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Insert this shock-absorbing, adjustable pintle plate mount into your hitch to get 7 mounting positions for your pintle hook. Flexing rubber cords limit shock. Tongue weight scale shows if load needs to be adjusted.
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This unique, adjustable pintle plate from Gen-Y Hitch offers 7 mounting positions for your pintle hook (sold separately). This lets you easily adjust the height of your pintle hook. This mount also has built-in shock absorption to ensure a safe, smooth towing experience. Using technology similar to that found in torsion trailer axles, the Gen-Y pintle hook mounting plate absorbs road shock, isolating any rough jarring or chucking at the connection point. This prevents the rough motion from transferring from the vehicle to the trailer and vice versa.
Driving over bumps, potholes, and uneven terrain causes road shock, which can result in a rough, bumpy ride and even potentially damage your vehicle or trailer. This Gen-Y Hitch torsion mount is designed to absorb road shock at the connection point to create a safe, smooth ride. This is thanks to the internal construction of the mount, which is similar to that of a torsion axle.
Pivot points are built into the Gen-Y mount. This allows for movement between the base, which slides into your vehicle's trailer hitch, and the pintle plate, which provides the connection point for your pintle hook, and therefore the trailer. When your trailer hits a bump, the pintle plate portion of the mount will move up or down accordingly.
Built into the Gen-Y mount are tubes with inner bars that are surrounded by rubber cords. As the pintle plate rises or falls, these inner bars twist inside of the tubes, attempting to follow the plate's motion. But the rubber cords prevent the bars from twisting too far. And as each bar turns, these cords compress to absorb the shock. This means that any shock experienced by your truck can be absorbed before it reaches your trailer, and the shock experienced by your trailer won't get transferred to your truck.
This type of shock-absorption system is easy to maintain. Just regularly apply grease to the built-in zerks to keep the components in working condition. No airbags to fill. No small parts to repair or replace. No hassle.
This pintle plate from Gen-Y Hitch has 16 mounting holes, providing 7 different positions for your pintle hook. With the 7 mounting positions, you have the ability to adjust the height of your pintle hook to match your application. You can also use this plate as a mounting point for your Gen-Y bolt-on stacked receivers (GH-124 - sold separately).
This mount features a built-in mechanical tongue weight scale. The highest arrow on the scale indicates the mount's maximum tongue weight (2,400 lbs). The middle arrow indicates no tongue weight (0 lbs). There must be a minimum tongue weight of 1,600 lbs for the built-in shock absorption to function. This means that the tongue weight scale's white indicator marker should be between the highest arrow and the arrow directly below it when you hook up your trailer to tow.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Hello, neighbors, Steve here with etrailer.com. Let's take a look together at our Gen-Y Torsion Pintle Hook Mounting Plate for a three by three inch hitch with 16 holes for mounting options, rated at 21,000 pounds. Now, folks, as I said, this is a hitch-mounted plate. It's gonna provide a mounting point for a pintle hook. That would be sold separately. There's multiple mounting positions to let you customize the height of the pintle, and it is a shock-absorbent design that's gonna ensure a smooth, steady ride.
So, the technology functions much like a torsion axle to limit the transfer of road shock from the trailer to the vehicle and vice versa. And I happen to have a cutout here, so I can kinda show you what that looks like inside. So, you've got these four black rubber cords that'll go around the centerpiece there, and then whenever it gets road shock, those will twist and absorb all the different bumps and things of the road to then give you a nice, smooth ride. It has a grease circuit here on top for maintenance, so make sure you keep that lubricated, all the moving parts moving freely and quietly. Now, there is no hitch pin and clip included.
That's sold separately. I recommend you getting a lockable one. You've got a 3/4 inch option and a 5/8 inch option on those hitch pin holes there. Now, you get five-year warranty on all the moving parts here in the torsion head and a limited lifetime on all remaining components. You're gonna have a max drop option of 6 1/2 inches, and if you flip it over, you have a max rise of 3 1/2 inches.
The gross towing weight is 21,000 pounds with a tongue weight of 2,400 pounds. Now, as far as some dimensions. Overall on the mounting plate itself, I was getting right at six inches wide, six inches wide, and on a height, I was getting right at 14 1/4 inches tall. Now, from the first hole here, back from the mounting plate edge, I was getting 9 1/2 inches. And then from the edge here of the plate back to the center of the second hole, I was getting right at 11 inches on center.
Now, the center of this hole here to the backside of the shank, I got right at 3 3/4 inches to the back there. So, that should give you the measurements you need to make sure it's got clearance for you and all those kind of things on your vehicle. So, once again, folks, a three inch by three inch shank, and this is the Gen-Y Torsion Pintle Hook Mounting Plate for those three inch hitches rated at 21,000 pounds. I'm Steven, thank you so much for watching. Keep in mind it has a nice powder coat finish on top of a zinc primer, so you don't have to worry about rust and corrosion or anything like that as well. Have a good one, folks.
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Insert this shock-absorbing, adjustable pintle plate mount into your hitch to get 7 mounting positions for your pintle hook. Flexing rubber cords limit shock. Tongue weight scale shows if load needs to be adjusted.
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