IdaD wrote:
Me Again wrote:
IdaD wrote:
The bulk of the weight is on the ball but when you're moving the dynamic loads will be on the bed. .
Again wrong. The pin weight is transferred to the hitch base which rest on the bed floor. You can not put the hitch down the the bed floor with gooseneck and hold it up at the same time.
We once had a boat named Compromise!
Chris
I think you're incorrect. There will be some weight on the bed, both dynamic and static, but there's no reason the pin can't take the majority of the load simply because the hitch is snugged down to the bed - it's snugged on top of the ball too.
There are thousands of happy owners towing fifth wheels all over the country with Andersen hitches, turnover style and rail mount style. And evidently factory puck systems soon too, which will probably be the best version of all. I'll never go back to a standard fifth wheel hitch - the Andersen simply works better.
Well the square ball insert is held in place with a pin that "locks" it in place. To operate easily ther has to be a certain amount of clearance between the pin, the ball, and the tube the ball sits in.
That said 40# of torque sucks up all the clearance in an upward direction, for the ball to carry weight all the clearance needs to be taken up in a downward direction. The question becomes how much does the 40# of torque lift the ball off of the bottom of the ball socket on the GN hitch? 1/16"? 1/8"? 1/4", the more it lifts it the more the bed needs to deflect before the ball can take weight.
It all depends on how much play/clearance there is in the ball/pin/socket.
