Andersen Ultimate Aluminum hitch

rhagfo wrote:

Sport45 wrote:

kohai wrote:

N-Trouble wrote:

kohai wrote:
one other thing.... I've had it a year and used it about 6 times. I've noticed that the spray in bed liner in the bed of my truck has a couple of spots where the liner has been smashed flat (its just smoother). I talked to Andersen and they sent me some rubber strips to put under the hitch. I haven't tried them yet.

I like the hitch for the weight. I have the steal version.

Can you post a pic of these rubber strips?

18 inch by 6 inch by .13 inch (3.4mm) thick. They said to cut them to size (I'm not sure the size of what....). I haven't done anything with them yet.

I imagine the idea is to cut strips to fill the valleys between the ribs in the bed. This takes the load of the ribs and transfers it directly to the frame.

No, not the frame still just sitting on the sheet metal of the floor of the bed.
To each their own, but the hitch only has a single point of attachment to the frame, the GN Ball.

Agree,have heard people say before that the valleys ride on the truck frame but this is NOT true (at least with GM trucks). Can still see the valleys when looking from bottom of trucks. Valleys are no different than the raised ridges in that regard.

These strips if intended to go in the valleys would provide a larger surface to distribute the load but only if they are the EXACT same height as the ridges. If the strips raise the hitch OFF the ridges now you are just moving the load from one location to another but not increasing the surface area.

Also can't figure out why they would only provide a piece that is 18" long as that wont be enough to run the whole length of the hitch.