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BenK
Aug 06, 2020Explorer
Never towed with either HA or Pro (both same architecture and Pro is the newer firm based on HA), so won't comment other than to say I trust both Barney and Burbman
Here is the link to the original post when Andersen first came on the market and RV.net/form members dissected it online in 2012. There was a link to the Airstream forum and their analysis of the Andersen WD Hitch
https://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/25717515/true.cfm
Force diagram made up for that discussion and haven't looked at the current Andersen WD Hitch system. IMO, the Andersen places most to all of the towing forward force on the coupler latch...not the coupler's front portion of the dome, of which most couplers are designed for
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Here is the link to the original post when Andersen first came on the market and RV.net/form members dissected it online in 2012. There was a link to the Airstream forum and their analysis of the Andersen WD Hitch
https://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/25717515/true.cfm
Force diagram made up for that discussion and haven't looked at the current Andersen WD Hitch system. IMO, the Andersen places most to all of the towing forward force on the coupler latch...not the coupler's front portion of the dome, of which most couplers are designed for
Click For Full-Size Image.
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