Upgrade to Mitch Hitch or stick with standard D4 hitch

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Originally Posted by bremund

They don't have them [bighmmm]

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The manufacturer doesn't have any ?

Sold out according to the site, and for what they charge that is astounding, the same / very similar product for $200 less.
Now that I have mentioned that, is there any difference in quality or product to justify the price?

Im building a trailer camper currently. I looked at those Hitches yesterday actually.
Cant get that pic out of my head where one is snapped. A member here posted it.
And looking at the quality of the welds on the units i looked at i was not happy at all with them.
I plan to go the traditional route.

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Originally Posted by DAMINK

Im building a trailer camper currently. I looked at those Hitches yesterday actually.
Cant get that pic out of my head where one is snapped. A member here posted it.
And looking at the quality of the welds on the units i looked at i was not happy at all with them.
I plan to go the traditional route.

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So which one had broken? A Mitch Hitch or the copy? I did see the photo of the standard hitch that had broken, personally I think it had been belted on to many rocks...

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Originally Posted by loanrangie

The manufacturer doesn't have any ?

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Originally Posted by discomatt69

Sold out according to the site, and for what they charge that is astounding, the same / very similar product for $200 less.
Now that I have mentioned that, is there any difference in quality or product to justify the price?

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They have sold out, but are manufacturing more.

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Originally Posted by discomatt69

So which one had broken? A Mitch Hitch or the copy? I did see the photo of the standard hitch that had broken, personally I think it had been belted on to many rocks...

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Exactly - never heard of a Mitchell Bros tow bar breaking - as usual Damink does tend to get confused - the pic he is referring to is a D3 OEM hitch which he replaced with a Mitchell Bros tow bar.

Never heard anything negative about the Mitchell Bros tow bar - if fact nothing but praise.

The other thing is that the Mitchell Bros tow bar is Aust Certified and carries the label - does the cheap versions? Where are the cheap ones made?

Garry

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Originally Posted by garrycol

as usual Damink does tend to get confused

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Be careful he will spit the dummy again hahaha just having a play with him!

4wd industries and British off road do them for less than 600, both have ADR compliance and rated 3500 tow weight and 350 ball weight

They look like a knock off of the Mitchell Bros tow bar - Mitchell Bros do all the design work and then someone else takes that design - modifies it slightly without having to do the R&D.

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Originally Posted by garrycol

They look like a knock off of the Mitchell Bros tow bar - Mitchell Bros do all the design work and then someone else takes that design - modifies it slightly without having to do the R&D.

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That’s why there is a patent system to allow inventors to cash in for a period until the patent expires and to protect them. If it’s not worth applying for a patent then the potential value of the item isn’t of great significance in the scheme of things. I don’t deny there are costs associated but those should be outweighed by the monopoly gained.