Well boys and girls......
The trailer is home again with a gen-ewe-ine TREG hitch.
Its got TREG stamped on both main parts, on the poly blog and has the sticker as well and looks way better than what i had.
The workshop had a turn around time of 25 hours from when the trailer arrived to when i was informed it was finished.
They offered to deliver, but i said i'd go and get it, as they'd done a great job and i didn't want to be seen to be hanging them out to dry.
The old one is on its way back to the wholesaler for them to deal with.
So, 10 out of 10 to TREG for the assistance and info.
Also, 10 out of 10 to Cooloola New Age Mechanical in Gympie for getting everything sorted as fast as they did. They were an innocent party like myself to a wrongly supplied hitch.
Now, i'm gunna give myself 10 out of 10 too, because i proved to myself, if you think before running off half cocked, you get way further in this sort of situation.
The only down side is, i wonder how many imported trailers "COULD" have hitch's fitted that are no better than what i had?
Makes ya think huh.