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| JAY BOY Member Since: 04 May 2010 Location: Not here Posts: 1706  
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Just wondering if this would be any good for you.
I think its what you were describing. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121699866531?_tr...EBIDX%3AIT 
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5th Jan 2016 7:31pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17327  
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That hitch is designed for a 50mm ball or a rotating eye between 1.1/8" and 2". A 76mm NATO lunette won't fit the jaw, and as noted it doesn't rotate.
These semi-auto couplings are designed to auto close when you reverse onto a trailer, which is a neat idea but in practice can be a pain since it is difficult to man-handle a "near-miss" into to jaw. There are no combined 50mm ball, 76mm lunette couplings available which are suitable for towing a non-rotating lunette, nobody makes one. There are some that claim to suit a rotating lunette but I wouldn't trust one as far as I could throw it. If you want to tow a NATO lunette use a genuine NATO pintle. |
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5th Jan 2016 10:26pm |
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| Stacey007 Member Since: 25 Sep 2015 Location: Cheshire Posts: 3743
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^ Thanks both
That's my findings now, if I want a sankey type trailer I need a separate Nato Specific hitch and probably a drop plate with break away attachment. Think I'm getting there |
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5th Jan 2016 10:34pm |
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| Mike_B Member Since: 23 Jan 2011 Location: Moray Posts: 550 
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I can't believe this thread still has steam! Just buy a NATO hitch, a Dixon Bate drop hitch and a 50mm tow ball. You can tow whatever you like.
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6th Jan 2016 1:10am |
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| Stacey007 Member Since: 25 Sep 2015 Location: Cheshire Posts: 3743
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Mike
I guess other people like me are looking at the options also. I've towed thousands of mile but with a normal towbar and normal trailers / caravans Never knew there was so much choice... I've sort of sorted a Nato (swival) hitch just need to collect it  now I need the drop plate and get my spanners out
Thanks |
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6th Jan 2016 11:03am |
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| landy andy Member Since: 15 Feb 2009 Location: Ware, Herts Posts: 5655 
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Got one for sale if any body requires one. £40 in Hertfordshire
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7th Jan 2016 8:44am |
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| Ramsay Member Since: 30 Sep 2015 Location: Moffat, Dumfries & Galloway Posts: 627  
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As I have the Lightweight with NATO 12 pin electrics and the Defender with 7 pin electrics I need to use my Sankey with both.
Has anybody made or is aware of an adaptor for the NATO 12 pin trailer connector to 7 pin vehicle socket. Any information gratefully received. I will have a go at building my own but just wanted to check I was re inventing something that already exists. 1995 Defender 110 CSW 1971 SIIA Lightweight |
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7th Jan 2016 9:03am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17327
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No. nothing like that exists (at least not as a "standard" COTS item).
When I was faced with a similar requirement I simply fitted a standard 12N socket to the front of the trailer, wired it into the connector block on the trailer, and made up a lead with a 7-pin 12N type plug on each end. Then if towing with my 80" (to which I had fitted a NATO 12-pin socket) I used the original trailer lead, and with anytihing else I used the double-ended 7-pin lead and the new socket, with the original trailer lead clipped up on the trailer. |
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7th Jan 2016 10:44am |
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| Ramsay Member Since: 30 Sep 2015 Location: Moffat, Dumfries & Galloway Posts: 627
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Thanks blackwolf. That is a neat solution I will use something similar. An easy wiring project while the weather is bad. 1995 Defender 110 CSW
1971 SIIA Lightweight |
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7th Jan 2016 11:24am |
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