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That's something that always get me with weather "reporters" at this time of year.

"The coldest day this year"!!!

Yeah well, the year starts off during summer, you see, which is hot, then, strangely enough, it cools down as we get towards the middle of the year, as winter approaches

So, every winter, you're going to have a "coldest day this year"!

The north of SA copped dust storms and the southern half copped rain, very pleased to have had 30mm over the last two days. 54mm total for the year now.
My mate lives near the Onkaparinga River in Pt Noarlunga and the combination of high tide, wind and rain saw  water flowing out of stormwater drains flooding nearby roads and parks.

How times have changed

You don't use magic to disappear, ya use a 4x4 & Swag.

Loved my Hyland Hitch... never an issue

We used a Treg hitch for 20 years, and like you, at times it needed a bit of effort to remove, but certainly doable.

Twice it was near impossible to get the pin out, the first due to the weird angle I had to back the trailer in on and then couldn't get all the weight off the pin. I ended up taking the pin out of the gooseneck and driving off. I then undid the Treg pin easily and replaced the tow hitch back in the receiver on the truck.

The second was after doing a couple of weeks on gravel roads without unhitching and found that fine gravel had fallen in around the pin making it very hard to remove. I ended up spraying WD40 down around the pin, let it sit for a while, then after removing the locking D clip, spun the pin around in a circular motion, listening to the grinding noises. I then rotated the hitch 180 degrees and gave the pin some love taps with a rubber mallet. It came out pretty easily, and then after a good wipe down, all was good. It did teach me to take the pin out every few days when camping off road and not unhitching, which I did by locking on the handbrake and just lifting out the pin, no effort at all.

I liked the Treg as a hitch although the new trailer runs a DO-35, which has it's own peculiarities.