Trailer hitches

Check out the Orac coupling. That's what my mate's got on the trailer he took to the cape. There is a trailer place just before Bay Marine in Chelsea that sell all the components u need to build a trailer and that's where people like O'briens would source thier parts from.

Leroy

Truckster,
The Ultimate has a Treg which is bloody good.
I've also got an 8x5 tandem trailer which had a ball coupling. I chucked that and got another one (same as a TREG, but not....if you get my drift) so I don't have to frig about changing from a ball to a treg hitch whenever I need to tow a different trailer etc.
The normal ball system can break off if the departure angle is too much for it when you're off the beaten track.
As for the trailers themselves.........NFI ...sorry to say

Ive put about 35,000k under my camper off road with a Treg never had a problem. Ive put about 200 under the old 7x4 box and broken 1 ball type coupling and bent the draw bar with teh replacement.

Go the Treg.

Duncs

IMHO, only one word in trailer couplings these days (for on-road or off)...
HYLAND !! Check it out.... Makes the Treg (& similar) obsolete, IMO...
I'm about 5000 K's from home right now, so don't have contact details to hand, but any good trailer manufacturer should be able to source these...

Regards, Ed. C.

Go the Treg or similar.I have a Treg on the camper and has been great for about 50000 k road and rough bushwork.Seen a few ball types come adrift on steep exits.

Hi Truckster

I like the Orac Hitch for serious off roading as the Hitch can swivel unrestricted 90 degrees either way past level. The Treg Hitch is good for 23 degrees, and a normal ball coupling is good for about 15 degrees.

Cheers Cruisin

Hey Truckster, just spent all day yesterday photographing a Kimberley Kamper that had a Treg on it. Got it into some pretty difficult situations (to show it off) and it was sweet.

Cheers

I will have a Treg on my new camper ....had a Trigg on the old one (Trigg is cast - Treg is forged and welded....both seem excellent. Maybe Hyland is good - dunno - but if you lob with a Treg you have donky's years of experience from an SA company with a big reputation to protect - would be surprised if you could get anything more reliable....possibly, other designs may have attractions though. I notice that a trailer security accessories industry is gearing up....lots of clamps and locks emerging now.....saw a Hayman Reece towbar pin lock the other day.....replaces the original pin and has a barrel lock on the end....there are a number of Treg pin locks too...Talon have a system. I rang Treg and the bloke there said "a lot of expensive gadgets !....just drill out the clip hole on the end of the pin and put a chunky long shank padlock on it". This last option would get a lot of dirt in the lock - need to wrap it in a small plastic bag methinks.

Maybe there's Trigg's and Triggs....the Trigg I had was a poly block .... may be cast but was a fully articulating set up....whatever...Treg next....I'm happy.

I have an Orac on my trailer, the ultimate in articulation.
John

Treg is the most common hitch used for off-road as it does everything most folk need, but the ORAC is the bees-knees.

Trigg here.
No probs so far.