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tluxon
May 23, 2005Explorer
Milt, I don't think Ron disagrees with you. He was just talking about the linkage by itself without any tires on the ground providing frictional resistance. That's why he had to suspend it vertically like a pendulum. The reason you don't see any movement when you're towing is because the quite small lateral force that results from a gust of wind is easily handled by friction between the tires and the ground and the tire sidewall stiffness.
Will, do you still have your conventional hitch drawbar and ball? That measurement from the rear axle would also be useful, but if you'd like to just estimate the distance from the rear axle to the receiver's drawbar pin hole, that'd be good to. I could just add the distance of my conventional drawbar to that for a good approximation.
Tim
Will, do you still have your conventional hitch drawbar and ball? That measurement from the rear axle would also be useful, but if you'd like to just estimate the distance from the rear axle to the receiver's drawbar pin hole, that'd be good to. I could just add the distance of my conventional drawbar to that for a good approximation.
Tim
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