Andersen Aluminum Ultimate Hitch Redesigned
I follow Andersen hitches on Facebook and they have announced a redesign of their Aluminum Ultimate Fifth Wheel Hitch...here are some screen shots of the Facebook post. Thanks! Jere...
Forum Discussion
laknox wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:N-Trouble wrote:
What does locking the RV to the hitch accomplish?
It will keep someone from pulling the handle and have the possibility of the RV disconnecting from the hitch. Yes it can and has happened.
Don't see how that could happen with a ball hitch, unless it's unlatched and you hit a =massive= bump or pot hole, enough to lift the entire rig off the roadway. You don't back into an Andersen like a FW, you drop the pin box ON the ball, just as you do with a GN trailer.
Lyle
I fully understand how the Andersen system works and I also understand there are conditions on Americas highways that the RV could easily pop off the Andersen.
Example we were traveling on I-15 and took a exit the asphalt was gouged down for re paving. My RV hit the dip so hard the RV and truck was airborne. Our KitchenAid mixmaster always sat on the kitchen slide and is very heavy it went from it's place to the island made a mark on the Corian and then proceeded to end up on the dining table. So I guarantee if I had a Andersen and someone pulled the handle the RV would have become dislodged!
IMHO a BIG shortcoming of the Andersen is the inability to be able to lock the rV to the hitch.
