Coupling The Camper
4x4 Magazine Australia|March 2019

We Take To The Tools To Test Al-ko’s Latest Off-road Hitch.

Mark Allen
Coupling The Camper

AL-KO has jumped into the off-road pin-hitch market by attempting to roll all the market-leading features into one fast, easy, safe and affordable off-road hitch, and after a few spanner spins I was ready to test it out.

The four-holed bolt pattern is industry standard, making for an easy retrofit. There are a couple of different handbrake systems, of which I stuck with the old-style ratchet lever instead of the newer push-button style. Everything lined up, with little to do other than redo the four bolts and reattach the handbrake. Apart from an initial few pumps of grease into the main shaft, the integrated maintenance-free dust seals ensure there is no ongoing maintenance.

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