Any new developments in hitches?
I've had a Surveyor from 2012 to 2018. Lots of good memories. A lot of work. I particularly dreaded hitching and unhitching it. Lug the heavy truck side bit. Put the pin in. Aim with a backup camera. ...
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noteven wrote:
A tow vehicle that doesn’t need “sway control” or weight distribution, pintle hitche, and a good memory.
Remember how many turns of the jack to reset trailer for hitching,
Back it with the jaw open till you crash into the eye. Raise the jack, close the jaw, connect chains and electric, hop in and drive off.
Every time I get in a fight with a ball hitch I claim I’m going to switch the fleet to pintles.
Had one of our drivers haul a loader on a beaver tail trailer with the pintle hitch upside down. He had to jack it "up" into the hitch and force the safety clip to close. That was his last day in my employ.
