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Looking for pintle hitch bolt hole dimension, Im going to change out the pintle and make a receiver. Something like this one
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M38 pintle hitch
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I’m away for several days but will measure when I return if no one else responds sooner. Very nice looking M38!
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Thank you Mr. Hovering HMMWV, I found the information I was looking for. My vehicles are in storage for the winter and not easily accessible but I managed.
thanks again Sir
thanks again Sir
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You still have the pintle hitch? I’ll take it off your hands for my M38A1 if you don’t need it.
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I will be keeping it, but thanks for your interest
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Your welcome. Anyway, I'm going to go with one that has a ball for a civi trailer hitch.
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Please post the finished product!
Cheers
Cheers
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I’ll try to post pictures tomorrow
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3 3/8” across by 1 3/4” vertical
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Seen too many ball hitches fail.
Never seen a lunette/pintle do that.
My non-military trailers have all been converted to lunettes.
It also really cuts down on guys wanting to borrow them...
Never seen a lunette/pintle do that.
My non-military trailers have all been converted to lunettes.
It also really cuts down on guys wanting to borrow them...
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OneSeen too many ball hitches fail.
Never seen a lunette/pintle do that.
My non-military trailers have all been converted to lunettes.
It also really cuts down on guys wanting to borrow them...
Seen too many ball hitches fail.
Never seen a lunette/pintle do that.
My non-military trailers have all been converted to lunettes.
It also really cuts down on guys wanting to borrow them...
Seen too many ball hitches fail.
Never seen a lunette/pintle do that.
My non-military trailers have all been converted to lunettes.
It also really cuts down on guys wanting to borrow them...
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I certainly agree
Most people don’t do their homework, 2 5/16“ ball hitches come in 3 different lbs ratings (the shank determines capacity)
2 5/16 ball with 1” shank 6,000 lbs most common because there cheap!
2 5/16 ball with 1 1/4“ shank 10,000 lbs
2 5/16 ball with. 1 1/2“ shank 30,000 lbs
know your “Limits“. (lol)
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A strong ball is indeed better than a small one
All the failures but one were due to crappy couplers on the trailers.
The one was a ball sheared off in a hard braking incident, causing the tongue to come thru the back of a motorhome.
Nah...
All the failures but one were due to crappy couplers on the trailers.
The one was a ball sheared off in a hard braking incident, causing the tongue to come thru the back of a motorhome.
Nah...
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That's what I'm thinking of doing, only paint it all green to look some what original.
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Perhaps I've led a sheltered life, but I've never seen a setup like that.