Slider hitch vs Anderson rail mount question.
I have a Reese sliding hitch. Reese says the slider moves the hitch back 10 inches when in the manuver position. The Anderson I believe says it moves the hitch point back 9 inches. My Reese says not t...
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shadows4 wrote:Ed9824v wrote:
Anderson doesn't move BUT center of the load is still under the axle. the slider moves the weight to the back of the bed
Dang!!!! Sounds like I will need to use some Algebra to understand how this works. And Algebra was about 40 years ago. Hummmm might take me awhile. Thanks for the response.
Geometry required! With a dash of algebra thrown on top! :)
I don't know the answer, never having seen the slider in question, but my best guess would be not so much the weight shift with the hitch slid to the rear, but rather some limitation of the hitch to safely pull/haul the weight while in its rearward position.
