Anyone tried to mod the Oliver with an articulating hitch?

[routlaw]

Would love to do this myself, just curious if any one else has tried this. There are a number of YouTube videos illustrating the many variations on the market but not sure most of them would work on the Oliver. ROA Off Road has produced a number of these videos and keeps the products in stock apparently. 

Any thoughts?

thanks

 

[topgun2]

I seem to remember that Overland did something to his hitch on Snowball.

Unfortunately, Overland has not been here on the Forum for quite some time.  Perhaps a PM to him would get a response.

Good luck!

Bill 

[routlaw]

Thanks Bill. Likewise I tend to come and go depending on the seasons. Hopefully he is ok. I will look into it.

[mossemi]

@routlaw  This link will take you to a post from @Raspy, who was the US distributor for McHITCH!  It is the articulating hitch that Overland installed on his LE2.

Mossey

[routlaw]

Thanks @mossemi read through the entire post. I remember raspy from the early days of the forum and recall him going another route but did not know he was the Mchitch distributor. Watched an excellent video from one of the guys at ROA Off Road in Utah describing the various articulating hitches. The best one I've seen yet is a new one on the market, American made and engineered by the folks at Pause travel trailers that incorporate a ball hitch. Massive heavy duty thing too but see no way to use it on an Oliver without massive mods to the Oliver frame.

I wish Oliver had gone the route of an articulating hitch and independent suspension. 

[Mike and Carol]

4 hours ago, routlaw said:

Thanks @mossemi read through the entire post. I remember raspy from the early days of the forum and recall him going another route but did not know he was the Mchitch distributor.

He initially went to a Black Series HQ19, we saw it at Quartzsite just after he got it.  He’s since moved on to other Australian trailers.  He hasn’t been on the forum in a while but does answer PM’s.  Mike

Edited 1 hour ago by Mike and Carol

[routlaw]

I have to admit the Black Series are not the most attractive campers out there but they do appear to be rugged. Thanks for the info.