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johndeerefarmer
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Aug 13, 2016

Anderson Ultimate and aluminum truck bed compatibility

I am interested in the Anderson Ultimate (gooseneck ball mounted version) and want to know how much weight is on the truck bed? In other words will it bent my bed or put dings in it or is all of the w...
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Cummins12V98
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Aug 15, 2016
The FACT is weight transfers fore and aft with the 18 & 20K Companion and the Ultimate Andersen. B&W realized the truck beds were getting weaker so they changed the 18K base (that did deflect my 11 Dually) and created the 20K base that has spacers that allow that fore and aft movement to be transferred to the low part of the bed corrugations and then to the cross rails that sit directly on the frame.

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