<html> <body> Terry - I must have missed something.  Can you re-explain WHY you are installing vertical hitch pins?  Are you creating your own "accu-just" arrangement? David Skolnik At 03:38 PM 6/21/2005 -0400, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">I'm about to drill a plate for vertical hitch pins. On the few plate I've done this to, I've always had enough fore-and-aft room in the hitch pin area to place the new hitch pin at a desirable location, and not be real close to the original hitch pin. Unfortunately, on the plate I need to drill, the hitch pin area is relatively narrow and I can't go very far fore or aft with the new location. I can only assume that the original steel pin is a lot harder than the cast iron and I must avoid hitting it. Agree? Any general advice on placing the new hitch pins in a situation like this from those who have crossed this bridge (or rather hitch pin area) before?   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</blockquote></body> </html>