MFL wrote:
^^If that AU was using the puck system, attached to four corner pucks, this outcome may have differed. The steel rail mount, by design, 4-corner attachment, so much more sturdy!
If they ever planned to have a puck mount, I think they would have by now.
Jerry
Personally I would never consider an Aluminum ANDERSEN for the weight limits they "CLAIM".
The steel version I would not have an issue with same goes for the similar PullRite hitch.
They HAVE bed deflection with the hitch pictured above but have not done anything about it. B&W had the same issue with the NON puck Companion years ago but did re engineer the base so it would directly place it's forces to the bottom corrugation of the bed and then to the bed cross rails and then to the frame.