Andersen Aluminum Ultimate and RAM OEM puck

dfb wrote:

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+.

Isn't it true that the Andersen ultimate is shown in a SHORTBED with a 5.5 foot bed? I was sold by the accessories shop, " guaranteed it won't hit the cab". So there are two misrepresentations there, .

I still don't get how you think Andersen misrepresented the hitch. I haven't seen anywhere where they claimed it would replace a slider in a shortbed, or where they indicated it would improve turning radius using a shortbed truck. I have seen folks on forums mention it improves their particular turning radius with their truck/trailer configuration, but that is just first hand accounts of individual experience, not necessarily applicable to everyone else.

Regarding the video, I've seen hitch videos where they used a half ton to tow a 5er. Should I be upset with a hitch manufacture because my rig isn't towable by a half ton truck if they showed a vehicle combination in their video doing just that? Should a dually owner be upset if he hits the fender on the vehicle beside him with the fender if he saw a manufacture vehicle showing a dually parking in a regular parking space? To me it's pretty much the same concept, and in the end up to the buyer to verify compatibility due to the endless potential situations.

Sorry to hear your dealer misled you. I ended up with a good one that actually explained the pluses and minuses of the different hitches to me, to include potential issues with the height of my truck, how a slider would most likely hit the tailgate when slid given my 5er choice etc. In the end, I chose the compromises that would work best for me regarding my tow vehicle, trailer, and the hitch to combine the two.