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Old 08-14-2016, 02:36 PM   #658 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
I know with tractors, the hitch is below the center-line so the front wheels are pressed into the ground instead of lifted.
I really don't see how the physics works for that. At least with the tractors I've driven, there really isn't much weight ON the hitch. Instead, it's a pulling force, horizontal instead of vertical. That would press the front wheels into the ground, but the geometry is at right angles to the loads on a typical automobile trailer.
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