Lunette Ring to 2 Inch Ball Adapter

[jtpasto]

I prefer to keep my M101A1 trailer original so I made a 2 inch ball adapter to bolt on the lunette ring. The hitch was made from heavy wall tubing, channel and angle iron. The pictures show how it was made and bolts on.

 

[steelandcanvas]

Very nice!

 

[scoutmanadam]

nice clean looking design and fab work

 

[andyindy]

Great idea, good workmanship!!!!!!!

 

[amaverick88]

Nice work but one question comes to mind. Why not just get a pointless hook for the tow vehicle?

 

[dodgedougak]

Looks nice, but I just use a pintle hook that fits into my square tube receiver.

 

[maddawg308]

It's a very neat idea, and well executed, but I'm with the last two guys, getting a pintle hitch for the truck side is easier. However, if you just wanted to build something different and new, you succeeded!

 

[Flyingvan911]

Very cool project.

 

[two.fiveM35]

Nice job, I like the result of having a longer tounge.

 

[Tinwoodsman]

Will the surge brakes still work?

 

[sweet trav]

could you use that extension on a m105a2 and then mount a surge unit to?

 

[wreckerman893]

I too have a pintle hitch for my pickup.

That being said the creativity on this site never ceases to amaze me.

 

[rebel_raider]

Great work on a great idea. Especially for those of us that don't have a receiver hitch on their truck.

 

[jtpasto]

Ball Adapter

This ball adapter only works on a M101A1 (no surge brakes).

The second question. I use a pintle receiver hitch that has the NATO connector installed (see attached pictures) when I pull the trailer. The ball hitch is for others if they barrow the trailer.

 

[blue_mongoose]

anybody setup something going the other way? My powerwagon has a pintle setup welded to the truck. I've been trying to fab an adapter that would allow a 2" ball to fit on it.

 

[dodgedougak]

I have a pintle setup that has a 2" ball as the bottom part of the C shape and a regular pintle type hinged top piece. You just lock the top piece up and use it like a ball hitch, drop the top and it is a pintle hitch. It bolts on in the same pattern as the regular pintle, or you can bolt it to a piece of square receiver stock with a flange welded on the end. I have found them at any good industrial hardware store.