Andersen Ultimate Issues
I'm coming up on the one year marks with the Andersen Ultimate steel version approximately 5k miles with the Bighorn, a around 800 miles with a Presidential suites. I've given up on the hitch as it's ...
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WTP-GC wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:jerem0621 wrote:
I think that the PullRite Superlite may be the better engineered design. At the very least the king pin adaptor looks like it covers much more surface area.
Thanks!
It also has a much more realistic rating.
Based upon.....??????
Potential ideas to finish the above sentence:
1. eye test
2. actual engineering information
3. the fact that its made by PullRite
4. the fact that its not made by Andersen
5. product history
6. its prettier
7. they didn't do a crush test
Its unfortunate that the OP had a problem with another cheap component on a fifth wheel. Sounds like that pin box could use a couple vertical braces in the hitch area, regardless of what type of hitch, those pin boxes should not be bending.
As far as damaging the bed, shims would have prevented that. B&W caused the same damage to beds until shims were added.
A gooseneck hitch would most likely do the same thing to that pin box, it would depend on how much area the gooseneck hitch sat on .
Its futile to try and defend a product when the forum experts have spoken, although they have never owned or used the Andersen.
Its like people dropping their fifth wheels with a B&W fifth wheel hitch, it happens ,but you read from the fan club here its impossible, but yet it happens. IMO the B&W fifth wheel hitch has a design flaw allowing the jaws to be locked open, its proven thats been the cause of dropped fifth wheels. Is it still a quality hitch, yes.
