenient, it's a real time saver.
The hitch includes 2" and 2-5/16" balls for standard couplers. The smaller size fits most utility trailers and landscape trailers, while the larger one handles heavier enclosed trailers and equipment trailers. You can swap them by pulling the pin and dropping in the other ball, which helps cut downtime when you need to make a quick switch.
Pintle attachment cannot be used in the rise position and is compatible only with Weigh Safe steel balls.
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If you have a heavy duty truck and you are always bouncing between different trailers, this Weigh Safe WS52ER pintle hitch really makes life easier. I like that the built in scale tells me right away if my load is balanced because I have seen too many guys at the jobsite guessing and then fighting sway down the highway. With this you hook up and know, no second guessing and no extra trip to the scales. I was impressed by how quick it is to go from the pintle hook for a skid steer trailer with a lunette ring to the two and five sixteenths ball for a big enclosed work trailer or even dropping to the two inch ball for something smaller like a camper. It is rated up to twenty two thousand pounds, and it feels like it, all steel, heavy in your hands, and built to take a beating. I do not love that it only works in the drop position, but most of the folks I see using this such as contractors, farmers, or RV owners hauling toy haulers are pulling tall, heavy trailers behind big trucks anyway. For that crowd, I think it is a really smart investment because it is safe, adaptable, and saves a lot of hassle when you are switching between jobs or heading out with different trailers on the weekend.
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