Snapped Hitch Receiver

This is just comment.

Looking at the prominent fracture face, and for what it is worth, it would appear to be an overload failure. Note the pyramid/ mountainous crystal structure of brown failure face, and there are no apparent fatigue striations.

So for whatever reason there was too much load, or the device itself is not strong enough in the application: equals ditto.

Cheers

Rick F

"a guy rear ended me straight into the tow ball, no damage at my rear but his bumper/radiator was totalled." That reminds me of an incident many years ago in Perth when the Causeway roundabout was actually a roundabout with no traffic lights to control things.
Mechanic hit me up the rear with a customers Datsun he was testing and my tow ball went straight through the radiator. He worked for John Hughes a big car dealer who arranged a car for me to use while the minor damage on mine was fixed.
Not sure what happened to the mechanic but Hughes's face went through various shades of red when I told him. :)
Back to the subject, I'm also one who removes the hitch when not towing as I can't see the purpose of leaving it in. Even after doing a trip I've found it hard to remove as the pin gets gummed up and I've had to get under with a drift and hammer and give it (the pin) a couple of thumps to free it up.
LR really do come up with some strange ways of doing things sometimes......
AlanH.

I understand that the Land Rover hitch failed, thats one issue.

But the 2nd photo of the Mitch Hitch shows a fact that concerned me, that is the (what I consider to be excessive) length of the hitch extension in the Mitch Hitch receiver.
I cut the excess off mine and re-drilled new holes so that the hitch was completely snug in the receiver.

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Originally Posted by vee8auto

I understand that the Land Rover hitch failed, thats one issue.

But the 2nd photo of the Mitch Hitch shows a fact that concerned me, that is the (what I consider to be excessive) length of the hitch extension in the Mitch Hitch receiver.
I cut the excess off mine and re-drilled new holes so that the hitch was completely snug in the receiver.

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That's what my mate has done as well.

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Originally Posted by Briar

That's what my mate has done as well.

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That is afar.more sensible arrangement.[thumbsupbig]

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Originally Posted by Hugh Jars

For the D4? Doesn’t seem to be specified anywhere in my owners manual.

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You are right, I had another look through the manual in my car and online, couldn't find it. But I do swear I saw it somewhere. At the time I remember laughing because it was the same as my 89 Rangie and thought that some things don't change.

While looking though, I did find an interesting diagram.Attachment 142806Attachment 142807