WD hitch design versus TV ride quality

Ron Gratz wrote:
If you are towing a "very heavy 2003 25' TT", its tongue weight probably is heavy enough that the Andersen WDH would not be able to achieve 100% Front Axle Load Restoration.

It would be a good idea to know what the loaded tongue weight is before considering an Andersen WDH.

Ron

I would agree with this. I did considerable research before finally picking up the Andersen. There is a lot of noise when it comes to hitch discussions and with the Andersen not a lot of what I would consider reliable or real world details at this point. When I looked at the postings I was able to find by folks who were actually using the Andersen my conclusion was that with tongue weights above 750-800lbs there seemed to be less success in getting 100% FALR. I do recall one user with an 1100lb tongue weight that reported no issues with FALR, but that seemed to be an exception. I think I saw a posting that stated Andersen is making the polyurethane bushings stiffer in an effort to help the higher tongue weights. Also, it was hard to find posted CAT scale results for the Andersen.

For those folks who were getting sufficient FALR the reports were generally favorable in terms of ride and sway control. Since my tongue weights are around 450lbs this seemed like a good choice given the ease of hitching/unhitching plus clean and quiet. I've had to spend some time dialing in the setup as with any new hitch, but now that I've gone through that it's working very well.

One note from my experience in getting it adjusted - be prepared to accept a tack weld on each of the outer brackets in order to avoid having them slip forward once the chains are tightened. I torqued my to 120lbs (100lbs is recommended) and they still slipped a bit. I could tell after pulling for a while that things were loosening up just a bit. Now that I have the tack weld in place things are working just great.