Off Road Hitches

Rosco,

There is a small hand winchon the market, I think it is called a Tug-a-long or something like that name. It has a ratchet handle and a wire rope that runs through a set of pullies. Should be available from auto accessory shops. This should do the job

Wayne

Just do what I do , you line it up then get the missus to reverse it up while you align the height.

Rosco,

And here I was thinking that you, a salted veteran of four wheel driving, knew it all......oh dear.

Get yourself a tow hitch mirror. Connect to back of truck and angle it so that you can see your hitch in your rear vision mirror.

Use jockey wheel on camper to get correct height of hitch. You might have to get in and out of the truck a couple of times to get it to slide in properly. If you are in sand use low range gears.

Too easy!!

Cheers,

Lads

Thanks for your responses one and all, I'll address each in turn, if I may.... please bear with me in this regard.

Wayne...Thought about this, but the unit is about 500-600 long .... too big for the job.

Baz... Had one of those yonks ago when I had a Jayco "Off Road Van"...great for concrete and grass lawn, but useless in sand.
P.S. We'll have to touch base closer to the time...would be great to catch up on the track.

Bob and Lex...My Life Insurance doesn't go that far ... besides which I love her dearly ... but she's bloody hopeless in that regard .... tell her I said that and you're dead meat.

Rolande...On the money my boy.

Hedonist...See Rolande above.

Willem...Your first paragraph ... sans the comment after the pause, could argueably be praised by others far more sagacious than I, as the most cognitive statement you have made in quite some time......;-}

Your suggestion works a treat with a conventional towball, but...unless I've missed out somewhere ... which, based on my general trend, is the most likely scenario, I have found this method does not offer up the desired degree of accuracy to insert the mongrel pin ... without resorting to my initial prostetations regarding supreme physical exertion...of which my bank balance seems to be ever diminishing.

Back to Baz...Quite correct ... if you happen to be camping in the middle of Lake Eyre where it is not unreasonable to accept the suggestion by Herself that we find a nice level spot where we can not only align the axle with a contour, but also the longitudinal axis of the vehicle ... we are working in 3 dimensions here lads.

Oh well ......... back to Plan A. I think I've something worked out. If it works I may even consider retaining the services of a Patent Attorney....just think of all the trips I'll be able to afford ..... paid by my royalties from all you fortunate forumites.

G'day Rosco,
I have experienced the same problem a couple of times and have found that the best and easiest way to overcome it was to unbolt the receiver half of the Tregg hitch from the towbar, connect it to the trailer, raise the trailer higher and then reverse until the bolt of the hitch roughly corresponds with the hole in the towbar tongue and then lower into position - not much different to connecting up a ball coupling really. It saves a lot of stuffing around.

Diesel 1

Simple solution, chuck the bloody thing and buy a Hyland Hitch. Works the same as a Treg but is much easier to connect up with