Pintle Hooks & Parts
Pintle hooks are heavy-duty towing connectors with a hook-and-loop design, ideal for rough terrain, featuring a Pintle Hook (vehicle side, looks like a bird’s beak with a jaw/latch) that connects to a Lunette Ring (trailer side, a large steel ring), providing a strong, articulated link for heavy loads.
Description
Pintle hooks are heavy-duty towing connectors with a hook-and-loop design, ideal for rough terrain, featuring a Pintle Hook (vehicle side, looks like a bird’s beak with a jaw/latch) that connects to a Lunette Ring (trailer side, a large steel ring), providing a strong, articulated link for heavy loads (military, construction, industrial). Key parts are the Hook (jawed, latching mechanism) and the Lunette Ring/Eye (trailer’s coupling ring), sometimes with a locking pin for security, offering superior articulation and higher capacities than ball hitches.
