Reply to "Tow Bar Measurements - 65 VW Pan - CMC 1989 Speedster"

LI-Rick

@Robert M posted:
My concern is the two flimsy cotter pins securing the tow bar to the beam. I've seen a lot of stupid, and previously thought impossible, things happen in 24 years of being a deputy.

I haven’t used a tow bar in 30 years, and I don’t remember the OD of the pins, but they are not flimsy. There is very little load on those pins. They might even be off the shelf 5/8” hitch pins.

For perspective, a trailer hitch drawbar uses one 5/8” hitch pin, no matter the size of the hitch, from class 1 all the way to class V, which is greater than 10,000lbs.

5/26/216:42 PM

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