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SupporterBE VERY CAREFULL WITH THE HIGHLAND HITCH. You must use a special tow ball with a longer collar or there is a chance (many reported cases) that it will bind on the ball (there is nothing ensuring that the socket remains square to the tongue) and turn the ball undoing the nut underneath. Some are lucky to notice that the tow ball is loose when unhitching at the destination – some don’t make it....Originally Posted by Reads90
Here is the one we have on Out camper. Pretty cheap as they go and really good and fine. We used it to its full use, and can keep the normal tow hitch on the car
Even with the longer collar they wear the internal locking mechanism extremely quickly due to the same square alignment problem.
I personally think they are a brilliant idea and agree with the reasons above for wanting the Hyland hitch but I won’t use one.
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SupporterHi Kelvin
After reading your spring thread (quote from below) and I asume that this is the same trailer - I have to ask if you need an offroad hitch. A heavy duty 50mm ball and coupling is fine unless you require the articulation for serious off road tracks – and save $300...
just my 2c
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Master
If Hyland is used with a 50mm 3.5 tonne longer collared ball the problems Insisor mentions don't occur. There is a ball warning sticker on the hitch which people seem to ignore. This is a great hitch and has never let me down.
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Agreed
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the unscrewing the ball problem occurs way less often but does still occur esp with ball weights in excess of 90kg and the wear at the cup lips still occurs but again occurs more quickly the heavier the ball weight. and we wont mention the swivel housing problems...
not to mention that it also doesn't solve the problems with people using them incorrectly by using load levellers with them either....
nice idea i agree, but some people pay a big price for that little bit of convenience.
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figured it would be safest to fit one just incase i need/choose to drive down a track that need articulation
Master
Incisor is spot on BUT these are issues attached to incorrect fitting/setup and use of the Hyland. For instance I would not use a Hyland and go straight to a AT35 or Treg if hitch and draw bar heights were different and for extreme use the AT35 or pintel/hook. Weeds for your offraod use and multi vehicle needs the Hyland would be ideal.
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SupporterRegarding the "need" for an off road hitch, I too wonder at the requirement.
My boat trailer has been dragged behind the disco and now the 130 for the past 6 years over pretty much every road and track north of Cooktown. Not once has it suffered from being a standard 50mm ball hitch. The only thing that may be to its advantage is the axle is ~4m from the hitch such that articulation angles are less pronounced than on a short box trailer.
Maybe give it a go first and see how it behaves?
Steve
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yep good point.......might drag it out to a friends farm and see how it goes
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SubscriberI have what is called an American style off road hitch (I cant find another name for it), depending on the load rating of the trailer, I have found it to serve me well and is easy to hook up as well. I believe they are cheaper than a treg too.
Its a simple and effective design
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