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  1. #16
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    Thanks for the help guys, I've only recently purchased the Ute so I'll give all them bolts a good soaking and see if they want to come out.
    Now I'm hoping I can unbolt and bolt on a new tongue.

  2. #17
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    Good news, I managed to remove the old hitch setup with the help of a new Mechpro 1/2'' x 610mm breaker bar and what's left is a 9cm x 10cm mounting plate and after a bit of Googling I find the bar is an original Ford product and a sedan tongue will bolt straight on.

    https://i.postimg.cc/Ssx7SnCy/1-2004...t-16-05-20.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/3RncZy26/1-2004...t-16-05-20.jpg

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    Good to see the straightforward approach looks to be working out.

    I'm a bit puzzled by that pintle hitch. I have a 2003 RTV and the factory hitch is only rated to 1,800kg, so not sure why or how you'd have that kind of setup...

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    Probably a Govt vehicle, and a lot of their trailers have Pintle towing hitches, so they can be towed by any vehicle in the fleet???
    Kryn
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    I was wondering what that kind of hitch was called and now I remember seeing an Army trailer in the guys shed and they have the pintle hitch setup.

  6. #21
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    Funny about that!

  7. #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by nadroj View Post
    I would have thought that being stressed well beyond normal limits does not necessarily render something scrap.
    Why would it be necessary to find the point of destruction?
    i,m not sure on todays regs, but many years back, testing to destruction was to find a working load, if something breaks at 1 ton, then 500kg is the safe working load.

    on some steels, if its over stressed ie, a crane. then it may not receive certification.

  8. #23
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    I know this is an old thread but I only just saw it, so I'll add my 2 cents worth in case anyone reads this if they do a search on something similar.

    There seem to be a few gotchas regarding home made trailers. Trailers apparently from what I understand are under a different rules to towbars, no idea why, anyway I built a 3400Kg boat trailer about 6 years ago, designed and built it from scratch, had to take it to a trailer certifier due to the weight class for registration, no problem there, they just measured it up, checked the brakes, chains and lights etc. Asked him if he was happy enough with my welds, (I knew they would pass as been welding most of my life and commercially as well, so no problems with welding), he said he wouldn't know if they were good or not as that was up to me to make sure they were.

    A while later I wanted to upgrade to my trailer to 3500Kg so an extra 100Kg, can't remember why I only registered it for 3400Kg first time around, no issue with the trailer handling the extra weight as is, anyway told, nope can't do it, need to get it inspected by a certified engineer, several hundred dollars later, got it rated up, so go figure, I can design and build it and that's OK but not change it for an extra 100kg apparently I am not qualified even though I was allowed to design and build it and specify it's rating in the first place.

    A while later I wanted to build a better towbar for my tow vehicle, again told nope, has to pass certain tests to test it's capability, ie; cyclic vibration, flex tests etc. and would cost an arm and a leg to do it, so gave up on that idea, so here's the thing, I am allowed and can build a 3500kg trailer without issues but can't build the towbar which it attaches to the vehicle without paying mega dollars for the tests. This all makes perfect sense to me...not!

  9. #24
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    Plus each state has different regs

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    Sounds about right.


    Ross

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