Anderson Ultimate Hitch WARNING ***WARNING

Me Again wrote:
The real question is the pickup bed constructed to handle thousands of lbs of weight in consencrated points in the bed without deforming it? I believe the answer from the truck manufacturers would say no. Stating the bed is just sheet metal that was not designed for such service. If you dent it, then that is the users fault not theirs.

There have been many misconceptions posted here including that the gooseneck hitch holds up the weight, when it is used to pull the hitch frame down on the sheet metal bed floor. Chris

The bed is designed to carry payload of various types and sizes and shapes. The bed floor is just sheet metal but there are hat channels under the bed that reinforce the sheet metal and transfer the weight to the frame.

This type of fifth wheel adaptor has been used for years by B&W... so the idea of connecting the gooseneck hitch and using a wide base to transfer weight down is not new.

Some Owners of both the B&W companion and the Anderson have mentioned minor denting in the hitch. B&W added plastic strips under the base of the companion to fill the bed corrugations to prevent this crushing of the bed corrugations.

Even regular fifth wheel rails will do this if there is not a spacer placed strategically to fill the bed corrugations.

Anderson does not have anything like the slats to fill bed corrugations. Since the Andersen mounts to the ball instead of a stinger that mounts into the gooseneck receiver it relies more on friction to keep the base from rotating some around the ball... hence the "Good" when the bed mat was referenced.

Thanks!

Jeremiah