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Front bumper pintle

Post by USAFpj » Thu May 03, 2018 11:00 am

Gents- This is the second Dodge I've seen that had a pintle attached in the front. Was this to help move artillery into place??

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Post by Frank USMC » Thu May 03, 2018 11:50 am

The ones I seen used on military trucks were used to move trailers around. Great for putting them in tight spots! with out backing.
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Post by Joe Gopan » Thu May 03, 2018 2:13 pm

We had them on Jeeps in the Aviation unit for parking our Bird Dogs, Beaver and H-23's.
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Re: Front bumper pintle

Post by ng19delta » Mon May 07, 2018 1:36 am

USAFpj wrote:
Thu May 03, 2018 11:00 am
Gents- This is the second Dodge I've seen that had a pintle attached in the front. Was this to help move artillery into place??

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That photo does not look quite period... Can't quite put my finger on it tho.

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Re: Front bumper pintle

Post by USAFpj » Mon May 07, 2018 2:11 am

Scott, they are indeed re-enactors, but I was just showing the pic as an example..


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