I don't want to question the integrity of the two companies (retailer and wholesaler) Jeepers has been dealing with BUT I can't come up with an explanation of how a retailer that thought they were selling quality, oz made couplings supplied by a wholesaler who also thought they were selling quality, oz made couplings managed to get the poor quality copy into their inventory. The only way I can picture this happening is if they (either the retailer or the wholesaler, or both) sold a full separate range of the knock offs and managed to "cross contaminate" the product delivered to the customer. I can't imagine they would have a single "knock off" just floating around that found it's way onto Jeepers trailer by mistake.
I am happy to have my thoughts disproven because I don't wont to muddy Jeeper's suppliers names, they appear to have looked after him really good, something which should be applauded even though must of us would like to think it should be the norm.
Peter H
Lets see....
Jeepers goes in to workshop and orders a TREG hitch.
Workshop orders in a TREG hitch from a wholesaler who sells lots of different hitches.
Person working at wholesaler picks up wrong hitch from shelf and sends it to the workshop.
Workshop has hitch arrive and office girl tells workshop foreman or mechanic the part is here.
Workshop mechanic goes into office to get hitch for Jeepers camper trailer and fits hitch.
Jeepers, because at this point wouldn't know a TREG from an Easter Egg, pays the account and heads off to go camping.
How easy is that.
Sure, it is a series of blunders and maybe the workshop should've picked up on the fact they had the wrong hitch.. maybe not.
But the main thing is, it was sorted and sorted quickly and i'm now a happy camper.
Congrates to those who are changing hitches too.
As far as the 1 in 2000 failure thought, it could be even more, like 1 in 10,000... who knows.. not me, thats for sure.
But i cant help but think, if one was welded so poorly, there has be others.
If you about to jump out of a plane in a parachute and you got told it was made by the same place that made my dud hitch,
Would you still jump?
If your answer is yes, then don't change your hitch.
If you wouldn't jump, than get a new hitch.
If we get to the national meet later this year, we'll be the folks with the new shiney gold TREG hitch with a trailer still connected to it.
