Hitch Pin Plate Drilling

[Ron Nossaman]

>  
> I could go immediately aft of the originals, but that would put all pins 
> in one line - although the originals held up for 100 years in that 
> array. Should I just do that and not worry about it?
>  
> Terry Farrell

I'd probably punch out every other pin, drill the resulting holes 
out for the vertical hitch, and go just aft of the ones you left in 
and ground off, and make new holes for the rest. That'll lessen the 
leverage along the "break here" perf.

Ron N