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Depends what you call handy

If you are Handy with a couple of spanners you will do the job in 5 minutes

If you are totally spannerless you may spend all day at it !

the op did not want instructions

they asked how easy was it

Make sure the alko diameter that slides on your draw bar is the same, mine was'nt i had to purchase a sleeve to compensate for the difference

      cheers Stan

PDF of instructions.

http://www.al-ko.co.uk/edit/files/support/AKS1300Handbook.pdf

But basically as follows.

Remove front nut & bolt first. Remove rear nut only then using punch (i made one from an old bolt of the same diameter) drift the rear bolt out, as the bolt is drifted out with the punch the punch takes the bolts place and preserves the position of the front damper. The punch needs to be as long as the diameter of the drawbar. So if its 50mm punch needs to be 50mm. Fit any sleeves you might need to fit the draw bar diameter. You might not need any. Fit the alko 1300 to the draw bar. I fitted the front nut and bolt loosely first then fitted the rear bolt, this time drifting the punch out with the actual bolt which will align with the front damper. The other thing to remember is to fit the brackets for the hitchlock if they are included. These are held in place with the bolts.

Two other points always use new nylock nuts and tighten to the correct torque. I could not get a socket on the nuts due to the hitch lock brackets so used an allen key adapter in the torque wrench. Whole job took about 15mins.

Hope this helps