<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry = Farrell</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>