Modified MPL40 Trailer Hitch Attachment

[ESC]

We have two MPL40 wreckers that we had the factory trailer ball mounts for. Last week I got to a trailer impound for the police and found it was a pintle hitch. I had to call out one of our flatbeds with a pintle to tow it.

 

Today we bought the 2” receiver and had them welded on. They are getting sand blasted and powder coated next. I also got a receiver for a pintle and a tri ball so we can tow anything now.

 

Something else we did long ago was have our local trailer shop make up a plug in wiring harness. It plugs into the 4 pin round on be truck and on the other end has the large trailer plug then they have us all the adapters so we can just plug our lights right into the trailer.

 

 

 

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[luigi]

Looks good. I made 7way to 4 way adapters for all of our trucks. I have yet to come up with a solution for a pintle hook for our hpl 60. In the past i would just fork the tongue, but the last one that i tried to get, the forks i had weren't wide enough for it. 

[Njsss]

Nice job ESC.  

 

Can’t understand whyJerr Dan doesn’t have a receiver attachment for a MPL

[Njsss]

Our rendition, inspired by ESC

[ESC]

On 10/10/2020 at 5:25 PM, Njsss said:

Our rendition, inspired by ESC

Nice!!!  I like it!  Ours should be back from powder coating today.   I don't know why I didn't do this long ago, but now I wont get any more pintle trailers for a long time since I am prepared.

[ESC]

I got them back this morning. My buddy powder coated them at his house. Had some sort of little glitch in the finish. But it’s going to get beat up in my toolbox so I wasn’t worried. These are going to work perfect for what we need.

Keep in mind I don’t plan to tow much weight with them. Mainly just for empty trailers or to move something off the roadway in an emergency sort of thing.





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[Melville]

Only concern I would have is the weight, it would be transferred about 8 inches further than the where the ball originally was. and over a foot from the where it is mounted/pinned to lift.

[ESC]

8 minutes ago, Melville said:

Only concern I would have is the weight, it would be transferred about 8 inches further than the where the ball originally was. and over a foot from the where it is mounted/pinned to lift.

Agreed... The good thing for us is I have heavier trucks here to move anything big if needed.  These would be used locally in emergency situations for the most part.  I have used them a bunch and had no issues at all with them.  I just think you need to be realistic about the weight you are moving while using them.  It just allows some more versatility.  I know there was many times i get out for a police call with a trailer and it ended up being a pintle and jamming me up.

[Melville]

I know the feeling, good idea to solve it