A hitch device for use with a pulling vehicle and a trailer, including a first
hitch arm and a second upwardly directed hitch arm. At a second end of the second
upwardly directed hitch arm is a joint allowing rotation about at least two axes.
The hitch device positions the joint a preselected vertical and horizontal distance
from the pulling vehicle and a hitch receiving structure connected thereto. The
hitch device may be used with a trailer having first and second diverters encouraging
the trailer to move about a tree or other shrub.
