Just a couple of Trailer/Towing questions.....

[Cali-Disco]

I will be taking delivery of a Fleetwood Evolution E3 in a couple of weeks so hoping someone here can help.

First, I was wondering if anyone has noticed that the receiver hitch opening on the Discovery (mine being a 2004) is about a 16th of an inch (maybe more) too big. Sorry it is just a pet peeve of mine but for the past year I have been towing a little utility trailer around and the thing is noisy as hell, when you hit a bump it yanks all over the place, even worse when there is no load - The thing sounds like it is falling apart. I have towed many times before but never dealt with a problem like this. I have tried my ball/hitch slider on most of my friends receivers (non LR) and it seems to fit nice and snug on theirs. I have also taken my Disco to a trailer supply store and they also told me it had way too much play, not good for towing a 4000lb trailer. Does anyone know if I need to by the one from Land Rover, you know the one with the nice carrying case for $125 +, if I want it to fit right? For the time being I had a friend weld some 16th inch pieces of metal to the slider and now it fits more snug.

Second, Being that I was planning on getting a trailer last year, which I figured would have trailer brakes, I went ahead and bought the LR 7-pin wiring harness. Well I now found out that the LR 7 way (round-pin) is not what the trailers use, I need a 7 way (flat-pin). Is this some kind of British thing? I would really like to not have to splice into my wiring just to add on a receptacle with the flat pins. At that point I may as well just get rid of the LR one and attach an aftermarket one in it's place. I have also looked to see if they make something that would match the LR receptacle but on the trailer side.

Anyone have any thoughts on either of these rants.

Thanks

[Cali-Disco]

Ok, Well like they say "Necessity is the Art of Invention" or at least in my case "Necessity is getting your butt out of the chair and taking a look at the 7 way round pin to 4 way flat pin adapter you also bought from LR so you could tow your little utility trailer"...... Guess what I can take it apart and easily add it to the trailer side. I can't believe I actually (stupidly) took the effort to sit down and post a question such as this with out exhausting all the possibilities.

Well anyway, if anyone has any input regarding the (in my opinion) way too big opening of the hitch receiver I would still appreciate any input. Of course at this point I wonder if I may just be delusional. Well if it weren't for the fact that I have confirmation from others I would seriously consider it.

[wimp]

mine does same thing. It sucks!
maybe it is metric?
maybe they want you to buy their special sized hitch?
not sure.
eventually I am going to weld mine up with spacers or maybe just weld and grind to fit.

[Tracker]

same problem in oz.loose hitch no worries just run a weld on each side of tongue and file to fit.if it wears use hardfacing rods.i use 3 different height receivers and only the pommie one fits snug.