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Interesting suspension links

Post by nicbeer »

Not seen this on here yet.

using trailer ball and hitches as link setups.

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthre ... 549&page=3

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Post by FourSpin »

that is some uber wierd shit....damn yankies....

as was mentioned in one of the other posts...that would fall out pretty easy....
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Post by cloughy »

Why would it fall out easy you can lift the arse of a 2.5 ton vehicle of the ground with a trailer hitch.
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Post by mule75 »

i think it'd be in the back of my mind sitting on the freeway, especially the way he's done it. bit dodgy.
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Post by hokey »

I have thought about this just recently but thought that the traditional hitch would be too dodgy. i was thinking one of those hitches you see on the camper trailers that and like those extreme shackles. maybe someone knows the name or what i am talking about :roll:
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Post by hokey »

Thats the one. i reckon it would be more secure than this cause at big angles these things can jump off. that why the chains are there ;)
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Post by Nev »

i have heard talk of people using or at least experimenting with the treg hitches for use in suspension setups but unsure if anyone over here ended up doing it? ill try and find out...
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Post by rover1 »

off topic, but did anyone read the whole thread? just click on page 8 for a laugh.
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Post by pcman »

dudes in usa use grader balls aswell the pivoting linkages used on a dozer blade iirc

theres a few threads on pirate and ih8mud about it
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Post by ausyota »

Nev wrote:i have heard talk of people using or at least experimenting with the treg hitches for use in suspension setups but unsure if anyone over here ended up doing it? ill try and find out...
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Post by FourSpin »

cloughy wrote:Why would it fall out easy you can lift the arse of a 2.5 ton vehicle of the ground with a trailer hitch.
yes with the trailer 'side' of the hitch having the locking lug at the bottom....i dont see no locking lug on the ball reciever on the rig...DO YOU???? :P :finger:
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Post by bru21 »

of course it would come off - don't you have any 'mates'.

treg hitches do not have all freedoms of movement in the same axis, and may bind under complex loads. should still work but 1 heavy, 2 the urathne will die by hydrolisis in 5 years and 3 they are dearer than a correct option like a r/r ball or a far lesser j/j
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Post by JemmyBubbles »

...I guess he could make the argument that it is 'similar' to a rangy a frame pivot. Kind-of, sort-of if you squint really hard.
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Post by SilverGQ »

i'm pretty sure there was a hilux in last years woodpecker that had this kind of setup with the trailer hitch and ball... white single cab from memory.
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Post by not not »

Yes the mog does use a treg hitch as well as the old POS hilux and to my knowledge neither have been replaced as yet and both are still going strong.
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