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01-07-2019, 08:24 AM
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#77
01-07-2019, 08:56 AM
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They come with what's main stream but I bet if you request it upon purchase of the 5er they may swap it for you. It's really up to the dealer. I know Lippert will still honor the chassis warranty with a proper replaced pinbox for a goose box, but not the adapters that go on the factory pinbox.
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01-09-2019, 08:52 AM
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We travel all over the US and stayed in numerous CGs and in the last 5 years I've seen maybe 6 Anderson hitches, so I don't thinking experienced RVers are a pretty good judge of what hitches worked the best and don't fail when someone pulls on them a little to hard. I've had the brake away switch get pulled on my 16K trailer when moving and the only thing that happened to my 20K Reese hitch was nothing, the trailer brakes locked and stopped the truck and life when on. I'll take the extra weight and piece of mind.
Denny
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01-09-2019, 06:39 PM
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I think it's mostly sold to those 3 x's a year towing crowd. After all they all seem to brag how easy it is to remove. I tow alot, why would I want to remove it? I have not seen one in use yet at a campground. Just my thought & opinion.
#85
01-10-2019, 08:51 AM
It's easy to tell because of the coupler attached to the pin, you don't have to see the hitch. That photo makes me laugh because I never have room for my hitch in the basement storage traveling or at our homebase.
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01-10-2019, 09:02 AM
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The coupler attached to the pin can also look like one of the anti-theft devices for a fifth wheel unless you're real familiar with what the Andersen looks like.
#88
01-10-2019, 01:20 PM
I have a gooseneck cattle trailer and 20,000 GVWR flatbed gooseneck farm trailer I use frequently. It got to be a real pain (in the back) removing the B&W fifth wheel hitch every time I needed to use the other trailers or needed the truck bed for hauling stuff. I tried the Anderson but it did not work well with the type pin box I had. I got a Goosebox and love it.
#89
01-10-2019, 01:37 PM
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I have a gooseneck cattle trailer and 20,000 GVWR flatbed gooseneck farm trailer I use frequently. It got to be a real pain (in the back) removing the B&W fifth wheel hitch every time I needed to use the other trailers or needed the truck bed for hauling stuff. I tried the Anderson but it did not work well with the type pin box I had. I got a Goosebox and love it.
I do like the Goosebox and in your case don't blame you for the conversion. I actually would recommend the Goosebox any day over the Andersen.
For anyone that doesn't know, this is a goosebox pinbox replacement
#90
01-11-2019, 06:26 AM
An FYI for anyone installing a Goosebox, If your wing set uses 2" vertical spacing you have to drill an additional hole in the Goosebox. Only the rear holes are drilled at 2" spacing, the spacing on the front holes is 2.5" and 3". The instructions are not very clear and Reese is now aware of it. No idea why they didn't punch another hole in each side.