Anderson ultimate 5th wheel hitch

Lots of folks on this web use it. Given time they can respond.

Also the PullRite Superlite hitch is the same design. Check it out.

Mjfandal wrote:
Anybody ever use this hitch. andersenhitches.com
Aluminum hitch frame. Fits over existing ball. Under 40 pounds. Looks like a great hitch to save on weight.

The search feature is your friend. Many, many pages of the pros/cons of the AUH vs "traditional" hitches.

As with all hitches, there have been failures of the AUH, but they =have= responded quickly to them. Personally, I found the "crush test" they pushed very hard a few years ago to be totally unrealistic as the vertical loads on any hitch are minuscule compared to the fore/aft loads. The failures on the AHU all, AFAIK, were from extreme braking situations that caused the front of the hitch to deform to the point that the hitch became virtually unusable. Just my observations on them. Again, personally, I'd not own one and will be happy to stick with my old-school B&W Companion until the end of my RVing days.

Lyle

It's a great hitch and absolutely worth consideration right alongside most every other hitch. Thousands upon thousands of people use it or have used it, yet the reported number failures of any kind is less than a handful.

Looked at pullrite. It uses the rail. The andersen uses my existing goose neck ball.

I bought the Andersen when I bought my new truck 2 years ago, love it!

Very smooth ride with my 12,000 pound trailer and you gotta love 5 minute install and removal.

Mjfandal wrote:
Looked at pullrite. It uses the rail. The andersen uses my existing goose neck ball.

IMO, the rail mount for Andersen is the better, more solid method, than the single point attachment.

Jerry

I’ve used the Anderson for two years. No problems.

laknox wrote:

Mjfandal wrote:
Anybody ever use this hitch. andersenhitches.com
Aluminum hitch frame. Fits over existing ball. Under 40 pounds. Looks like a great hitch to save on weight.

The search feature is your friend. Many, many pages of the pros/cons of the AUH vs "traditional" hitches.

As with all hitches, there have been failures of the AUH, but they =have= responded quickly to them. Personally, I found the "crush test" they pushed very hard a few years ago to be totally unrealistic as the vertical loads on any hitch are minuscule compared to the fore/aft loads. The failures on the AHU all, AFAIK, were from extreme braking situations that caused the front of the hitch to deform to the point that the hitch became virtually unusable. Just my observations on them. Again, personally, I'd not own one and will be happy to stick with my old-school B&W Companion until the end of my RVing days.

Lyle

To be fair on this, and tell ALL the facts about the ONE, and ONLY problem on the Aluminum version that we have read about on here, none on the steel version . The tubes bent, nothing came undone, no damage to truck or trailer, and Andersen responded quickly with a replacement, and apparently a redesign.

I have not heard of ANY problems with the Aluminum version since, although there is one individual here on this forum that consistently bashes the Andersen, and keeps falling back on this one failure, referring to it as the folding hitch. The biggest critics if any are the ones that have never owned one.

I have towed many thousands of miles with two different conventional hitches, and both performed very well. Went to the Andersen rail mount about a year ago, wouldn't trade it for hundred conventional hitches, thats including the B&W. The Andersen is just too easy to hitch, remove from truck etc etc.

The ONE ,and ONLY drawback I keep hearing from the non users, is having to raise the fifth wheel a bit higher to get it on the ball. If that is a drawback as some think it is. I don't, its not that big of deal.

I bought one to replace my B&W to save my old back. My issue is my 1716 long pin box. I need the coupler positioned behind the pin so my 1716 clears my bed rails.
That puts the truck bumper real close to the front of the 5er in turns. Also where I keep my 5er stored it's real hard to get the coupler to release off the ball because of the severe 'V' that the truck and 5er are in.
So it's hanging in my garage and I'm still using the B&W.
I found nothing wring quality wise with it but I do find the B&W faster and easier to hitch and unhitch.