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johndeerefarmer
Explorer III
Sep 22, 2017

Andersen Ultimate Hitch and half ton truck- Not so good

I bought a '17 F150 in March. I tried to tow my GD Reflection 29rs and had all kinds of handling issues. I added Bilstein 4600's on the rear, and air bags. I then took off the air bags and installed ...
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time2roll
Nomad
Sep 29, 2017
I agree if the truck was overloaded the heavier hitch would only make things worse.

Still I would have mounted the ball in a position to have the AUH ball in front of the axle 1" to 3" or you are asking for trouble. The fact that the AUH moves the effective weight point back is a poor design IMO. This would seem to affect all trucks even if some more than others.

Not sure how the aluminum bed material has an effect.

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