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    can anyone tell me what this is off

    been hoarding tis for years. just dug it out and im thinking pmg? or army ,any ideas?

    ps ive had it for a least 30 years
    cheers mark
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    Towing jaw/connector for a series landie. Should fit all 80-109" 1948 to 1983 (and even 110s also).

    You can fit a tow ball in place of the pin if you want to convert it to a conventional hitch.

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    thanks

    yea i just checked i against my cross member and it lines up with the holes.
    how would a ball ball fit without the pin?

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    G'day mfc

    That is agenuine Landrover Series trailer towing hitch for pin & tongue type trailers,not common out here now, but used a lot in UK for agricultural trailers,similar to the pintle hook/lunette type of hitch, it should still be quite legal to use here, but they are a little noisier than the ball and socket type of hitch, but, with a trailer with that type of tongue and pin hitch you would not get your trailer knocked off

    If you wish to dispose of it I would be quite interested, if reasonable price.
    PM me if interested.

    cheers
    Kevin


    A ball would be fitted through the top pin hole,with the nut between the jaws.

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    thanks uncleho
    ill watch it on the coffee table for a while but i actualy think i have a use for it...
    its a really nicely made thing

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    G'day mfc

    No worries, from memory they were rated at 4 ton (4000kg) so towing a loaded trailer with an early Series 1 would have been slow


    cheers

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    Quote Originally Posted by UncleHo View Post


    A ball would be fitted through the top pin hole,with the nut between the jaws.
    Either that, or I have seen towing balls with extra-long bolts around somewhere, so you have a towball for normal use, and a pin that you can attach a shackle to for towing/recovery with a shackle and strap/rope.

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    They tend to mount on a drop plate, both my Series and County have them.

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    I have that on the back of my 90

    Took out the pin and put in a tow ball
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    they were rated to 4000Lb.... there is a very specific reason why i know that.... the limiting factor is not the unit itself but the 2 bolts that are supposed to hold it on.

    there was a ball and pin available for them so that you only had to have the one pin. ball on the top with a wind up castle nut for the bottom with either a clevis, spit, R pin or bit of fencing wire doubled over depending on what you had on hand.
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