Thread: Spare wheel in way of pintle for no 5 trailer

You want one of these.

Thanks Mick. I have something similar but would need to get the receiver installed on the new Defender. It was however a bit low and for the no 5 it would be preferable to bolt the pintle hook to the top four holes on the bumper. I was also unsure whether I might still have problems with the low position of the spare wheel. I think I might have to just try and see. Alternatively I guess I could simply open the rear door every time I hitch or unhitch... Sound silly?

Hi gng1, i've read your post, don't know if your fixed up yet. I Have a GRAEME COOPER. spare wheel carrier ,on ruby my 110, the rear door.It can be opend from the inside . Also it lifts the spare wheel well clear of the tow ball.When i first got it i thought it looked like a bit of old gate, now i think it is a very good design.I don't know if they have a web sight ,but there phone no is 02 9550 2689 .good luck jimr1

Hi,

On the County I had the Pintle hook fixed to the rear cross member and the only way i could open the jaws was to spin it, attach the trailer, lock it and spin it back upright.

Now with the Defender it came with a receiver, so i went and bought one of these and mounted the pintle hook on this:

Pintle Hook Mount | eBay

I just spun it around to lift the hook higher, and no trouble with the spare now. If you want a photo, I can put it on the back tomorrow and take one for you.

I did find them at Supercheap and one the 4wd shops at nearly double the price.

I have since bought a second hand receiver for the County, so I can move it between the 2 vehicles, all I have to do now is go and fit it.


Richard

FYI , I have a no.5 and a puma and use a receiver in the standard tow bar set up and have no issues at all. Is there a reason why you won't consider instaling a tow bar so you can bolt the pinter hook to the receiver and also have a standard tow bar set up as well for other applications ?

Originally Posted by jimr1

Hi gng1, i've read your post, don't know if your fixed up yet. I Have a GRAEME COOPER. spare wheel carrier ,on ruby my 110, the rear door.It can be opend from the inside . Also it lifts the spare wheel well clear of the tow ball.When i first got it i thought it looked like a bit of old gate, now i think it is a very good design.I don't know if they have a web sight ,but there phone no is 02 9550 2689 .good luck jimr1

Hi Jimr1,
Is your you're carrier like this one (from the Graeme Cooper website, but they seem to have two advertised...):

If so it looks the go! But what is with the handle?!
Gavin.

Originally Posted by danske

FYI , I have a no.5 and a puma and use a receiver in the standard tow bar set up and have no issues at all. Is there a reason why you won't consider instaling a tow bar so you can bolt the pinter hook to the receiver and also have a standard tow bar set up as well for other applications ?

Thanks Wallaby Ted and danske,

My previous defender was a 2.4 puma and I used a pintle bolted to a receiver like the one linked in danske's message. But my spare wheel carrier put the spare well out of the way; I was unsure whether the spare wheel would be a problem with a similar pintle set up on a standard (hayman Reece style) tow bar set up. It is reassuring that it would not be a problem if I had the stand tow bar set up installed.

The reasons why I am investigating the options for bolting the pintle hook directly to the crossmember are threefold:
First, I felt the trailer would ride better if the hook was just that bit higher - with the pintle on the (inverted) receiver, the nose of the trailer was down a tad, that is, the draw bar was not level;
Second, I thought it hook could then operate as a permanently installed rear recovery point;
Third, I thought this would avoid reduction in departure angle caused by the addition of the standard tow bar kit.

Of course it is nice to be compatible with the rest of the world, and despite the third point above, I think an ideal option would be somehow to have both pintle hook permanently attached to the crossmember and a standard tow at receiver set up. I hadn't tried that on my previous puma because the tow set up predated the trailer purchase, and the towing set up encroached on the area is the crossmember required for a direct bolting of the hook to the crossmember. But perhaps a solution can be fabricated (just not by me!)...

Gavin

Hi Gavin. I'm wondering if you found a solution? I've just bought a no5 and want to achieve the same end that you were after.