Andersen Aluminum Ultimate Hitch Redesigned

Cummins12V98 wrote:

laknox wrote:

Me Again wrote:


(snipped to keep the mods happy :-) )


If your hitch is full forward as mine was in my 11 Dually then sitting still the pin is directly above the post that the hitch attaches to. Now you push and pull the RV and the load transfers to the base. If you have the spacers then the road gets transferred to the bed rails and then to the frame.

Now if you have the hitch mounted towards the back then there is weight directly being placed from the base to the bed just sitting there.

The additional "weight" transferred to the bed is the rotational force applied when starting/stopping. The main hold-down pin and under-frame mount still carries the majority of the weight. Think about why most of us won't use a GN adapter because of the extra stresses on the FW frame. Now, raise the hitch point up into the same plane as our FW hitches and that rotational force has to go somewhere, and that's to the bed. The pin still carries the weight, as I keep saying, the bed picks up the stresses from the rotational forces.

FWIW, I just emailed B&W and we'll see what =they= say about it. :-)

Lyle