treg coupling

Steve, Easy, Just line up the poly block and the u shaped tongue and slide together, drop the pin in,, They are much quieter than a ball coupling.. Michael

We have a treg on our van, the truck is fitted with a reversing camera and can back the truck to the van and hook up by myself, no problems.
Used to have a Cub Camper with a Treg and at that stage didn't have r/camera, but you get to know how far you can reverse to the camper, then its just a matter of a bit of push, or shove till the fittings meet.
Worst part is making sure the camper hitch is the same height as the draw bar.
Good luck with it.
Cheers
Baz

Hi Escarby, your van may have been a special order, our Tvan and every other one I have seen have the AT 35 hitch, but I have heard of Hire ones with Tregs and Hydraulic brakes, if you have hydraulic brakes it may have an ex hire unit, hitching either type of hitch up is easy on any ground with a pneumatic tyre ratchet type drive jockey wheel,easy peasy. Cheers Kanga1

With the treg on my Aussie Swag, I try and put the vehicle beside the treg. Then it is just a matter of adjust hieght till correct and a sideways shove with the leg while I slide the pin in.

Make sure the cotter pin is flat and not caught up. After putting the pin through the pin I rotate it until it sits flat and free.

The hitch works fine.

Alan

Been using the poly block & pin Treg (or the same system by Trigg) for about 10 years - a very robust system and well worth having - quite used to happily hitching up (and my dickie back won't stand any heavy mucking about). When hitching up, if the ground is not even enough to push the trailer forward or back a little, we just make sure that we park the tow bar's yoke right alongside the trailer's poly block - it's usually quite easy to push the trailer's hitch sideways with a knee while adjusting the height with the jockey - works for us.

As advised above, get the vehicle position approximately right, set the height exactly with the jockey wheel, then rock the trailer to line it up for the pin to drop in (actually needs a bit of lubrication and a quick push down). I always put the jockey wheel down onto a wooden board when setting up and also align the wheel at right angles to the normal position. This makes it easy to rock the trailer sideways when hitching up later. Maco wheel doesn't work on our camper when on a slope. It just slips and skids. Better off with a solid rubber standard jockey wheel and a bit of pushing and shoving. (Plus a few choice adjectives)

Kingo

G`day Steve,
I have an AT35 coupling on my c/van which is about the same to line up as the Treg.
I have added a small piece of poly dripper tube to the end of the top section of an old thin fibre glass fishing rod about 1mtr long.
I jamb the poly end of the rod into the coupling so that it is standing vertical and in the center of the coupling.
I also have a small piece of insulation tape stuck to the inside of the rear window on the s/wagon dead center sideways.
When reversing toward the van I line up the center of the inside rear vision mirror, with the dot of tape on the rear window, with the rod standing vertical from the coupling and another dot of tape on the front and in the middle of the van.
Moving backwards very slowly, with everything lined up, to just touch the coupling, then move forward a smidge, hop out and adjust the van to the correct height, hop in and move back gently . You will get the holes in the coupling lined up pretty close and just a nudge this way or that and the pin will slide in.
I have done most of my caravanning on my own and I find this method of hitching up to be quite easy.

Cheers mate,

Scrubby.

One of the Camper Trailer web sites has a good idea for a reversing guide, assuming you can see out your back windscreen. You take an approx. 1.2-1.5 length of electical conduit or dowel, fit a screw or bolt stopper through it about 150mm from one end and then inert ithe short end through your poly block, such that 1.4m is standing vertical. Makes it a lot easier reversing to be adjacent to your block as described above. The conduit should fit into your pole locker.

I was reminded I need to make one when trying to hitch mine up today!

Thanx all for the responses. As I said I am new to the forum and will get better further up the track. the only problem I can see is if I am parked on soft ground. Thanx for the tip [ board under the jockey wheel and the pole at the back.] Get the electric brake fitted in the X Trail tomorrow at ARB. another $330 I have the feeling I should be a shareholder before I am finished setting up. I hope this set up is a one off. Thanx again