From: Charlie (seacoastsurplus@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Wed Aug 28 2002 - 18:22:21 PDT
It's NOT for a duece, And not a standard Military Vehicle Towbar
I've seen, and had them before and always figured they're for
some specialized trailer, maybe air force, maybe something for flight line
At 09:09 PM 8/28/02, you wrote:
>Re: FS Duece tow bars? Looks like a giant "A", works with a pintle hook...
>I have pics here.
>
>Hi gang,
>
>I sent pics out to those who just asked. I am guessing the total weight to
>be around 50 lbs., shipping is from my zip 95926, this is to get a rough
>idea what shipping would cost.
>
> From the "tow eye" center to the first pivot place on the tow bar is about
>36 inches, then it has a pivot point and another curved piece of maybe 40
>inches total length. The curved section has a hitch with a drop pin and
>secures to the bumper. See pics to make sense of this.
>
>This is new tow bar set, painted CARC, tubular steel mostly with two flat
>steel pieces that I think bolt together? I don't exactly how it hooks up
>exactly, you just gotta look at the pics and maybe you can figure it out.
>
>This is a pretty heavy duty tow bar setup, but I really don't know what
>application it was designed for, we just guessed it was for a deuce, but
>maybe knows for sure? Any info would be appreciated.
>
>I'm looking for an offer, probably something around $60-65 sounds right, I
>dunno... but, I got about 10 people asking for pics so if you want it, I
>wouldn't wait too long to make me an offer. The gov. tag on this said they
>(er make that the taxpayers) paid over $500, but then you know how this
>goes, just FYI.
>
>Jack
>
>
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