Mr. Tow It All

[MChalkley]

Kinda gets your attention, doesn't it? Does anyone know of a good source for this product at a decent price? It's a 4-way trailer hitch for a 2" receiver that has the 3 common ball sizes, plus a pintle hitch on it. Here's one site I found: here. I'm looking for something that will fit in the hitch adapter for my EF-5. This looks like just the ticket, but the best price I've seen so far is almost $250. Ouch!!! It also goes by the model number AM5900B, and is made by Action Manufacturing, under the trade name Roto-Eze.

MarkC

 

[JimmyO]

Northern Hydraulics has it, but for the same $250 that you already found it for. Boatersworld.com has the model with just the 3 balls and they are 20% less than Northern for that model so you may want to give them a call and see if they can get the one with the pintle also. What we used when I was using one truck to haul multiple trailers is use a pintle hitch that incorporates a ball as the bottom half of the pintle. Then replaced the standard ball with a converta ball. You should be able to do this set up for about 50% less. And from reading your past posts I know you will have a toolbox mounted somewhere that you could store the extra two balls in.

Jimmy

 

[john_bud]

Mark,
I saw the exact thing at "Blain's Farm & Fleet" about a month ago. I didn't get one, but it was priced about $150.00.

John Bud

 

[MChalkley]

Jimmy - I'll check Boater's World. I tried to do what you did with the Convert-a-Ball on the pintle hitch, but my pintle hitch must've had a narrower throat - the Convert-a-Ball was just enough taller than the normal ball to keep the pintle from latching closed. I'm using a Convert-a-Ball on my Dodge already, so that would be an excellent solution.

MarkC

 

[MChalkley]

John Bud - You don't have a phone number for Blain's do you? Apparently, they don't have a web site, or if they do, I couldn't find it.

MarkC

 

[JimmyO]

I wish I could remember what brand of pintle hook we were using.

What about taking a regular 5-ton pintle($30) bolt it to a pintle receiver adapter($30), then weld the convertaball ($35)shank to the bottom side of the pintle. All the prices are from Northern so you might be able to do better as I didn't look around for best pricing. Might be concerned about heating the pintle but I don't think that it would affect it much. Surely wouldn't hurt to ask the manufacturer though.

Also you might want to call and ask Northern if the pintle the carry would work. We got the pintle at Redneck Trailer Supplies about 9 years ago so I would not even guess as whether the ones they sell now are the same ones that they used to carry.

Jimmy

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by JimmyO on 12/11/01 10:05 PM (server time).</FONT></P>

 

[MChalkley]

Jimmy - If I can't find the "Tow It All" at a reasonable price, I guess the least I can do is carry a Convert-A-Ball around with me to the tractor supply stores and check out all the pintle hooks... Thanks for the help!

MarkC

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Hi Mark,
Buyers Products manufacturers some of these components, I had purchased @ Central Tractor, now Quality Farm & Fleet…

You can purchase the components and “roll your own” as Buyers Tri-Ball Hitch {~$40.} and adjustable receiver {~$52.}… to make up this assembly:

…

Tractor Supply Buyer Hitch Components {p.264-265}
Adjustable Receiver Source for ~$52

 

[Bird]

Tractor Supply Co. has the 3 ball model for about $50 but it doesn't include a pintle hitch.

 

[MossRoad]

Here's the link to the one at Northern Northern Pintel + three balls

<font color=green> MossRoad </font color=green>

 

[JATO_RaT]

Mark, why do you need more then one ball size. Could you not convert any of the smaller size hitches on any odd trailers you might have to the largest ball size? I should think that your trailer would have the largest size what 2 5/16 or so. I have converted several friends trailers from the old 1 and some odd inch balls to 2" by welding on a new hitch. I would think you have the 2 5/16" ball. Help me understand, Rat...

 

[MChalkley]

Thanks, guys, for all the links and info!

Rat, the reason I need to cover all the bases is that a lot of the stuff I have to move around a construction site isn't mine. When we need to landscape under something, I just move it, whether it's mine or not. Or, sometimes, whoever parked it there could get to the front of it when he put it there, but he doesn't have room to get a big truck in there anymore, so I have to move it for him. You get the idea. Once again, my needs are a little weird. At least there's a pattern... /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

MarkC

 

[Anonymous Poster]

<font color=blue>...why do you need more then one ball size...</font color=blue>

I think Mark truly needs them... and each time on the job site, you look up and see him coming with that EarthForce and that multi-hitch... and think to yourself... "Man, he sure has alot of balls..., on that tractor..." /w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[MChalkley]

It was only a question of who and when - you rarely disappoint, John... /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

MarkC

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Huh...? You talking to me...? /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

 

[JATO_RaT]

Ahh yes, makes perfect sense now, John had an interesting point as well. I'm sure that 3rd ball could come in handy, Rat...

 

[kiphorn]

I found this one at Cabellas for $84.99.

Kip

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Mark,

Like that guy says to Dirty Harry...

"I just gots to know..."

Did you buy any multi-ball mount setup yet? /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

{I am being nice...}/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[MChalkley]

John - No, that's still the hitch - only the one ball, convertible though it may be, just the one ball.

MarkC

 

[JATO_RaT]

Mark, the one Kiphorn shows could be what you need. 3 balls and a pintle. Just imagine going down the road and coming across a young lady in distress because her horse trailer needed moving but her Suburban just blew a hose. Shes worried about the horses needing to get back in their stables before night fall. All she has is a pintle setup on her quadruple horse trailer and no one can help her because all they have is a ball setup and only one 2" ball at that. The lady begs you to help and indicates her hookup is different then most and you tell her on your way to look at her setup that it's OK, I got 3 balls and a pintle to boot. Shes impressed and was not aware that there were so many types. You kindly explain that its very simple, I simply back up, take your hole and put it on my pintle and wham bam its done. Same could apply to some of the guys at the construction site who prefer pintles. Rat...