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Re: pentel hitch
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Posted by Dan Kelley on March 24, 2004 at 07:41:32 from (140.32.120.18):
In Reply to: pentel hitch posted by pete on March 24, 2004 at 06:56:55:
A pintle hitch is like a ring that can be opened. The trailers associated with the pintle hitch have a horizontal ring on the tongue. So, you would open the hitch on the tow vehicle, and then drop the ring on the trailer into the ring on the tow vehicle. Then, you'd close the ring on the tow vehicle. The pintle hitch was originally designed by/for the military for towing artillery pieces. It became a very useful hitch mechanism. Most military vehicles have pintle hitches on them for little jeep trailers or water buffaloes or etc. The pintle hitches were installed on many tractors for towing aircraft around the airport. Civilian use of the pintle hitch came from the war-surplus market. The good thing about a pintle hitch is that it generally has a positive locking mechanism that makes accidental unhitching unlikely. It can also carry a serious amount of tongue weight. I am restoring a 1945 Case VAIW for the Commemorative Air Force (Confederate Air Force). I intend to install pintle hitches on the front and rear. Most of the aircraft tow equipment have the artillery ring hitch on them. The positive hitch mechanism will prevent runaway aircraft during towing (a good thing).
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