Pintle

Pintle Hooks, Rings, Eyes, Adaptors and Spare Parts

Pintle Hooks and associated equipment can often be challenging to locate or be out of stock.

The reason is that pintle equipment is made for trucks and rigorously tested at a full load of 2,000,000 cycles.

Therefore, Pintle equipment over 3.5t must be tested on Australian roads; however, many Pintles and ring couplings have not been tested.

Note: Buyers should be aware of fake Couplemate products for sale claiming ADR Compliance with no testing data. Ask your supplier for a CTA number or verify the product you buy is a Couplemate Genuine product and safe. These products can have a Gold Top.

Ask your supplier for either a CTA number or proof of testing, as untested products are usually cheap copies.

In other cases, some pintle equipment does not require testing. For example, tow bar attachments gain the rating of the tow bar. Other attachments have no test procedure.