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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CHD Dad wrote:
Hey guys - since we obviously have some engineers on here, has the coupler/latch issue ever been figured out? I know many pages back there was talk of contacting one of the big coupler manufacturers about it but I dont recall ever seeing a followup to that post. To me that is the single biggest flaw and/or safety issue with the Andersen design. Having the latch fail either while towing or when it comes time to just disconnect would be a major issue!
Only time will tell on how the latch(s) last or not.
Not just a couple of trips, but tens of thousands of miles and years
of service. Even then, dependent on the terrain, size of the trailer,
the driving style with lots of etc, etc, etc...
I think the coupler needs to be a custom for an Andersen system. It
should be 'backwards' with the latch in 'front' and the shaped area to
capture the ball in 'back'...or...some how remove the forces on the
latch, which was never designed to handle that level of forces
Again, I still think the Andersen is an elegant architecture, but the
devil is in the details and the latch is only one of those details
Not just unhooking (not being able if that latch comes apart or is
deformed), but during a whoopee-doo where the ball wants to go down
and the coupler wants to go up...the shape of the coupler (front)
captures the ball for this and the latch keeps the ball from moving
backwards OUT of the coupler front capture area...
