Me Again wrote:
There was a guy here with a new RAM that dented his cab and punched out the rear window with a Andersen. Chris
http://forums.woodalls.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/28691048/srt/pa/pging/1/page/1.cfm
Like everyone else that has ever hit their cab, that guy wasn't paying attention. I've read his posts and commented on them. He more/less blamed the Andersen UH for his troubles, as if only people with that hitch are ever subject to making that mistake.
I do not have short bed and cannot comment about the hitch's performance in such scenarios, but I like my Andersen UH enough to highly recommend it for its general purpose. This is not to say that a quality slider hitch wouldn't serve the OP just as well, if not better.