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- That B&W hitch was not a failure, it was a calibrated accident prevention release.
: - Obviously there's more to the story... Having said that its obvious Andersen didn't design their hitch to cover the missing part of this story. Something's just can't be designed only in a office. Field testing is a very valuable attribute.
So now we've seen a B&W and now a Andersen fifth wheel hitch failure. - After a lot of reading, I willl stick with my nice HEAVY TrailerSaver TS3 air ride hitch.
Ken Me Again wrote:
.00007% with 2 failures is 2,857,143 units sold. .007% is 28,571 units sold, which sounds more likely.
Hitch is labeled Ultimate Connection 2, AKA the revised version.
The tug the driver noticed, the emergency brake pin applying the trailer bakes when it go pulled out. Chris
Yup That's what I think and when they locked on that heavy puppy bad things happened- .00007% with 2 failures is 2,857,143 units sold. .007% is 28,571 units sold, which sounds more likely.
Hitch is labeled Ultimate Connection 2, AKA the revised version.
The tug the driver noticed, the emergency brake pin applying the trailer bakes when it go pulled out. Chris john&bet wrote:
Old Biscuit, My observation and thus question would be, why did it pull off of the ball? Was it not properly torqued? Is this something that just happened due to the stresses involved? Personally I do not know how they attach it to the ball in the floor. Maybe that needs to be looked into by Anderson? Just some of my thoughts.fj12ryder wrote:
It doesn't really look like it pulled off the ball in the floor. One corner pulled up and it bent very badly but it looks like it is still connected to the ball.laknox wrote:
I don't think it =did= pull off the ball, though the vertical tube may be somewhat distorted. The cross-pin is in place and doesn't look bent.
Lyle
Floor mount is a gooseneck ball square shaft that slips into frame bracket bolted to truck.
Anderson hitch slips down onto that gooseball and is then secured to it (Only attachment point...the hitch frame just sits on truck bed)
Appears that the truck gooseneck is intact/secure
Personally I would suspect Anderson hitch frame bent backwards from high stress/torque load and then the tubing collapsed from the pin weight as hitch reared up & back
Took a LOT of strain, torque and DYNAMIC Loading to cause it.
Wonder what driver 'encountered'....there was mention that driver felt a 'TUG' just prior :Hjohn&bet wrote:
Old Biscuit, My observation and thus question would be, why did it pull off of the ball? Was it not properly torqued? Is this something that just happened due to the stresses involved? Personally I do not know how they attach it to the ball in the floor. Maybe that needs to be looked into by Anderson? Just some of my thoughts.
I don't think it =did= pull off the ball, though the vertical tube may be somewhat distorted. The cross-pin is in place and doesn't look bent.
Lyle- What ever caused this there has to be some mean amount of torque to undo metal like this This 5er was no light weight either. This just didn't happen as any normal 5er maneuver. This was the mother of all turning scenarios or not and something stopping this 5er and the truck kept going type incident
john&bet wrote:
It doesn't really look like it pulled off the ball in the floor. One corner pulled up and it bent very badly but it looks like it is still connected to the ball.
Old Biscuit, My observation and thus question would be, why did it pull off of the ball? Was it not properly torqued? Is this something that just happened due to the stresses involved? Personally I do not know how they attach it to the ball in the floor. Maybe that needs to be looked into by Anderson? Just some of my thoughts.- Old Biscuit, My observation and thus question would be, why did it pull off of the ball? Was it not properly torqued? Is this something that just happened due to the stresses involved? Personally I do not know how they attach it to the ball in the floor. Maybe that needs to be looked into by Anderson? Just some of my thoughts.
