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...
Forum Discussion
JBarca wrote:John, hope you had a good Memorial Day weekend. We had three days of rain here in the twin cities of Marinette, WI, and Menominee, MI. :(
Dog gone... Sorry I’m late to the party. Was out camping. :)
Ron Gratz wrote:
Receiver torsional stiffness does not enter into the relationship between WD spring force and load transfer.
JBarca wrote:I think we're saying the same thing -- if the WD spring force is the same, the load transfer will be the same -- regardless of receiver torsional stiffness.
---When you do reach the WD spring force to be the same on a less efficient receiver after over adjusting the hitch, then yes the WD on the TV will be the same.---
I think we also agree that, if receiver torsional stiffness is sufficiently low, physical restrictions on ball mount tilt and/or lift chain length might limit WD bar force.
However, 100% of the torque which is generated by the WD bars will be transmitted to the tow vehicle via the receiver. It has nowhere else to go. Nothing is "consumed" or "eaten up" by the receiver.
I am not aware of any cases where receiver rotation was great enough to prevent sufficient load transfer from being obtained. Perhaps you do. I think there were some cases where people were unable to achieve equal front-end "squat" on their GMC vehicles and attributed the problem to a "weak" receiver, being unaware that the vehicles had suspension travel limiters (a.k.a. jounce bumpers) on the front.
As a side note -- the VESC V-5 Regulation and the corresponding SAE Standard indicate that a rotation of up to 5 degrees is acceptable.
Ron
