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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renojack wrote:
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Where does the claim that the stock Chevy hitch absorbs weight distribution come from. I had the hitch checked an all is in order as far as loose or craced welds.
Here are just 'some' of the threads on the GMT800 receivers
What happens is that the receiver pin box assembly bends on the
round cross bar to 'consume' WD forces till it reaches its limits...then
it will transfer (distribute) the WD forces. There are a multitude of
other issues with that design
First reported here below and is of a GMT800 8.1L Suburban just like the OPs:
Hitch Failure, the first report in 2003
This the first image on any forum that I know of and from the above
thread
A couple more:
Hitch Failure
One more Chevy hitch story
and some images of failed or compromised GMT800 receivers
