B&W Companion vs Andersen Ultimate Showdown!

Cummins12V98 wrote:
Lyle I had 100% confidence with my 18K companion also. They did send me a new base as the base flat portions of the base actually bent. They also included hard plastic furring strips to fill the void in the bed so the transferring from braking and accelerating would be transferred to the low part of the bed and to cross members and then to the frame. During that timeframe they were developing the 20K Companion that also transfers load to the low part of the bed. The 18 was engineered when beds had more strength. IMHO no fault of B&W as the beds lightened up over time.

FACT is the Ultimate will deflect the bed. Depending on how hard the forces are will depend on if there will be any permanent damage.

I have a personal friend that tows a 18K Mobile Suites with an Ultimate, he also sells them along with many other RV items. He will tell you he has bed deflection if you ask him and others do also.

This makes no sense, although I would never buy a gooseneck attachment hitch, Andersen or B&W because of the bed deflection. But what you never even attempt to say, is that there is absolutely no difference in forces of the Andersen ,and the B&W.

If someone is getting bed deflection with the Andersen ,then the shims also apply to prevent it, no different then the B&W.This has been talked about on some other forums, and the shimming.