Pintle Hitch Picture Mounting

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Posted by Todd Somers [162.158.79.80] on Monday, January 22, 2018 at 17:50:14 :

In Reply to: Re: Pintle Hitch Picture posted by Kevin in Ohio [172.68.65.81] on Monday, January 22, 2018 at 10:26:35 :

Here is what I know:

There is a VERY good reason why they are mounted like the one in the picture. When you depress the latch the hitch opens and the "hook" drops down. This allows the ring on a trailer tongue to sit on top of the hook. Then you can crank up the truck and put it into reverse. The hook will roll forward and latch the hook in the closed position. Later military pintle hitches had built in swivels to help prevent the ring binding in the hitch.

By the way, the hitch in the picture has never been removed from the truck.


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