johndeerefarmer wrote:
minnow wrote:
Fish.....The Anderson hitch has nothing to do with the OP's issue. Faulty/improper installation combined with a too heavy pin weight for a 1/2 ton is the issue.
The B&W turnover ball is installed 1" in front of the axle this is per B&W's specs. The Andersen mounts on top of that. It only installs one way and that is with the arrow pointing to the rear of the truck. I called Andersen and asked if the hitch could be reversed and they said NO... The coupler is reversed which brings it closer to the cab of the truck NOT farther away.
A 1200 lb pin weight is not too much weight for a half ton truck.
To reiterate: The AUH didn't work with either my 29rs or my new 220 rk. The AUH unloads the axle to the point that the steering is too loose. As soon as I installed a borrowed B&W Companion which weighs 200 lbs more than the AUH (and in your expert opinion would overload the truck even more and make the truck worse not better) all of my troubles went away. The problem is the AUH sets too far back and unloads the axle on my half ton truck.
Maybe with a Titan with the diesel or a GMC steel bodied with a heavy V8 it would be ok. It does not work with a new 1/2 ton F150.
Would you not have checked it out before mounting the ball to see where the Andersen mounted, following B&W instructions was probably to mount their hitch, not the Andersen.
As said before its not the hitch,its where its mounted. I too have the Andersen ,but the rail mount, which can be mounted as much as 8" further back then my previous conventional hitch, or 4" further forward then my previous hitch. I really did not want anything to do with a gooseneck ball connection on the Andersen. IMO the rail mount is the only way to go.
I would not trade my Andersen hitch for ten B&W hitches., or any conventional hitch for that matter. I have had all the heavy hard to remove hitches I want.
