New Andersen WD hitch
A fellow camper bud showed me this. It's new and different. Anyone using one? Andersen WD hitches A U-tube video with the factory guy explaining it. You have to get past MR Truck doing his...
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BenK wrote:rexlion wrote:
In my old Equal-i-zer hitch, the square bars in the L-brackets create an upward force at the ball and downward force at the socket. I agree with Ron and disagree with BenK on that point.
Never disagreed on how a traditional WD Hitch system works
Sorry I missed part of your statement and came to the wrong conclusion. When you wrote, "Whereas a traditional WD system does not
place any WD forces on the ball nor the coupler...other than moves
some of the tongue weight back onto the tongue", my mind did not take note of the part after the "..."
It occurs to me that the side view photo (with all the dashed lines) makes it appear as though the ball fits into a 'side bulge' that is not continued rearward. But the underneath photos don't bear this out (that I can tell). It occurred to me that if a coupler did have sides that bulged out and the area immediately rearward tapered back in, it might prevent the ball from stressing the coupler latch. Not sure what percentage, if any, of these units have such a taper, though.
