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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I had the Anderson to use with my F350 and 7800gvwr travel trailer with 925lbs tongue weight.
It was easy to set up, but I was never able to move much weight forward, which wasn't that big a deal seeing how the F350 only squatted a bit with the trailer on it. Basically bought the hitch for it's ease of use and anti-sway features. Ended up compressing the elastomers only enough until they looked 'stressed'....never measured how much they were compressed.
I bought it when they were relatively new and the instructions said that to ensure the set-screws holding the brackets onto the frame stayed put you could drill into the frame so the setscrews would be "locked" in place.
I carefully did that and was confident that everything was ok. Wasn't until we made our first stop and noticed one of the brackets had indeed moved...:E
Removed the bracket to see that the set screw had actually elongated the hole I had drilled and had forged it's own path about 3/8" forward through my trailer's frame...YIKES. Not pretty.
Basically used the hitch with minimal tension on the elastomers for the rest of the trip, which wasn't that big a deal considering I didn't need a whole lot of weight distribution anyway.
End of story for the Anderson. I wish it had worked, but I wasn't going to risk it damaging my trailer any more for it.
I noticed after I got rid of it that some were welding the brackets to the frame....maybe Anderson suggested that thinking it would be a better method than the drilling.
Mike
It was easy to set up, but I was never able to move much weight forward, which wasn't that big a deal seeing how the F350 only squatted a bit with the trailer on it. Basically bought the hitch for it's ease of use and anti-sway features. Ended up compressing the elastomers only enough until they looked 'stressed'....never measured how much they were compressed.
I bought it when they were relatively new and the instructions said that to ensure the set-screws holding the brackets onto the frame stayed put you could drill into the frame so the setscrews would be "locked" in place.
I carefully did that and was confident that everything was ok. Wasn't until we made our first stop and noticed one of the brackets had indeed moved...:E
Removed the bracket to see that the set screw had actually elongated the hole I had drilled and had forged it's own path about 3/8" forward through my trailer's frame...YIKES. Not pretty.
Basically used the hitch with minimal tension on the elastomers for the rest of the trip, which wasn't that big a deal considering I didn't need a whole lot of weight distribution anyway.
End of story for the Anderson. I wish it had worked, but I wasn't going to risk it damaging my trailer any more for it.
I noticed after I got rid of it that some were welding the brackets to the frame....maybe Anderson suggested that thinking it would be a better method than the drilling.
Mike
