Did my Andersen No-Sway WDH do this???

BenK wrote:
This image says it all to me...
Looks like approx 0.50" to 0.75" or so over lap

Ben, I really am trying to understand what you're saying. So -- I hope you don't mind some questions for clarification.

When you refer to "overlap" -- what is overlapping what?

With that kind of over lap or potential interference...there is no way it would NOT have torn a much BIGGER gouge

What are you talking about when you refer to "it". IOW, what would have torn a much bigger gouge?

Plus, with that kind of over lap, don't think it could raise high enough to do what your original pictures shows without messing up the bottom on it's way up there

Again, what is "it", and how high would "it" have had to rise to cause whatever damage is shown by the original pictures?

Another betcha that their fork end will match up with the marks AKA like a bullet's rifling

Which "marks" are you referring to? Member opnspaces, on 06/02/14 04:40pm, referred to "at least four horizontal marks that match across both sides of the tongue." Are you referring to the same marks?

Repeat...you have two claims or that I'd have if me

#1 against the service company and their fork lift

Can you please describe the scenario which you believe caused the damage?
How do you think the forklift was being maneuvered, and what part of the fork hit what part of the tongue?

#2 against the trailer OEM for workmanship

Assuming the fork tip did, in fact, make contact with the tongue, do you really believe that better "workmanship" would have resulted in no damage?

Ron