Winterhoff Or Not

TheSnail
TheSnail Forum Participant Posts: 1
edited April 2012 in Caravans #1

My caravan is fitted with a Winterhoff hitch as standard.It is just 4 yrs old and since new I have always had much trouble unhitching if the car is not on the same level as the van. Am I alone with this problem ? Also, be advised that once hiched up if it
is at all not level and you DO lift up the hitch handle to move a trapped cable, it can release the lock and still lie back down. Last month I did this trick whilst I was leaving Beechwood Grange and as my Landcruiser went over the road hump,the Snail decided
she wasn't going(just like a show jumper) and pulled the breakaway cable on,snapped my hookup clip and flopped to the floor.No damage really,it beind twin axle and loaded correctly.But my,what a silly boy I felt looking back at it through rear view mirror....LoL