Andersen Aluminum Ultimate and RAM OEM puck

Searching_Ut wrote:

dfb wrote:

balesfam wrote:
I just returned from a 900 mile trip to the beach with my Andersen hitch in my short bed 2500 gmc.
The hitch worked great, no problems making tight turns, no chucking, very smooth. I am mad the dealer sold me a superglide hitch I didn't need. I was able to sell it and recoup most the cost. Easy to hook up at any angle, or uneven ground. When I got home it took five minutes to remove it by myself.
I don't have to drive around town with a 300 lb monster in the back of my truck.

You would be madder if someone sold you the Andersen Ultimate and the trailer hit your cab!! Two on here this has happened to. I now have a superglide and waiting for repairs to my new 70,000 truck!

The Andersen Hitch isn't advertised or sold as a slider, or means to prevent hitting the cab. It can be set up on certain 5ers to allow the trailer to be shifted aft approximately 8 inches, but as stated this isn't sufficient to allow a full 90 degrees. On some trailers such as mine, I can't utilize the extra length because the pin box is already extended so that it would hit the tailgate with the pin adapter set to the aft position. I don't have 8 inches of room. For the same reason I also can't use a slider.

Looking back over this thread I also checked out the photos of the gooseneck horse trailer accident, and remember that one well when it was on the local news. From all the photos/video I saw the hitch didn't fail. When the truck hit the bottom of the ravine, the trailer was still on a steep hill. The hitch articulated as much as it could, then the weight of the trailer buckled the truck frame. It bowed the frame of the truck into an L like shape. The ball/socket remained connected. Unfortunately, even with all the upgrades they have made to Ut hwy 6 over the years, head on crashes are still all to common. Those poor folks took the force of a head on crash followed by the trip into the ravine. Traffic on that road generally runs about 70mph+.