Tregg Hitch Maintenance

Next time you're buy WD.... try Lanox... made by Inox but has Lanolin in it.... very good longevity!

crc make "longlife" almost? as good as inox but Lanox is excellent

correction...it is a good hitch...a great hitch is an Orac ;-)

Twinkles and anyone else who is interested,

The trouble with lining up my hitch with the Coromal Camper (1200KG plus load) is that if I manage to get it within a bull's roar, my assistant has to then wind the jockey wheel up and down to get the appraoch angle just right so that the last few inches of reverse will allow the wobbly block to enter between the limits of the fixed portion. If I am real lucky it does go in and then wifey has to wriggle the draw bar back and forth until she can force the pin in. She does a mighty job most of the time.

If we are on sloping ground and I set the handbrake, the Patrol always rolls about 30-40 MM or so when I take my foot off the brake. I then go around to the back of the vehicle and struggle with the handbrake and try to let the van roll into the hitch. Hopefully I have remembered to remove the chocks on the van wheels so that it can roll in.

Does any one else have a better method?

Kings

G'day Kingsley,

I found that when we changed roles (the bride driving and me at the pin) seems to work better - no, not because she is a better driver but because I can give better directions! We now have finnessed this to a simple operation by telling her left and right isn't full lock at the last minute and defining a hand signal for very slow. I can line up the block and have her back it up so it all lines up. I'm bent over at the pin with only a hand showing in in the rear view mirror.

Kind regards

Kingsley,
We have a Coromal with a Treg hitch. We don't have many dramas hooking up because we bought one of them AL-KO single jockey wheels with the ratchet mechanism. Get the CT within a foot of the hitch, then effortlessly ratchet the thing up to the hitch.....

It makes just about every task easier, including levelling on site.

As for lubes, apart from the grease nipple, I apply a sparing amount of grease to the pin. The urethane block looks like it has a brass bush or similar in it.

I back up pretty close to the side of the block. I don't usually have much trouble backing and lining it up. Get out, wind it up to line it up and push it sideways into the slot, drop the pin in. I do it by myself. My camper weighs about 700kg + whatever I have loaded into it. I drive a Hilux, no canopy, and a Bushranger CT with a hard floor. I have a large Alko wind up jockey wheel.

Brew,

We have found that it helps considerably when having alignment problems (described above)

Kings

G'day KingsleyN,

Thanks, it took a few lessons for her to get it righ but it was worth the investment! This approach really pays off when we are bush/beach camping and the jockey is as good as bogged (read absolutely no chance of moving trailer). I now trust her to be able to crawl slowely onto the block as I manouver the block angle and height. The first couple of times were a bit of a worry as there were serious concerns about getting crushed.

Kind regards

Beatit ,you might like to try the system we use when on the sand with the jockey wheel almost imoveable ,we take the hitch out of the reciever and fit to the c/t then reverse up ,this way allows up/down and side to side movement ,seems easier for us as only need to get the hitch a fraction into the reciever for it all to line up.

Not a bad idea either as I guess there is more tolerance in the hitch receiver on the tow bar. I will keep it in mind - but I have succesfully trained the bride (wow, did I really say that?) to reverse with precision.

Kind regards