I may have to get a 68RFE in my new truck.

[AH64ID]

82215837AB

That should be the correct part for a 19 3500

 

[Cummins12V98]

“I” am the one who mentioned BED DEFLECTION with the ANDERSEN.

But I am the A-Hole in some people’s eyes for mentioning this.

Get some filler PCs to fill in the beds corrugation.

 

[Stuart Carter Brandt]

Ok I mentioned to Anderson to have those skid plastic pieces like the BW companion has in the way it's set up I really taking this thing apart and it is very very very Stout and well-made.

 

[AH64ID]

Ok I mentioned to Anderson to have those skid plastic pieces like the BW companion has in the way it's set up I really taking this thing apart and it is very very very Stout and well-made.

It’s more than the skids. It’s where the weight sits and it’s the extra pivot point.

It may be well made, but it’s not well engineered. It’s takes both.

 

[Cummins12V98]

It’s simply the fore and aft movement that causes the bed deflection. Shim it and you should be good to go til you hit the brakes HARD and it folds.

 

[Ozymandias]

One Sentence - get rid of that Crap and buy a decent hitch.

Which to get was mentioned a 100 pages earlier in this thread.

 

[Stuart Carter Brandt]

I understand the problem started when I had an emergency stop on interstate 85 near Charlotte North Carolina that about 30 miles an hour I had to make an emergency stop and the truck started bouncing because the brakes on the jayco were not working correctly because I had the brakes setting on light electric now I have corrected that problem because you guys told me about it and I put them on heavy electric at A-Plus four setting now the truck and the RV stop really well.
I spoke to Mr truck out in Colorado about the problem with the brakes and he said really I should just use another kind of brake controller he said the one on the Dodge is not that great on the new ram 19th however since I put it too heavy electric and the plus number for setting I mean it stops really really really well NOW.

 

[AH64ID]

Is it denting the bed at the front or rear of the Anderson? Or both?

 

[Stuart Carter Brandt]

I took some pictures of the pickup truck bed to show what I was talking about here's a few right here guys check it out.

 

[AH64ID]

Denting on both sides means it’s more than just emergency braking that’s doing that. The hitch is pivoting too much, as stated it would do before you ever installed it.

 

[Stuart Carter Brandt]

I see that it is denting primarily in the front of the truck bed not in the back in the front because that means when the brakes were not working correctly it was pushing forward which cause that kind of teeter-totter effect and that's why I guess it was bouncing but okay yeah it slips really easy on the truck then we tell you it's easy to move around at the slides and I guess that's not a good thing in fact Anderson does sell a rubber mat for the truck bed obviously this is a serious problem but it wouldn't be that difficult to well maybe on mine would it would be because I have a BW 1322 have a solid shaft going from the gooseneck receptacle up to the Anderson solid shaft that would work but they're not going to make that.

I understand the bottom line is I made a mistake and it's doing well now it's everything's good with it now but still the fact that I have to put a rubber mat or something to protect the truck bed is not a good thing but all right my mistake I didn't understand now when I get the money I'm going to have to put a b w companion and have it set up correctly so the RV rides completely level but the wife doesn't want to spend the money that's I know that he's tired of spending money that maybe in a couple of weeks 3 weeks when she realizes it's not working as good as it can work she'll probably eunos spend the money yeah I know it's only you know 12 or whatever it is but still she's pissed off.

 

[dieselshadow]

Buy it right once, cry once. Buy it wrong, cry again and again...

 

[Jim W]

I agree with the other poster on the use of the Anderson hitch for towing a 5er. Like I have said in the past do a "FREE BODY DIAGRAM" on that hitch with the loads that the hitch see's from your 5th WHEEL. Once this is done and you see the forces that are present you will/would never tow with the Anderson hitch.
The load input for the Anderson hitch is at the top of the hitch ball and it is offset either to the front or back of the center hitch ball in the bed, depending on mounting of hitch. Now you transfer that load point from the top ball to the lower ball plus the bending moment that occurs, as this load is pushed down around the top hitch ball and this is what is causing your bed to deform.

What I see happening is this bending moment is causing the bed to be deformed in front as the hitch is pushed down. The loading of the 5th wheel as the load is stopped. At the ball joint towards the rear of the ball, I bet you will find that this has been slightly deform as well. The sheet metal might be slightly raised, not visible to the naked eye. But put a straight edge at this spot and it may be higher at the mid-point than the surrounding metal.

 

[TFucili]

I understand money doesn't grow on trees, but when you are in this deep, please consider your own safety, as well as others on the road, not to mention your truck and fiver. It is not a joke.

 

[Stuart Carter Brandt]

I absolutely agree with that yep we're a hundred forty something thousand into this thing yeah another 1300 ain't going to bury the farm as they say.

 

[Stuart Carter Brandt]

I know one thing for a fact the BW gooseneck hitch 1320 is an absolutely fantastic product I pulled the ball out last night from the turnover ball and I can't believe how heavy it is good solid stuff.

 

[Cummins12V98]

The damage has nothing to do with the braking, it has to do with the fore and aft push pull that will ALWAYS happen with the ANDERSEN.

I would turn in a claim with them for the bed damage and see what they say. They have known about this issue for a long time and figure it's not worth their time to fix it.

Mt 18k B&W Companion did the same with bed deflection and the base actually bent. B&W did the right thing, sent me a new base and shims that allowed the base to transfer the fore and aft movement to the spaces blocks then to the bed/crossmembers.

THEN they came up with the B&W 20k Companion with the integrated shims. Stuart that is the hitch you NEED to buy and SELL your ANDERSEN.

ORRRRR better yet add the pucks (that sHOULD have came with your truck) and get this BEAUTY. This is the Caddy of all non air ride hitches. You WILL thank me!!!!!!!

 

[Cummins12V98]

I know one thing for a fact the BW gooseneck hitch 1320 is an absolutely fantastic product I pulled the ball out last night from the turnover ball and I can't believe how heavy it is good solid stuff.

"Heavy" "Solid" HMMMMM, I think you just answered all your questions right there. Is the ANDERSEN either of those???

 

[Stuart Carter Brandt]

I must say it's extremely Stout built but it's very very very light about 30 lb but yeah I definitely understand where you guys are coming from and I'm working on my end on the 3500 BW Companion for the dually ram 2019.

 

[Stuart Carter Brandt]

I am going to have my lawyer maybe write something up should I decide to try to get my money back from Anderson to be very Frank I don't even want to sell them anymore and I've sell them and I've sold some of them with good results but those are always on short beds trucks six and a half foot bed.