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Forum: Towing and Hitching 03-13-2017, 12:01 PM
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Posted By Brian B-P
Nice find, pyster. The wire retainer is...

Nice find, pyster.


The wire retainer is springy, and due to the placement of the holes where it goes into the pin it will presumably always spring toward the position shown in the Amazon photo,...
Forum: Towing and Hitching 03-12-2017, 03:46 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 14,070
Posted By Brian B-P
Good catch, baglo. :) I believe that Laura...

Good catch, baglo. :)

I believe that Laura is already using a spring-retained pin similar to a PTO lock pin for the coupler, as shown in both photos of the very first post of this thread and in...
Forum: Towing and Hitching 03-12-2017, 01:56 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 14,070
Posted By Brian B-P
Yes, those clips - which I call "R-clips" due to...

Yes, those clips - which I call "R-clips" due to the shape, but are also known as hair pins and by other names - are cheap and annoying. The ideal replacement would be a spring-retained...
Forum: Towing and Hitching 03-12-2017, 01:48 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 14,070
Posted By Brian B-P
No, you shouldn't need to. If the trailer's...

No, you shouldn't need to.

If the trailer's coupler doesn't come off the ball without lifting up on the truck significantly, I wouldn't push it further.

A lot of people seem to have problems...
Forum: Towing and Hitching 03-12-2017, 01:43 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 14,070
Posted By Brian B-P
Close enough... :) You must have pulled out the...

Close enough... :)
You must have pulled out the safety pin, flipped the latching lever up, then pulled the lever back to pivot the yoke back (which slides the jaw out of the way, unseen underneath).
Forum: Towing and Hitching 03-11-2017, 07:44 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 14,070
Posted By Brian B-P
Yes. :) :thumb: The strap that goes around...

Yes. :) :thumb:

The strap that goes around the front of the coupler is called the yoke. When the yoke is all the way down like that the coupler is closed around the ball. It's also possible to...
Forum: Towing and Hitching 03-10-2017, 11:10 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 14,070
Posted By Brian B-P
They're spring bars, not sway bars. The...

They're spring bars, not sway bars.


The fundamental function of this hitch system is to transfer load from the tug's rear axle to the tug's front axle and to the trailer's axles - it sort of...
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