Andersen No-Sway Experience
Over all I give the Andersen a thumbs up. Initial install is simple and quick. Its ability to move weight forward on your rig is surprisingly good. It pulls well and handles sway about as well as coul...
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Howdy all.
Just back with another lil update... I am coming up on 8000 km with the little hitch that could. I just finished a 1200 or so km trip to and around jasper. Fantastic trip! amazing scenery. Good company (wife and kids). Great campground (Whistler, just outside of Jasper Town site). And yep, nice easy predictable pulling.
As a note, I had to play around with the setup on the hitch a bit this trip to make up for the air bags. The bags were originally not installed for the trailer, but rather for truck stability with the loads I carry on the back of it for work. But... What I ended up with was a hair under 6 threads on the bushings, (maybe 1/8 inch compression), and right around 25 Lbs in the bags. What this gives me is about 1/2 inch drop at the rear fender, and I am guessing a 16th of an inch rise at the front fender. (little enough that it is tough to gauge with a measuring tape) Keep in mind, this is with about 500 lbs of work tools I did not want to take out, a bunch of fire wood, the bike trailer, people, fuel etc. I admit, I loaded a little heavy for this trip.
Anyhow, once again the duramax pulled it like a champ and the little Andersen performed as well as ever. It got a bit of a workout this time as there was a fair side wind and a lot of tractor/trailer traffic. One thing I like more and more abut the Andersen is the Anti-Bounce aspect of it. I do a lot of traveling on secondary highways that can be like a roller coaster and the trailer seems to just settle in behind me and follow along. Anyhow, Hope everyone is well and life is treating you good.
Happy camping.
Just back with another lil update... I am coming up on 8000 km with the little hitch that could. I just finished a 1200 or so km trip to and around jasper. Fantastic trip! amazing scenery. Good company (wife and kids). Great campground (Whistler, just outside of Jasper Town site). And yep, nice easy predictable pulling.
As a note, I had to play around with the setup on the hitch a bit this trip to make up for the air bags. The bags were originally not installed for the trailer, but rather for truck stability with the loads I carry on the back of it for work. But... What I ended up with was a hair under 6 threads on the bushings, (maybe 1/8 inch compression), and right around 25 Lbs in the bags. What this gives me is about 1/2 inch drop at the rear fender, and I am guessing a 16th of an inch rise at the front fender. (little enough that it is tough to gauge with a measuring tape) Keep in mind, this is with about 500 lbs of work tools I did not want to take out, a bunch of fire wood, the bike trailer, people, fuel etc. I admit, I loaded a little heavy for this trip.
Anyhow, once again the duramax pulled it like a champ and the little Andersen performed as well as ever. It got a bit of a workout this time as there was a fair side wind and a lot of tractor/trailer traffic. One thing I like more and more abut the Andersen is the Anti-Bounce aspect of it. I do a lot of traveling on secondary highways that can be like a roller coaster and the trailer seems to just settle in behind me and follow along. Anyhow, Hope everyone is well and life is treating you good.
Happy camping.
