Anderson Ultimate??

gkainz wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
^^^^^ sad part is the guy had the 5er prep in his truck.

This hitch is their second attempt to cure the "folding hitch" syndrome.

I believe there have been ... what? 2? incidents of hitch failure? Hardly enough to warrant calling it a "syndrome".

Disclosure: Andersen Ultimate Aluminum owner/user and it satisfies my towing needs completely.

You can find B&W hitch failures online too. Odd that the guy never posts those links (over and over). :R

Cummins12V98 wrote:
^^^^^ sad part is the guy had the 5er prep in his truck.

This hitch is their second attempt to cure the "folding hitch" syndrome.

Any documentation to your accusations? Or are we gossiping like a bunch of Ole Hens? And no not about a folded hitch, we can see one folded. We can also only assume there was no prior damage and the hitch was used within its limits before it folded, hell I assume the damage was caused by its intended use.

I dont like Aluminum in this particular scenario especially thin wall tubing with lateral forces applied. Thats why I have Steel.

Cummins12V98 wrote:
^^^^^ sad part is the guy had the 5er prep in his truck.

This hitch is their second attempt to cure the "folding hitch" syndrome.

I believe there have been ... what? 2? incidents of hitch failure? Hardly enough to warrant calling it a "syndrome".

Disclosure: Andersen Ultimate Aluminum owner/user and it satisfies my towing needs completely.

^^^^^ sad part is the guy had the 5er prep in his truck.

This hitch is their second attempt to cure the "folding hitch" syndrome.

https://www.granddesignowners.com/forum/showthread.php/13903-Andersen-Hitch-Failure-on-Facebook

sayoung wrote:

jkwilson wrote:
They work fine. Light, easy to hitch, tow well etc., etc.. People who own them never complain about them. People who don’t know anything about them always complain about them.

I like mine & have no plans to change. As said, those that hate em never seem to own em.

Wondering who hates them?

jkwilson wrote:
They work fine. Light, easy to hitch, tow well etc., etc.. People who own them never complain about them. People who don’t know anything about them always complain about them.

I like mine & have no plans to change. As said, those that hate em never seem to own em.

Just for full disclosure, we have the AUH, but have not towed with it. We purchased a new Ford F350 dually in December, after we had winterized the 5'er. We will have our first tow hopefully, in two weeks.

I run the steel version. Love it. Can't say I would have the Aluminum version.

Cummins12V98 wrote:

Second Chance wrote:
You'll do better searching on "Andersen" with an "e" since that's how it's spelled. If you search the forums, you'll find hundreds of threads on the AUH. In answer to your question, we pulled a 14K fiver for 12,000 miles with one - worked great.

Rob

Can you tell us why you are now using a PullRite OE as shown in your signature instead of the Andersen.

Sure... it was a logistical thing. We had a Sierra 2500HD with a rail-mount Andersen hitch. We were always very close to the rear axle capacity of the 2500 whenever we weighed (3,000 - 3,200 lbs. pin weight). One Friday afternoon a year ago, I was presented an opportunity to trade (even!) for the F350 DRW. The Ford had the OEM puck system but no rails. Our selling RV dealer couldn't get the "picture frame" adapter to fit the Andersen to the Ford puck system in time for us to pull out on Sunday as scheduled. Rather than wait and change plans and reservations from Georgia to New Mexico and California, I opted to have the PullRite OEM (in stock) installed so we could stay on schedule. I like the PullRite, but the two things I miss about the Andersen are: 1) the ability to get it in and out of the bed by myself if I need to use the truck for something besides towing, and 2) the low-maintenance aspect of the Andersen. About every three or four months I have to pull the head on the PullRite to clean and grease the load-bearing friction points. I never had to do anything to the Andersen. With Glide Ride pin box, they both tow quietly and smoothly.

Rob