After looking at the stock hitch mount, I was under the impression that the stock location if for the mounting of pintle hook rigs which makes a lot of sense in the 3rd world places where these monty's were sold. Given the extreme angles and articulation required when traversing what passes for a 'road' in places like Indonesia etc. a "US" type trailer mount would bind up something awful whereas the pintle/ring setup is hell for strong and allows tons of articulation.

The question has to be then, why is everyone slapping below-the- bumper receiver hitches on these things? Is it because the hitch height is too high for what you are pulling?


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