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 Tuesday at 06:20 PM 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.

[routlaw]

Perhaps some of you will find this rather long video on the MDC line of Australian off road campers interesting. The attention to and level of detail this company goes to is off the charts. 

 

[jd1923]

Back to the subject re the articulating hitch. Don't think we need one, even though I likely tow up and down more steep, angled and rutted dirt roads than many of you would dare!

I feel safe with our upgraded 2 5/16" ball and Bulldog receiver. For those of you who want to learn more about hitches, check this out. Love this guy Tom Morton! He's the one who reviewed and installed both Turbro and Chill Cube A/C units in their RV. Quite a studied and capable young engineer. I searched for keyword 'hitch' on their website and got 6 hitch related articles. At bottom is one re the articulating hitch. 😎

https://www.mortonsonthemove.com/?s=hitch

[routlaw]

I would take this new hitch from Morryde over the Bulldog hitch hands down. Not sure this guy provides the best demonstration but it gets the point across. 

[FloraFauna]

On 4/1/2026 at 3:31 PM, jd1923 said:

Love this guy Tom Morton!

The Morton's almost lured me into going the truck camper route with their "Go North" series and Lance truck camper back during the pandemic.  Then I came to my senses and realized that the Elite II was by far a better solution for our needs rather than lugging all of that weight on a truck chassis.  But yes, I love watching their travels/videos. I think they are some of the best on the topic.