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So, that's another job ticked off my list. All finished and installed today. Pictures tell the story.
This pic shows some large holes in the back plate so the pintle can be bolted back on. I could have just drilled 13mm holes and used longer bolts, but at $8 a pop, I saved myself $32 reusing the old shorter ones. They bolt up inside the cutout for the PTO for those that are wondering why they would be shorter.
Side on view showing the load rating plate...
My welding isn't the best, but far for the worst I've seen. There's no way it's going anywhere.
Degreaser, primed, painted and fitted.
I will be getting a new hitch for it next week, and I'll also wire in a standard 7 pin flat plug into the wiring so I can tow anything else with it.
Oh, and it doesn't affect departure angles either - well maybe at about 70 degrees, but I'll be doing pretty well if I ever bottom it out.
. Good old fashioned stick welding is about all I'm good at. I was going to tack it up and take it to my mates workshop tomorrow and get him to MIG it up, but once I got going, I thought I'd just finish it... 
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