When to replace the hitch pin?
The pin for holding the hitch into the receiver is the only real thing holding our trailers to our trucks. Mine is new, but it got me thinking, how often should it be replaced?
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valhalla360 wrote:Grit dog wrote:
^Yup, you’re correct. Although also correct. I didn’t pickup on your reference to iron, as in cast iron, of which NO hitch pins are made of. And I understand this concept better than most.
Why would you even say that? Be like using a wooden dowel or titanium as odd ball “examples”.
I never said "cast iron" which is an entirely different material and completely unsuitable as it's highly brittle. I used "iron" as I'm not sure of the exact formulation of steel used and the strength can vary wildly based on the specific formulation (though typically far stronger than iron), so iron provides a lower floor on strength...and it's still several times stronger than is required.
OMG you should give up arguing about this…. You’re not making any tangible sense, especially in the context of this (ridiculous) original question.
So wrought iron, or pig iron ? which is basically just high carbon ore, not actually made into any final product.). And none of which are made into hitch pins.
