VAIL Products Now Shipping with the VAIL Universal Hitch

Kansas City, KS, November 23, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Vail Products announces that its’ world renowned line of attachments are now shipping with a 100% Bolt-on Universal Hitch. The Vail Products Universal Hitch allows a hitch to be added at anytime during the attachment’s lifecycle, eliminates the need for welding, and enables a hitch to be installed/uninstalled in mere minutes. Dealers can now stock hitch options for themselves and the end-user convenience. All ripper toolbars are built with the Universal Hitch plate - eliminating the need to stock additional rippers with and without hitch options.

High-strength steel along with best-in-class manufacturing makes the Vail Products line of severe-duty attachments the easiest to handle and toughest
in the industry. Add the Vail Products to your line of severe-duty attachments and expand your versatility and enhance your productivity.

Vail Products (a division of Hammersmith Mfg. & Sales Inc.) is the leading manufacturer of aftermarket Severe Duty Ripper Systems. This includes a full line of hydraulically operated, rear-mounted parallel rippers for crawler dozers and loaders; ripper/scarifiers (front, center, rear) for motor graders; pivotal backup rippers for dozers and loaders; and the Rip-N-Pin, a patented, rear-mounted bucket attachment with a pivotal shank design that adds ripper versatility to backhoe and excavator buckets without the need for changeover. Vail Products also offers a line of Grubbers for brush removal, and a Stump Shear for stump splitting and wood debris downsizing. Vail Products are designed for strength and durability to fit any subsoil condition, and are marketed exclusively through a nationwide network of over 1,000 O.E.M. and used equipment dealers.

For more information concerning Vail Products please contact (Press & General Public):

Scott Pagenkopf
Product Marketing Manager
VAIL Products
800-375-8245
spagenkopf@hammersmithmfg.com
www.vailproducts.com
info@vailproducts.com

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