Andersen Ultimate Hitch - my observations

Jackathan wrote:
My steel Andersen hitch has instructions on a label on the actual hitch, but it does not say anything about re-torqueing it. I am positive I read that on the paperwork instructions included with the hitch. I see there is no mention of it in the current online instruction manual, which covers all of the hitches, including the steel one I have that has been discontinued. Next time I am at the camper, I'll locate the paperwork. Makes sense to me though, after dropping the camper on the hitch, the bed deflection causes the bolt to no longer be torqued properly, allowing some fore and aft movement. I can get more than one turn of the bolt to obtain the proper torque. Current truck is a 2012 Ram 3500 Dually. I do wish I had a more secure connection with the modern puck system, but this truck is paid for now, so I'll stick with it.

Thats one of the reasons I have the rail mount Andersen . I have the puck system on my Ram , but I have the frame adapter that attaches to the pucks ,and the steel rail mount Andersen attaches to that at four points ,like a conventional hitch. They still sell my hitch.

I got there because when I bought the truck in 2014 there were not many hitch options for the puck system, and I wanted to use at that time my existing hitch which required bed rails ,so the adapter was the solution, and also accommodated the Andersen later on. If not I would of stayed with a conventional hitch, not a great fan of the gooseneck connection of the Andersen, although many are .