Andersen Hitch for Lightweights
I would appreciate feedback from members who have experience using the Andersen hitch for towing a lightweight travel trailer with a tongue weight in the 400 to 600 pound range. I am interested in t...
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I run the Anderson hitch towing my 28 foot toy hauler which when loaded with 2 ATV's, 100 gallons of water and 32 gallons of fuel is running right around 10,000 pounds. Tow rig is a 2500 Ram 4x4 short box pickup. I have no problems towing with this combo, no sway from side winds and no pushing around from tractor trailers while running 70 down the interstate. I think this hitch is a great idea for matched truck trailer combos but it is not designed for the guy that wants to push his limits with a big trailer and small tow rig, I just don't think there is enough lift with the chains to put a lot of weight back on the front of the tow rig.
If you can’t back up straight to the ball when hooking up or have to unhook the trailer with the truck at an angle this may not be the hitch for you as you need to be pretty straight with the trailer or at least close to the same angle when you unhooked to get the bottom plate hooked back to the ball otherwise you have to unscrew the tight chain from the trailer and move the trailer around to get the ball and bottom plate back square so both chains can be hooked up. This isn’t a big deal but I have had to mess around with hooking up a few times to get everything to line up where as if I would have had conventional bars I would have been able to just hook them up.
The plus side is the hitch weights less than my double ball hitch I use to tow my boats around so messing around with the hitch is easy and I don’t have to handle and store sway bars. Just drop the ball plate on the ground or use the safety chains to hold it up while unhooked.
If you can’t back up straight to the ball when hooking up or have to unhook the trailer with the truck at an angle this may not be the hitch for you as you need to be pretty straight with the trailer or at least close to the same angle when you unhooked to get the bottom plate hooked back to the ball otherwise you have to unscrew the tight chain from the trailer and move the trailer around to get the ball and bottom plate back square so both chains can be hooked up. This isn’t a big deal but I have had to mess around with hooking up a few times to get everything to line up where as if I would have had conventional bars I would have been able to just hook them up.
The plus side is the hitch weights less than my double ball hitch I use to tow my boats around so messing around with the hitch is easy and I don’t have to handle and store sway bars. Just drop the ball plate on the ground or use the safety chains to hold it up while unhooked.
