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Interesting suspension links
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 12:06 pm
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
Nic
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 2:49 pm
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....
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 4:22 pm
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.
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 5:05 pm
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.
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 5:06 pm
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
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 5:42 pm
by badger
treg
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 5:45 pm
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
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 5:55 pm
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...
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 6:24 pm
by rover1
off topic, but did anyone read the whole thread? just click on page 8 for a laugh.
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 6:51 pm
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
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 7:42 pm
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...
POS's old lux ran one on the rear susp.
I believe the Mogrover may use one also.
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 2:15 am
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????
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 7:33 am
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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Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:33 am
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.
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 2:12 pm
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.
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:36 pm
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.