In agriculture, construction and even military applications, pintle hitches are the trusted product of specialized towing. They are notorious for their highweight capacity and simple design. The basic pintle hitch is essentially a hook and loop with the hook attached to the vehicle and the loop-mounted on the trailer. Because of their simple design, pintle hitches are able to have thicker metal construction and more secure coupling. Curt combination ball and pintle hitches combine both a pintle hook and a standard trailer ball to give you a more complete towing option on your heavy-duty truck or SUV. Combination ball and pintle mounts are available with a shank to mount on a receiver or in the adjustable style to mount on a channel or plate. This particular curt combination pintle and ball-mounts features a ball capacity of 16,000 lb and a pintle capacity of 16,000 lb. It fits any lunette ring with a 2-1/2 in in side eye diameter and features a changeable 2-5/16 in trailer ball with a hard chrome finish. A safety pin and bolt kit are also included in this package. The heavyweight towing done with pintle hitches implies a certain amount of wear and tear on your towing equipment and to prepare for this, curt uses a quality finish on all our pintle mounts, lunette eyes and combination pintle hitches. This combination ball/pintle hook is coated in a gloss black powder coat finish to provide the perfect amount of rust and scratch resistance needed to face the heavy-duty towing you do every day.