What fits?

 

I'm looking for a hitch for my '46. Can't seem to find one down here in Texas....

I might be able to piece one together.

 

 

I was forced to cut the hitch arms close to the crossmember (which I replaced). The "arms" have been welded also.

Now I am hoping to repair or replace the hitch.

 

 

 

 

What's a ballpark figure for one of these before shipping? 

 

My experience with mil trailers makes me think your M416 rides about where my M100 does. These trailers tend to be, at the lunette, quite a bit higher than a convential hitch, so you need to have the pintle at the correct height on the jeep bumper. I'd think that trying to somehow place a pintle hook down on the civvy tow bar would be putting it way too low. It would cause the lunette to ride poorly in the hook and too much pressure would be placed on the top/movable portion of the hook. Pintles derive their strength from having the lunette ride down on the lower fixed portion. It would look odd too.

 

I imagine you could probably mount a pintle in addition to the civvy draw bar, just use longer bolts to go through both the hitch and the pintle into the frame. But even if you mount the pintle in the normal position, you still might have trouble with a pintle as you make sharp turns- you could bring the trailer frame or landing leg right into your PTO set up. That cast iron casing would crack easily with that kind of force and leverage acting on it. Then again, it could clear it just fine

I have a pintle hook that fits in a reciever type hitch that I found at Tractor Supply.

So I just need to figure out how to attach a piece of 2" square tubing to the back of the Jeep, somewhere, at the correct height, that will miss the rear PTO .......