Tell me more about your hitch
A hitch WAR is not what I'm looking for. I get it. I would prefer that if anyone has one of these hitches tell me what you like and dislike about it. I really don't care what you paid for it or where ...
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Cummins12V98 wrote:e-light wrote:
Went to Andersen Ultimate and I'll never go back...I store it in my 5er basement, takes me just a few minutes to hookup...by myself. I can see the ball over my shoulder, I know when it's on, I lock it (set it and forget it :-) and I'm off. Weighs 32 lbs...smooth as butter going down the road. It's a great piece of kit. I'm installed a B&W turnover ball on Monday. Easy to free up my bed, without a lift or any help.
If I were going to go with a traditional 5er hitch it would be the B&W companion. It is a nice quality item. I like the way it installs into the turnover ball and the locking mechanism seems ultra reliable. My neighbor that dropped his on his bed has a reese. He owns a trucking company too...so he was really embarrassed. He swears he did a pull test...must have did it wrong is all I can think.
You said "lock" the Andersen, there is no way to do so. Latch is more the case.
There is something about this style of hitch, I have seen MANY damaged beds with this hitch in it.
You can't lock it with a padlock but I can easily tighten the handle mounted on my trailer to the point my wife couldn't loosen it without a wrench. I don't see how that's insufficient in any fashion. Certainly never any need for a pull test with the Andersen - drop the trailer, crack the handle and go.
