Do NOT be this guy---PIC

[cbshoestring]

This popped up on my Facebook page today. I thought I would share with a group of people who can really appreciate the absurdity.

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Sport45 wrote:

D.E.Bishop wrote:
I originally asked, does anyone (without looking it up) know what a cotter key was originally used for?

I didn't, but couldn't resist looking it up. Good thinking by old Mr. Cotter.

The newer Mr Kotter, of TV fame, probably wouldn't have thought of that.

You guys have got to be talking about WELCOME BACK COTTER. Right?

[Bucky_Badger]

If it's on Facebook...it must be true:R

[colliehauler]

Latner wrote:
If the pic is for real, I'm guessing this is a farmer pulling a trailer around his land where he's not concerned if the trailer comes loose, he just wants ease of use if he's doing alot of connecting/disconnecting.

Or the same person who thinks it's OK to tow at 100 mph with ten year old tires. LOL, all speculation.

[Dick_A]

What is shown is what we call a hitch pin clip and it is installed on the hitch pin correctly. A cotter pin is usually used with a castle nut. One application is on a wheel spindle where the castle nut is tightened to the correct pressure and then a cotter pin is used to keep the castle nut in the correct place. After inserting the cotter pin through the spindle shaft he ends of the legs are bent around the spindle shaft in opposite directions to keep it in place.

[cbshoestring]

mdcamping wrote:
Defiantly not safe, needs to push the cotter pin in all the way! :B :B

Mike

For the record....I disagree.

The cotter pin (clip)is one of the only things installed correctly. It does not go all the way in.

[Latner]

TucsonJim wrote:

Latner wrote:
If the pic is for real, I'm guessing this is a farmer pulling a trailer around his land where he's not concerned if the trailer comes loose, he just wants ease of use if he's doing alot of connecting/disconnecting.

Then why connect the "safety" chains in the first place?

Maybe just for the fact of not having them dragging?

[Latner]

If the pic is for real, I'm guessing this is a farmer pulling a trailer around his land where he's not concerned if the trailer comes loose, he just wants ease of use if he's doing alot of connecting/disconnecting.

[TucsonJim]

Old-Biscuit. That explains everything. You can't "feel anything". I always thought you were "insensitive". LOL

[Old-Biscuit]

OK OK lighten up.........

I haven't hooked up a bumper pull trailer in a long time and I can't bend over nor can I get down on my knees either.

When I hooked-up the borrowed trailer I knew I needed to connect 'safety chains' so I felt around until I found a 'hole' and installed the clevis shackle as best as I could sight unseen. Not much feeling in fingers either now a days.

Oh well.........only going to landfill to dump the busted up concrete. Now you know why I can't bend over, get down on my knees or feel anything

[TucsonJim]

Latner wrote:
If the pic is for real, I'm guessing this is a farmer pulling a trailer around his land where he's not concerned if the trailer comes loose, he just wants ease of use if he's doing alot of connecting/disconnecting.

Then why connect the "safety" chains in the first place?

[Latner]

If the pic is for real, I'm guessing this is a farmer pulling a trailer around his land where he's not concerned if the trailer comes loose, he just wants ease of use if he's doing alot of connecting/disconnecting.

[pawpaw47]

I hope that picture was just a joke! Is anyone really that dumb?

[Sport45]

D.E.Bishop wrote:
I originally asked, does anyone (without looking it up) know what a cotter key was originally used for?

I didn't, but couldn't resist looking it up. Good thinking by old Mr. Cotter.

The newer Mr Kotter, of TV fame, probably wouldn't have thought of that.

[portscanner]

The guy at the RV dealership told me that was a quick and easy way to hook it up!

[Laman]

Mr. Bishop not to drag this out but I was actually agreeing with you.:) I thought it was funny that several people kept referring to the pin as a cotter pin when it obviously was not. I have used those clips with farming equipment for years.