Originally Posted by gng1
. Series ones have the tyre slightly further to the right. 
Reply With Quotegng1, have you thought outside the square? The issue is not your Pintle, it's the trailer Lunette.
The pintle you are holding up to your rear crossmember is the original type fitted to the Aust Army's Series rovers. You'll note it has a locking latch and can rotate. This was because it was introduced in the period when the Army was still using No4 Trailers which had a fixed lunette (so the pintle had to rotate to allow articulation), and also the No5 Trailers which had a lunette which was designed to rotate (see the grease nipple on the lunette casting?), and therefore the pintle needed to be fixed.
In the 50 year period that the No5 Trailers have been in service, it was found preferable to have the lunettes fixed, so they were modified to no longer rotate. When the Perentie LRs were introduced into service, there was no longer a need for fixing the pintle, so the locking latch was omitted.
The Lunette on your trailer can be "de-modified" back to original so that the lunette once again rotates. By swivelling the Lunette vertically, and the pintle horizontally, you can hitch the trailer sideways into the hitch, rather than dropping it onto the hitch from above as normal. You have probably noticed already how well balanced the No5 trailer is with very light weight on the drawbar, allowing you to support the weight while swinging it into the hitch from the side. If you have loaded the trailer so that it is out of balance and you can't both support the weight and guide the lunette into the pintle, use the adjustable stand to set the lunette to the height of the pintle. One the lunette is in the pintle's jaws, close the upper jaw. Then, simply turn both the pintle and lunette to the correct orientation and close the locking latch, making sure to secure the latch with the pin.
Note that it is important that the pintle and lunette CANNOT BOTH rotate when driving (especially reversing) as they can bind up and lock, potentially rolling either the trailer or the car. At least one must be in the locked position.
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