Off road trailer coupling

I am fairly sure that the Hyland offroad coupling incorporates a 50mm ball, but I am not sure as to your reasoning that it will be easier to use.
The Orac coupling is simple & easy to use.

Brett, I have an AT35 hitch made by Vehicle Components on my off road boat trailer. If you are going to do serious off roading, this hitch is one of the best( if not the best) available. It is different to a 50mm ball but is fully articulated. You can get them braked if required.

Have a hyland on our Kanga camper. Works well.

We too have recently fitted the AT35 to our caravan. We were replacing an older hitch with similar movement; ideal for sharp dips and crests. We have travelled on some tracks where a ball hitch would not have had sufficient movement. I have heard of someone with this type of hitch on a camper trailer having the trailer turn over full 360 degrees and right itself when they were in the NW. A ball hitch could have taken the car with it. Vehicle components also make a 'conical hitch', which is a ball type fitting. You can look at their website -

http://www.vehiclecomponents.com.au/content/contentdetails.asp

They sent it across to us by post i think (may have been by courier).

G'day Brett,

IMHO, they don't come any more "decent" than the Hyland coupling as far as off-road-ability is concerned (fully articulating fore-and-aft, & 360deg. lateral swivel), and AFAIK it's the only OFF-ROAD coupling that utilises the 50mm ball...

For more info, give Darren Hyland (the manufacturer) a call on (07) 3200 6261

Regards,
Ed. C.

I agree, Darren makes a good hitch and he is in Beenleigh. The beauty is you can keep your towball on your car and don't have to change anything if you want to tow another trailer. It does everything the others do but using the 50mm ball. Very smart setup.

Reiner

http://www.geocities.com/HYLAND_2000_couplers/ heres what a hyland looks like.

I started a site for him, but he never got back to me. This was the demo.

Good coupler, but bleep communicator.

Truckster, Darren told me he givs away some couplers which have little hairline cracks to some people , better have a good look at it...........ok I'm joking.

cheers
Reiner

For a summary of hitches look at

http://www.campertrailers.org/couplings.htm

found it useful when I was trying to work out the different models.

Seen Hyland hitch and looks good if you must stay with ball.

Ball couplings tend to be noisier than hitches like Treg.

Ted

Hi Brett
I have used a Treg coupling the past 10 plus yrs on all my trailers both on and off road they have never let me down have ample articulation in all directions the big advantage is there is no metal to metal contact with neoprene block, unlike a 50mm ball coupling great when travelling 1000's of corrugations
we have travelled in plenty of off road situations ie washaways, steep banks creek crossings, etc, never had a problem, I use them on a daily basis with my work trailer, Neoprene block wear rate is hardly noticable
just my experiance
Cheers
Barry

Thankyou all for your assistance.
What a teriffic web site this is ( have looked at it many times over the years,but never asked a question)
Thanks again
Brett