Anderon weight dist hitch?

[JDark]

Anderson weight dist hitch?

anyone have an real world experience with this hitch?

 

[SnoKing]

Looks pretty cheap charlie! It is going to put a lot of pressure in the coupler latch in a direction that is not normal! How doess one quickly disconnect it. Is this the results of a 4 grade science class? Chris

 

[GCroyle]

HUGE discussion on Airforums.com

http://www.airforums.com/forums/f464/andersen-no-sway-weight-distribution-101220.html about 134 replies so far
http://www.airforums.com/forums/f464/the-andersen-wd-hitch-user-thread-92131.html 2400 replies then it got shut down. Gotta play by the rules.

 

[JDark]

HUGE discussion on Airforums.com

http://www.airforums.com/forums/f464/andersen-no-sway-weight-distribution-101220.html about 134 replies so far
http://www.airforums.com/forums/f464/the-andersen-wd-hitch-user-thread-92131.html 2400 replies then it got shut down. Gotta play by the rules.

thanks, i'll check it out. Johnny

 

[JR]

They seem to be getting pretty good reviews, I wish I knew someone who owned one and had some feed back becauase I've been looking to upgrade my old w/d system. I like the concept of the coupling brake for sway control.

 

[jgillott]

They seem to be getting pretty good reviews, I wish I knew someone who owned one and had some feed back becauase I've been looking to upgrade my old w/d system. I like the concept of the coupling brake for sway control.

There is a nice used Hensley Arrow on the Pittsburgh Craigslist right now. Still way out of my price range but a good deal if you were looking for one.

 

[SnoKing]

Who ever designed this as a weight distribution hitch never took a physics class in high school. With just around 8 inches or so for the lever, it is going to take one heck of a lot of tension of the chairs to cam weight to the front of the TV. Chris

 

[JR]

There is a nice used Hensley Arrow on the Pittsburgh Craigslist right now. Still way out of my price range but a good deal if you were looking for one.

Thanks, I will look into it. Normally it would probably be too far for me to travel unless it was a smoking deal, but I may be heading down toward the Baden area to look at a super low hour 13 atv this week.

 

[GCroyle]

JDark,

You haven't mentioned what you tow, that would be helpful. Hitches start big (and I'm being kind) discussions about what is right/wrong/best/safest etc. Good luck figuring it all out. BTW a significant amount of the discussion on Airforum was math based about all of the forces etc.

I'm gonna throw one other interesting hitch that caught my eye based on the use of Belleville springs as a centering system, the Husky Centerline. I have an Equal-I-Zer, came with the rig. Doesn't have an active recentering system, I see it as passive control. The Husky has a I WANT TO RETURN TO STRAIGHT built in within the head.

Gary

 

[SnoKing]

This hitch is made by Andersen Hitches, the same people that have the Ultimate 5th Wheel Connection hitch. It is not Anderon as the title says.

I watched their video. I puts around 4,000 pounds of pressure against the hitch latch if you have one with the latch behind the ball. Chris

 

[SnoKing]

This hitch is made by Andersen Hitches, the same people that have the Ultimate 5th Wheel Connection hitch. It is not Anderon as the title says.

I watched their video. I puts around 4,000 pounds of pressure against the hitch latch if you have one with the latch behind the ball. Chris

 

[JDark]

This hitch is made by Andersen Hitches, the same people that have the Ultimate 5th Wheel Connection hitch. It is not Anderon as the title says.

I watched their video. I puts around 4,000 pounds of pressure against the hitch latch if you have one with the latch behind the ball. Chris

Thanks for the spelling lesson. I have watched the videos and I greatly appreciate everyone who has explained their thoughts on the design. But, and I say this with all respect , the question was posed to anyone with real world experience with this hitch , not everyone who had a thought about a picture. Johnny