hitches

I have a m416 willys jeep of road trailer like to do the desert tracks then cape york also the cannning

gbc, the McHitch Autocoupler is not a ball type coupler, you only need to wind up or down to take the weight off the coupler in order to disconnect. This is generally a lot less than with a ball coupler. Same with a Tregg type coupler. I have used ball type, Tregg and McHitch Autocoupler, I would go with the McHitch Autocoupler.
Macca.

x2 for the DO35 - brilliant hitch.
I've had one for our previous TVan and now for our Aust OffRoad Eclipse.
The DO35 has fantastic articulation and it's very easy to hook up and disconnect.
Even met one bloke who had dropped his TVan down a big hole on the side of a track, and the van did a 360 degree roll but remained attached to his tow vehicle by the DO35 (portable toilet punched out a window in the van though - yuk!!)

Wildmax, the DO35 is on my AOR Quantum 4. Love it!!

I've got a Mchitch Autocoupler and are now looking at replacing it with a DO35. my van is 3t and the Autocoupler is a pain to uncouple, unless you get it perfect it jams. hooking up sorta ok ( should of gone DO35 in first place )

Cheers bass

I've gone from the DO35 that was on the caravan when we bought it, to a 6 tonne McHitch Auto (which was better but still could be a pain to uncouple if the height wasn't spot-on)....

....and now I've recently upgraded to the Rolls Royce of hitches (if price is anything to go by!!!).... Hitch Ezy. It's rated at 5 tonnes and is beautifully made with no additional pins needed to finalise the set-up.

I haven't been out and about with it yet...but initial trial coupling/uncoupling seems to indicate it will be better than either the DO35 or the McHitch Auto.

Roachie

Cannot understand why you guys are having trouble uncoupling an Autocoupler.

On first installation and coupled up, lower the van jockeywheel until it just starts to take weight. Then while watching the hitch, continue to wind the jokey wheel down until you see the slightest movement in the coupling which indicates load is coming off the coupling.

While doing that count the number of turns on the jockey wheel handle. For me it's six. For you it will be different.

It never changes. Whenever I uncouple I wind the jockey down until it starts to take load, then six more turns to unload the coupling, then drive away. Works every time. So simple.

Cheers

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