Andersen Aluminum Ultimate Hitch Redesigned

Bobandshawn wrote:


I think seeing one small issues with the Andersen bending slightly under a panic brake situation does not tell me the company has a failed product. I'd be suspect the person did not have the brake controller set properly or had bad brakes on the rig. The trailer had to be putting a heck of a lot of forward weight pressure on that hitch to do that which would indicate something was wrong with his trailer brake system. My trailer doesn't push me through an intersection when I brake hard. In a perfect world the braking should be fairly neutral with the TV stopping itself and the trailer stopping itself. Now in a front end collision I can understand hitch failure. And if he did indeed have a partial or total brake failure of the trailer I'd say the hitch held up fine.

Could not agree more with this statement.
I have yet to see one single Anderson hitch FAILURE. I saw the same pictures as everyone else and saw a hitch DAMAGED but it didn't Fail. Sorry, I'm on the team of "It's just as good a hitch as the rest".

The nay-sayers will still continue with their bashing of the 'bent' hitch being a catastrophic failure and the company is on the brink of massive law suits and recalls. At the end of the day, under the impressive description of the incident, the hitch did it's job and kept the trailer BEHIND the truck. It did not FAIL as seems to be thrown around quite rapidly.

For me, it's irrelevant as my used truck came with the Reese hitch already on it. So, this continues to be pure entertainment for me but not so sure about anyone actually shopping. :)

I hope those shopping are taking into consideration that anyone that has ever bought anything has 'the best' and the rest of the available product is probably sub-par to what they currently own. Even if they have never actually used it. Not just this topic but in general.

P.S.. to those -> My GMC is better than your Dodge. :)