Absolutely nothing to do with the hitch , and everything to do due with the fact it being a short bed ,and the circumstances . That would of happened with a conventional hitch , or a slider. About the only thing that would of saved him would have been a automatic sliding hitch ,or him being aware enough to slide back a sliding hitch if he had one .
What he did was reverse the adapter on his pin box for the Andersen hitch ,I did the same with my present fifth wheel , it looked like I was going to make contact with my tailgate ,so like him I reversed the adapter . Unlike my prior Montana fifth wheel a Montana it did have the MorRyde pin box ,and had no problem with the adapter putting the pin box further back towards the tailgate . Present fifth wheel has the lippert pin box.
It comes right back to situational awareness when towing with a short bed ,and nothing to do with an Andersen hitch .
