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Pintle and gudgeon rudder system. Part 2 is the pintle, and part 3 is the gudgeon. Several examples of pintles as part of door hinges. A pintle is a pin or bolt, usually inserted into a gudgeon, which is used as part of a pivot or hinge. Other applications include pintle and lunette ring for towing, and pintle pins securing casters in furniture.
A pintle hook and lunette ring make a more secure coupling, desirable on rough terrain, compared to ball-type trailer hitches. It is commonly seen in towing applications in agriculture, industry, and the military. [citation needed] The clearance between the lunette and pintle allows for more relative motion between the trailer and tow vehicle ...
The field artillery limber assumed its archetypal form – two wheels, an ammunition chest, a pintle hook at the rear, and a central pole with horses harnessed on either side. The artillery piece had an iron ring at the end of the trail. To move the piece, the lunette was dropped over the pintle hook (which resembles a modern trailer hitch).
All M809 models had a rear pintle hitch and could tow 15,000 lb (6,800 kg) trailers except the M816, which could tow 20,000 lb (9,100 kg) The M818 and M819 could tow 37,500 lb (17,000 kg) semi trailers on their fifth wheel. Many M809 series were equipped with a front-mounted 20,000 lb (9,100 kg) capacity winch, intended for self-recovery.
Hitch (knot), a knot used to attach a rope to a fixed object; Tow hitch, a construction on a truck or car to attach a trailer; Hitches, fishes in the genus Lavinia including Lavinia exilicauda; Hitch (route), a pattern run by a receiver in American football; Hitch, a 2005 comedy film starring Will Smith; Hitch, a 2016 album by The Joy Formidable
The axle hitch is used to tie a hitch in a hard-to-reach place, or for extra security by having a double hold on an object. When the initial bight is passed around the object, the rest of the knot can be completed out away from the cramped location. [ 1 ]
The works of Nathaniel Hitch enumerates the types of projects that Nathaniel Hitch was involved in over the course of his career, roughly from 1871 to 1935. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Hitch ran his own business, first as a sole worker and later with hired employees to assist in the execution of work.
IMHO it should be merged with Gudgeon and called maybe Gudgeon and pintle. Abtract 22:31, 3 May 2008 (UTC) Own a pintle hitch photo to add to this article. Do not know the proper procedure to add said photo. Would a senior editor please [sic] kindergarten me through the process to add my