Coast Resorts Open Roads Forum: Towing: New Andersen WD hitch

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Topic: New Andersen WD hitch

Posted By: shades9323 on 06/28/17 11:35am

I would be pulling a 22' total length trailer with a gvwr of 5-6000lbs. Pulling with a 14 Ram 1500. Good to go with the Anderson?

Posted By: BarneyS on 06/28/17 02:58pm

I think you will be right on the edge of the weight restoration limits of that hitch. You would probably have been better off starting a whole new thread about the hitch rather than bringing up a thread that is over 4 years old since the last post. Things may have changed since this thread started and it is possible that the old comments may not apply anymore.
Barney

2004 Sunnybrook Titan 30FKS TT
Hensley "Arrow" 1400# hitch (Sold)
Not towing now.
Former tow vehicles were 2016 Ram 2500 CTD, 2002 Ford F250, 7.3 PSD, 1997 Ram 2500 5.9 gas engine

Posted By: gijoecam on 06/28/17 03:59pm

I say kudos to NOT starting a new thread on a subject that was discussed ad-nauseum four years ago!

Based on the discussions from earlier in the thread, many users didn't have great results once the tongue weight got north of the 600-700lb range. The leverage it applies to the hitch to redistribute the tongue weight appeared to be a bit limited, which isn't a surprise based on the geometry of the hitch springs.

As with all things in life, you're mileage may vary.

Posted By: ifd22 on 06/28/17 06:27pm

I tow a 31' Travel trailer with 900 pounds of tongue weight, weight of the camper is about 7000# My tow vehicle is a Ram 2500 CTD. I towed with this set up with a Equilizer hitch for several years, and other then the noise and weight of the hitch, it worked well. I switched to the Andersen last year. Bought it used, and after some fine tuning it I think it works great. Sway control feels about the same, and I am able to bring my front axle to unloaded height with 8 threads on the Andersen. The biggest improvements is the light weight of the hitch, zero noise, and very little bounce.
I am more then pleased with my purchase.
Another plus is Mine is an older model with the original brake material that they used. This material had a issue with it getting pushed out of the hitch. I emailed them some pictures of my hitch expressing concern with the material, and they had an entire new hitch head at my front door in 3 days no questions asked. Although I wasn't the original owner they backed up their lifetime warranty no questions asked, kudos to Andersen.

2019 Primetime lite Crusader
2018 Ram 2500 Crewcab CTD
Andersen hitch

Posted By: shades9323 on 06/28/17 08:12pm

gijoecam wrote:

That is kind of why I bumped the thread. 4 years is a long time, perhaps things have gotten re-designed and are working better now?

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