Andersen Ultimate not working for me

Cdash wrote:

And again (LOL) when you figure the geometry of the load going rearward (acceleration or hills) or forward (deceleration, braking) on the hitch how do you figure this law of physics only applies to the Anderson? You have the same physical action with a Reese, go up a hill the force on the hitch goes rearward. Hit the brakes the force goes forward.

True. That applies to all of them, however, in my case it would be less since the pivot in my hitch is lower, but only by a few inches. Lower means lead load forward or back. Certainly not enough difference to argue over.

And statically they will all be the same. The weight is spread out over the base.

Not true. The closer a load is placed to a support the more load goes to that support until you are directly over it and then it carries all the load. You can't move a load without affecting the loads on the supports.

The Anderson, with the base rotated to put the ball in the forward direction, would load a truck pretty similar to my Superglide. When the base is rotated to have the ball in the rear position, not so much.

How that changes the truck axle weights is an open question, though. Typically a fifth wheel loaded slightly ahead of the rear axle has very little or no impact on the front axle weight. I don't see why the same wouldn't be true of a fifth wheel loaded slightly behind the rear axle. In either case there's going to be very little leverage working on the front axle when the pin weight is centered so close to the rear axle. We aren't talking about a travel trailer setup here where you've moved the weight several feet back.