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Matt110



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Penman Hitch - who is the manufacturer?
Hi guys, could anyone with a penman trailer take a photo or obtain the details on the hitch it uses? i'd like to contact the manufacturer to see what they offer and whether it can be used in a project we are thinking of doing.
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Whirly90



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England 1993 Defender 90 300 Tdi HT Keswick Green

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I struggled to get a readable pic so in case you can’t read it the figures in the boxes starting from the top read -

Type - MH35
- 0580
- 02/006
- 25.05
- 300kg

I have no idea what any of those figures mean but I hope it helps


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Matt110



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Thanks very much for doing that in the rain, very much appreciated!
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blackwolf



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Just for info, I contact Bradley a year or two back trying to find out if they could supply a damper for an MH35 coupling, and they were astonishingly and totally unhelpful, and even denied ever making the MH35 coupling even after I sent them a photo of their own maker's marking on it. This happened not long after Bradley had been taken over by Al-Ko, and as far as I could tell all the people with intelligence had either left or been given the push.

It was a profoundly disappointing experience, and I wouldn't hold out much hope for anything useful from them.

Should you find anything useful (especially a source of replacement dampers) I would be interested to hear of it. In the meantime, if you want an MH35 coupling with a completely shot damper but otherwise OK, let me know, you can have it free of charge if you collect it or pay for postage.
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ARC99



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Blackwolf............All the staff that worked for Bradley's left or got P45's when Al-ko took it over, the current staff don't have a clue about the Bradley stuff and know little about the Al-Ko hitches. Don't make old people mad.
We don't like being old in the first place,
so it doesn't take much to Censored us off.

Richard
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blackwolf



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^^^ That was very definitely my impression. Very sad.

The take-over also marked the end of the excellent Dixon Bate Shocklink product.
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diesel_jim



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Old thread revival....

But I know someone with a modified (factory unit) Bradley Penman hitch which is fixed (as in, doesn't compress for the brakes)
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It came on his Penman so appears to be factory. I can get you his number if you're interested. He works just N of Worcester.
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