Understanding the Anderson "No-Sway"WD hitch

Thanks for the feedback guys, I'm still on the fence with it a little. I know that it would probably be a great hitch for my pup... Especially at only 60 lbs...it would help with my tongue weight restriction.

Has anyone actually heard of a pawl being damaged from use with an Andersen? I know these have been out for about 3 or 4 years now and damage reports should be showing up.

Thanks!

Jeremiah

For the reasons that Ben states, if I were using one, I would want a bulldog brand side locking, forged latch.

Don't know how it works, but my neighbor uses that hitch to pull his TT toy hauler and he loves it. Very easy hookup.

Here is a copy of my first impressions & diagram made up back in 2012

I still believe that it is NOT a good idea to place all of the towing forces
on the coupler latch, but know am in the vast minority...

Time will tell and mainly for the higher weights. A PUP should not have as
big an issue...unless the latch is then down sized for the lighter PUP...

I've been towing and around towing for decades and have seen coupler latches
that were not trust worthy...again for me...in traditional usage. Based on
that and my design background, I'm not going that route...again for *ME*

New Andersen WD hitch, 51 pages

BenK wrote:
This is a quick and dirty vector diagram of how I see it working

andersenforcediag

Even if there is NOT slop (tolerance) in the coupler to ball...there will be over
time.

Then the wear of the friction material will allow the tapered shank to tilt
back and forth over time.

So in pulling the chain, it pushes the tongue against the ball via
where I say the pawl is. That then creates the same lever arm most
all other WD systems look like.

Then the TV pulls and the ball wants to go towards the coupler front
(away from the pawl). Then does the ball bang back and forth inside
the coupler?

{edit}...ops...put the bushing on the wrong side of the tongue bracket, but
think you guys know what I meant.

It is really difficult to see how it truly works without detailed
cross section diagrams or exploded assembly diagram

Go Brady !!!...home town kid just up the street from me

This is the report back from one of the first users on this forum

First tow with Andersen hitch & 9,000+ lbs TT