B&W Companion vs Andersen Ultimate Showdown!
I just got the go ahead that I’m getting an Andersen Ultimate coming to me. I’m going to be able to switch back and forth between it and my B&W Companion for a bit to compare them side by side. I h...
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I posted this on another thread, but thought I'd pull it into this one as well:
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I've just started comparing the B&W Companion and the Andersen. My first inclinations of towing is that they feel the same with no noticeable nod of one vs. the other. I've had about 700 miles of towing so far- but primarily flat ground and no hills/mountains. Camper weighed yesterday at 21,000 lbs. with a pin weight of 3,260 lbs. (yes, 15%).
Hitching up, the Companion is easier. The ball/coupler is a little more finicky to get lined up. Though the red funnel on the Andersen helps.
Installation of the hitch itself is definitely easier with the Andersen. Except for the silly need for being able to use specific torque settings with installing the king pin adapter/coupler.
Both give you an obvious positive connection. With the B&W, you can see the jaws are latched around the kingpin. With the Andersen, the camper is down on the ball.
Unhitching is equally easy on both.
The one negative to the Andersen is mostly an issue if you have electric landing gear- the Andersen requires the camper to be raised a bit more than a conventional hitch. With electric landing gear, my old rig was soooooooo slllloooowwwww. Now that I have hydraulic landing gear, it isn't an issue because they're quicker.
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I've just started comparing the B&W Companion and the Andersen. My first inclinations of towing is that they feel the same with no noticeable nod of one vs. the other. I've had about 700 miles of towing so far- but primarily flat ground and no hills/mountains. Camper weighed yesterday at 21,000 lbs. with a pin weight of 3,260 lbs. (yes, 15%).
Hitching up, the Companion is easier. The ball/coupler is a little more finicky to get lined up. Though the red funnel on the Andersen helps.
Installation of the hitch itself is definitely easier with the Andersen. Except for the silly need for being able to use specific torque settings with installing the king pin adapter/coupler.
Both give you an obvious positive connection. With the B&W, you can see the jaws are latched around the kingpin. With the Andersen, the camper is down on the ball.
Unhitching is equally easy on both.
The one negative to the Andersen is mostly an issue if you have electric landing gear- the Andersen requires the camper to be raised a bit more than a conventional hitch. With electric landing gear, my old rig was soooooooo slllloooowwwww. Now that I have hydraulic landing gear, it isn't an issue because they're quicker.
