alboy wrote:
Mines a 2015 3500 wheres the Camber??
laknox wrote:
We've had a lot of Chevy/GM trucks in our family, and I've never seen one with any "camber" in the bed. :h
Lyle
Cummins12V98 wrote:laknox wrote:sayoung wrote:Searching_Ut wrote:
As Me-Again pointed out, all of the weight is carried by the bed of the truck when using the Andersen Ultimate hitch. I'd have to look in depth at the truck bed to see if I thought it would hold up to the weight and potential flexing. Personally I probably wouldn't use one with 5er of any size if I had an aluminum bed. That said, I would avoid the aluminum bed if possible as I use my bed for a lot of stuff, much of which would seriously scratch and gouge aluminum.
There is so little wieght on the bed there is a set of filler pads you glue to bottom when you put in truck 1st time . Line them up with the dips and this stops the small amount of twist some have, usually less than 1/2 in is what I experienced . No bed bending but then I drive a real truck, Chevy :B
It's not like B&W didn't do the same thing when GM owners started reporting bed dents/bending several years ago. Still, I'd rather have a D'max! :-)
Lyle
GM's had/have camber in the bed. That is not a good idea IMHO.
johndeerefarmer wrote:
Andersen responded today that their Ultimate Gooseneck version will work with the new aluminum beds.
They are also (as has been reported)building a puck version which should be ready in February.
Searching_Ut wrote:
Wow, the misinformation flying around on this thread are pretty bad. To Clarify, first, I've used an Andersen ultimate hitch on a 3500 Ram for coming up on one year now, a little over 5000 miles of towing, about 1k of that with a 17k plus triple axle rig, the other 4k with my smaller bighorn GVWR of 15.5k. I'm an engineering tech, almost 40 years as and aircraft mechanic, 20 of those in heavy crash repair, service life extension modifications and failure analysis. As mentioned, I use and Andersen ultimate, haven't complained about it, but try to keep the discussions honest.
Once again, the Andersen Ultimate hitch doesn't transfer the weight to the gooseneck ball. The square base tube base is made up of a tube within a tube, and doesn't have a socket per say and doesn't ride on top of the ball, it goes over it, whereupon you put in a pin that goes under the ball. You then tighten a bolt on top of the square tube that pulls the smaller tube insert upward pulling the base of the hitch down firmly into the bed of the truck. Any force put on the ball is pulling on it in order to pull the base of the hitch down. Once the hitch is anchored down on the bed you then tighten to bolts on the forward part of the tube assembly that takes out any play or slack out of the dual tube assembly. This setup does a great job of keeping the hitch assembly firmly mounted to the bed of the truck. The design distributes the weight over a fairly large footprint onto the bed of the truck. Whether you feel carrying the weight of the load on the bed of the truck or not is a good idea, that's valid question, and there are probably enough users around to make the decision fact based. My hitch was starting to cause some noticeable indentation on my truck bed, so I made myself some spacers to distribute the weight a little better.
Finally you see comparisons to the earlier version of the B&W hitch, but that isn't necessarily a good comparison because the way the bases distribute the load is a fair bit different.
Searching_Ut wrote:
Wow, the misinformation flying around on this thread are pretty bad. To Clarify, first, I've used an Andersen ultimate hitch on a 3500 Ram for coming up on one year now, a little over 5000 miles of towing, about 1k of that with a 17k plus triple axle rig, the other 4k with my smaller bighorn GVWR of 15.5k. I'm an engineering tech, almost 40 years as and aircraft mechanic, 20 of those in heavy crash repair, service life extension modifications and failure analysis. As mentioned, I use and Andersen ultimate, haven't complained about it, but try to keep the discussions honest.
Once again, the Andersen Ultimate hitch doesn't transfer the weight to the gooseneck ball. The square base tube base is made up of a tube within a tube, and doesn't have a socket per say and doesn't ride on top of the ball, it goes over it, whereupon you put in a pin that goes under the ball. You then tighten a bolt on top of the square tube that pulls the smaller tube insert upward pulling the base of the hitch down firmly into the bed of the truck. Any force put on the ball is pulling on it in order to pull the base of the hitch down. Once the hitch is anchored down on the bed you then tighten to bolts on the forward part of the tube assembly that takes out any play or slack out of the dual tube assembly. This setup does a great job of keeping the hitch assembly firmly mounted to the bed of the truck. The design distributes the weight over a fairly large footprint onto the bed of the truck. Whether you feel carrying the weight of the load on the bed of the truck or not is a good idea, that's valid question, and there are probably enough users around to make the decision fact based. My hitch was starting to cause some noticeable indentation on my truck bed, so I made myself some spacers to distribute the weight a little better.
Finally you see comparisons to the earlier version of the B&W hitch, but that isn't necessarily a good comparison because the way the bases distribute the load is a fair bit different.
