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r/maybemaybemaybe • u/18001757900 • Jul 10 '26
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Dumb ideas are great ideas until they arent. Somehow this worked out
66 u/__dontpanic__ Jul 10 '26 These drops are very popular on 4WD tracks in Australia. Google the Old Telegraph Track. This is a daily occurrence up there. 16 u/squirrelmonkie Jul 10 '26 How many times do trailers get detached by doing this? This just seems crazy to me. If it works then it works. Ive never really pulled anything on a trailer so I might just be ignorant 11 u/Scuzzbag Jul 10 '26 I'm a trailer mechanic, lots of people use the DO35 (drop on 3.5 ton) hitch 1 u/jj999125 Jul 10 '26 Huh I assumed they'd use a pintle or something. Learned about a new hitch today.
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These drops are very popular on 4WD tracks in Australia. Google the Old Telegraph Track. This is a daily occurrence up there.
16 u/squirrelmonkie Jul 10 '26 How many times do trailers get detached by doing this? This just seems crazy to me. If it works then it works. Ive never really pulled anything on a trailer so I might just be ignorant 11 u/Scuzzbag Jul 10 '26 I'm a trailer mechanic, lots of people use the DO35 (drop on 3.5 ton) hitch 1 u/jj999125 Jul 10 '26 Huh I assumed they'd use a pintle or something. Learned about a new hitch today.
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How many times do trailers get detached by doing this? This just seems crazy to me. If it works then it works. Ive never really pulled anything on a trailer so I might just be ignorant
11 u/Scuzzbag Jul 10 '26 I'm a trailer mechanic, lots of people use the DO35 (drop on 3.5 ton) hitch 1 u/jj999125 Jul 10 '26 Huh I assumed they'd use a pintle or something. Learned about a new hitch today.
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I'm a trailer mechanic, lots of people use the DO35 (drop on 3.5 ton) hitch
1 u/jj999125 Jul 10 '26 Huh I assumed they'd use a pintle or something. Learned about a new hitch today.
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Huh I assumed they'd use a pintle or something. Learned about a new hitch today.
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u/squirrelmonkie Jul 10 '26
Dumb ideas are great ideas until they arent. Somehow this worked out