In agriculture, construction and even military applications, pintle hitches are the trusted product of specialized towing. They are notorious for their high weight 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 (NOTE - Never exceed the lowest weight capacity of any towing component, i.e. the vehicle, hitch, trailer, etc). It fits any lunette ring with a 2-1/2 in. inside 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.