I am considering buying a retired farm truck and it has this weird eyelet thing in the bed instead of a gooseneck ball. I have always used standard 2 5/16 goosenecks and bumperpulls my entire life, so this one has me a bit stumped. Does anyone know what the heck this thing is supposed to be for??

 

 

H.R.D. You are a man of many words. Hold on to that popcorn, grab a buddy and , I look forward to the replies for this thread.

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to me it looks like that could be used as a ball also. what are the measurements around it if it were to be filled in the middle?

understand what im saying? maybe some recievers have bolts going through the center to hold them on instead

 

Pretty sure the opposite end comes down, and a pin slides through both. With the grease nipple there, it must be able to rotate smoother then a 2 5/16" would. Maybe not as strong, but I can see how it would function.

Could just be a heavy duty anchor point as well.

 

i never seen anything like that.

 

It is another type of goosneck connector. Can't find a bleeding picture on google of 1 tho. The hitch is dropped on, and then the pin is pushed thru the hole and locked in. The ball spins in the bearing instead of the coupler sliding on the ball. Does this make sense? Sorta like a cross between a gooseneck and a sideways draw pin style hitch. I can't explain fer crap when I am tired.

Only saw one used once, and I never did see it being coupled or uncoupled.

 

I talked to my dad about this (who has grew up around old farm equipment his whole life on his dads peanut farm) and he said that it is basically like a pintle hitch turned right side up, that you put a pin through and in this trucks case was actually bigger, thicker, and stronger than a ball. He said most of these are not used anyore and that it probably came off an older truck. What I am talking about has a hole in it about the size of my fist. So even though the trucks mileage is atleast 50k miles lower than most of them of this body style and age, it might have had a hard life pulling some big loads. I could be wrong about this, but I think that is right. Dirty Offio, i think you said it the same way that my dad did in a little different phrase. Does what I am saying sound right?

 

Beat me too it. I would have assumed a pintle style hitch......

 

Truck guy,

Yup, that is what I was trying to say. I was so friggin tired last night that I had to type real slow, and still had to fix a butt load of words!

I saw the hitch at my uncles place...old rancher. He bought my granddads place, so there was still stuff there from the horse and wagon days. (no kidding!)