Thread: Stock LR vs. Mitch Hitch vs. Ritter — which one’s better? Opinions please!

i have a mitch hitch and i like it.

Mitch hitch as well, what is the Ritter one ?

I’d first establish what height your trailer hitch sits at and see which of the last two best suit.

The stock hitch is a pain especially if you need to get to your spare tyre as the hitch is pretty hard against the tyre. The stock height even with the tongue flipped is to low for most offroad campers.

The Ritter is a new one for me looks ok, different approach.
Assume the height is adjustable?
Looking at it for my trailer it would be to low looking at the pics

I have a Mitch hitch and with the standard LR tongue it. Works perfect for me. Trackabout camper with an oz hitch.
My only issue is if I go to hire a stock trailer from a servo the hitch is to high. I have a separate adjustable drop tongue for this.

looking at pics of the ritter on, it looks like you cant put a recovery hitch in there.

The standard D4 hitch works fine for my Johnnos camper trailer. The trailer sits perfectly level. I have standard sized tyres so no real issues getting to the spare, and I can assure you, I’ve done it a lot of times (damn 19” tyres). Unless you simply want to spend money, get the trailer and then see how it lines up with the standard and go from there.

For my off-road camper the standard D4 hitch is pretty level assuming a flipped tongue and normal height suspension. Just a touch angled down. Most campers aren't all that heavy so a little bit of down angle on your ball wont kill you. It is very tight though with my slightly oversized tyres 265x65x17 and Ive not tried removal yet. It looks like it'll squeeze past millimetre perfect......maybe. But the position of the shackle mounts is bloddy retarded imo...hard to get to under there. I will probably gang up a second shackle to make life easier.

Admittedly if your towing an off-road caravan then the d4 hitch with a flipped tongue will probably be too low. Its too low for my olds off-road van I know that much. I understand that with the really heavy vans you need to pay more attention to getting it all very level.

Do what jeffster suggests. Line it up and see. Why pay 800+ for an ugly hitch if you don't need it.

Std D4 hitch with Trig Bros polyblock on a flipped up tongue works for me, our Jayco Outback spec camper tows perfectly level, spare removal is not affected at all, and the recovery eye is not blocked by the hitch.

I love the fact the std hitch can be completely removed and stored inside the car, with the cover on tidies up the rear of the car when not towing. Oh, and service the factory hitch receiver, especially the lock and the receiver opening in the car. I spray both with WD40 after a pressure wash at the end of every camping trip.

Originally Posted by Eric SDV6SE

Oh, and service the factory hitch receiver, especially the lock and the receiver opening in the car. I spray both with WD40 after a pressure wash at the end of every camping trip.

Just a tip. Ditch the WD40 and use their spray lube “dry” PTFE. Perfect for lubrication, but doesn’t attract dust.