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    Quote Originally Posted by garrycol View Post
    To tow that van with using the standard LR hitch what changes would you suggest.

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    The standard hitch is not a good design, D4 version is better than the D3 plough but the load on the hitch is down at an angle.
    Effectively the same motion as putting a piece of steel in a vice and bending it back and forth to break it..
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift View Post
    a pic of the van would Gaz,,
    There you go.

    It is not a huge van my mate is towing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Briar View Post
    Has anyone else had experience with this.
    I have been looking for the one other example I have seen of a very similar failure but can't find it sorry.

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    He won’t have any more problems with the new set up.

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    I have a DO35 hitch and pin for my van. The pin is directly over the hole on the tongue. If you look at that picture where the van connects to the tow hitch it looks about 10cms further out (ie further back) than the tow ball hole on the tongue. I think thats what a number of people are trying to say in regards to the extra leverage.
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    Isn’t the pivot point on the McHitch the middle of that universal? That puts it a fair way back.

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    Quote Originally Posted by disco4now View Post
    Isn’t the pivot point on the McHitch the middle of that universal? That puts it a fair way back.
    Not any further than the standard hitch just a different angle, plus its mounting system is far better.
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    I just measured from that lug where the standard D4 hitch receiver plugs into the chassis ie where it broke and it’s 17.5 cm to centre of the towball hole on standard D4 tongue. The D035 puts the weight and pivot right there. If the McHitch has it out another 10cm it does make some difference to angular force applied to where it broke. I have towed with D035 hitch on 3500kg van and standard D4 setup for 60,000km over 8 years, cape York, Savannah’s way, Gibb river. I have no argument that Mitch Hitch does the job. Maybe some questions with the McHitch and the standard D4 setup. Who is using that combination?

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    Snapped Hitch Receiver

    Quote Originally Posted by Konradical View Post
    May be why LR specify a max off road towing of 1000kg. Saying that though, even my '89 RRC states that in the operator's manual.
    For the D4? Doesn’t seem to be specified anywhere in my owners manual.

    When I got my Mitch hitch, I had the bar shortened and redrilled to position the pin/towball as close to the receiver as possible. I figured that minimises the levering moment...

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