SoCalDesertRider wrote:
On the B&W, the weight is not carried by the bed floor. It is carried by the square bar that inserts into the square gooseneck ball hole. The bar mounts into the gooseneck hitch the same way the ball mounts into it. The bar bottoms out on the bottom of the hole, just as the ball bottoms out in the hole, and is pinned in place by the sliding pin that also locates the ball.
After a call to B&W just now (Mon., 8-15-16, 1030 AZ time), they confirmed that the pin weight is carried by the ball socket and the Companion frame simply stabilizes the hitch against the bed floor. Personally, I was wrong on this in my own head, but it does make sense.
Since I've never seen an Andersen, only looked at their on-line docs, it =appears= that it is simply mounted on the GN ball and a pin is slipped under the lower radius of the ball, then a draw-down bolt is used to pull it tight to the bed. That being said, if the GN ball "tops out" in the socket on the Andersen, then it =could= transfer the weight to the ball and base at the center, and the spread frame is simply for stability. If it =doesn't= "top out" into the hitch, then the frame would carry the weight, and put it directly on the bed. An Andersen user needs to comment on this.
Lyle
