Mitch Hitch

So did these guys buy out the Mitch Hitch brand? Because how else can they claim that it supersedes the Mitchell Brothers product?

Just asking.

My understanding is that the rights have been passed to a wholesaler, from where places like British Offroad source them. I didn't catch the wholesaler's name.

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Originally Posted by Peteren

Not quite that easy Andrew, the hitch on our van is 640mm high. An inverted standard tongue comes nowhere near.
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You need something like this then.

http://intertradeholdings.com.au/mis...ll-mounts.html

Will give you up to 16cm of rise.

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Originally Posted by Peteren

Not quite that easy Andrew, the hitch on our van is 640mm high. An inverted standard tongue comes nowhere near.
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When I was using the standard hitch I used a Rapid hitch to level things out. I still use the Rapid Hitch with the Mitch Hitch

Titan Trailer Brakes - Rapid Hitch

Always liked the Rapid Hitch, but its a shame they don't do one with a flat plate with a mounting hole in it so those who don't use a old school tow ball can fit a different type of hitch.

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Originally Posted by TerryO

Always liked the Rapid Hitch, but its a shame they don't do one with a flat plate with a mounting hole in it so those who don't use a old school tow ball can fit a different type of hitch.

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Joe at McHitch made an Adapter for my Rapid Hitch so I could use the McHitch Uniglide coupling.

McHitch.com.au - Uniglide Trailer Coupling

Thanks for that Mowog. I am also looking at getting one of the Uniglide couplings as well, beats the hell out of the Trigg we have at present.

Looked at lots of high rise hitches but found that they all put the tow ball outside of the very narrow limitations set by LR


Can see why they have done this, if the tow ball is too high or too low in relation to the standard LR receiver then the leverage acting on the receiver will be outside it design parameters and it is likely to fail


Have ordered the "new" Mitch Hitch which is now AS tested and it places the tow ball in exactly the right place for my van

The new "Mitch Hitch" arrived today, interestingly the bushes that go in the tow eye are solid steel




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Originally Posted by Peteren

The new "Mitch Hitch" arrived today, interestingly the bushes that go in the tow eye are solid steel




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That's interesting. How do they suggest you put them in ? The old nylon setup was hard enough.