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
Cummins12V98 wrote:
"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 "
B&W would not have supplied me with two plastic strips to be used as spacers between the bottom of the hitch base and the low bed corrugation to transfer the load to the bed cross members if there was not a problem. The base sitting on the bed is the only thing keeping the hitch head mostly stationary same for the Ultimate.
The ball mount carries zero weight!! That is true for both the B&W and Andersen! The draw down bolt tighten to some where in the area of 40 lb. ft. Puts an upward pull on the ball adapter. The bed carries ALL of the weight of the pin!
