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The hitch assembly has an inch or so of forward and back travel as well as an inch or so of vertical travel so it bounces around when empty
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Right, there IS a LOT of play any any pintle hitch setup, how much the spring type helps dapen it is open for debate. I drove a set of these for 3 years and all 3 trucks and trailers, plus pintle equiped pickups I've seen have plenty of
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play. (There better be play, when hooking up the tlr you leave the spring brakes off, truck in reverse, hit a starter button under the tailgate to back the truck while with the other hand you lift the tongue and line up the tlr ring to the hook.) With that said, the play's not that big a deal even in a pickup. For a very heavy "pull type" tlr, not a gooseneck, a pintle hitch is the most popular and safest. Most all highway dept, utility company, gov't agencies use them behind pickups for their wide assortment of trailers.
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The pintal hook and the lunette ring must be made for each other so there's almost no play between the hook and the ring.
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No they're not, our shop had a bin of both plus the parts dept could order either one or the other separately from small pickup size to the air cushioned dump truck type. I've installed plenty of both.
