Thread: Mitch hitch height?

Originally Posted by Ean Austral

600mm are you sure , my car must be at access height , that seems very high just sitting here looking at the back of the car

cheers Ean

That does seem a lot. ~2 feet in the old scale. Hmmm. That would mean I need around a 6"/150mm drop...

Originally Posted by DiscoClax

That does seem a lot. ~2 feet in the old scale. Hmmm. That would mean I need around a 6"/150mm drop...

i don't have a tape measure with me but using 2x 300mm cable ties I reckon to the bottom of my tow hitch on the camper is approx 500mm . Am guessing between 450 - 480mm would be where mine would sit .

will confirm if I need to recalibrate the suspension and what the measurement is when I get home on Tuesday .

Cheers Ean

Originally Posted by Ean Austral

i don't have a tape measure with me but using 2x 300mm cable ties I reckon to the bottom of my tow hitch on the camper is approx 500mm . Am guessing between 450 - 480mm would be where mine would sit .

will confirm if I need to recalibrate the suspension and what the measurement is when I get home on Tuesday .

Cheers Ean

Ah cable ties, is there anything they can't be used for?! No hurry, no dramas. Enjoy your holiday and stop thinking about hitch heights

Just measured mu Mitch Hitch height on my RRS with 255/60R18 tyres (worn) at onroad height - is 565mm from the ground to the center of the reciever.

I use a standard tow bar insert and have never needed an adjustable one - my box trailer (with Haflinger in it) and camper tow perfectly level. Also towed a friends 8x5 dual axle tradies trailer with the Haflinger in it and is perfectly level.

So I would test it first to check how a standard insert works before spending good money on an adjustable one you may not need.

Garry

Thanks Garry. Just confirming that was at OFFROAD height you measured that? So Normal height is about 40-50mm lower off the top of my head?

Originally Posted by DiscoClax

Thanks Garry. Just confirming that was at OFFROAD height you measured that? So Normal height is about 40-50mm lower off the top of my head?

Sorry no - doh typo - no was at onroad height - silly me.

Originally Posted by garrycol

Sorry no - doh typo - no was at onroad height - silly me.

And now that you've edited your post, I look like I can't comprehend simple English

I'm not going to get too hung up on it because my trailers are all single-axle and about the same height anyway. And I've towed them at different times with significant nose down and nose up attitudes behind various different vehicles and never seen an issue. From all reports the D3/4 and RRS are pretty awesome towing rigs anyway. I was really just trying to get a feel for where the ball would sit, and to get a drop mount that would put the ball in the range of most 'normal' trailers so hiring/borrowing/obtaining another trailer would be without any added attitude issues.

Garry, you mention you run a 'standard' tongue. By that do you mean a fairly common 2" drop tongue (where the top of the ball-mount face is about level with the bottom of the square receiver hole)?

Interesting that when I calculate the height (allowing for tyre size differences) LoanRangie's comes up significantly higher than Garry's. Like 1-1/4" higher. I would have thought that, by design, these should all come up to the same height given the air suspension and self-levelling, etc? It'll be interesting to see where Ean's comes in...

As Tombie (aka Kill-Joy) suggested, and given the variation reported, I may just need to wait until I get the vehicle and measure the recovery point on it specifically to work out what'll work. Darn it

Aww. I didn’t want to spoil your excitement.

When does the new toy arrive?