Andersen Hitch Failure

WTP-GC wrote:

Me Again wrote:

WTP-GC wrote:
I don't believe that the emergency brake being activated caused any of this. The pictures appear to show it being activated, but that could very well be because of everything else that happened.

What then caused the "tug" the owner reported? Chris

I don't know what the answer is to that, but the owner also said they were moving at a slow speed. Once the tube started bending, the entirety of the damage probably happened in only a second or two. I'm guessing that the owner doesn't really know if the two events are related. I've had the emergency brake activated at slow speed on my dual tandem GN trailer, and IMO that force shouldn't be great enough to do that kind of damage unless there was already some other pre-existing damage. Again, that's all just my opinion...unfortunately all we have to go on is a few pictures, a couple of second-hand comments about what the owner said, and endless pontification from people who weren't there.

Well I would agree that the breakaway activation SHOULDN'T cause the damage, BUT I had mine activate once while backing uphill to the blindside into a space. DW was making sure no one went behind the unit, she stated when it happened the TV outside back tire cam off the ground, I know it felt like I backed into a stone wall!