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I have the steel AUH and it works great. When CW installed the nose piece they had it front of the pin. I made the 3 hr tow home...and flipped it when I got home as I couldn’t make a turn with out contacting my bed rails.
Now my issue is that I have to back in dead center straight as an arrow to the trailer or my tailgate will contact the trailer. It’s okay but the wife freaks out as the tailgate is 1/2” from the trailer on a flat surface.
I have the gooseneck version so I purchased a 5” offset adapter and contacted Anderson for a shorter ball connector. Customer service was great and had the connector at my door in 3 business days.
Will try it out this weekend.
i should also note that Anderson is no longer building the steel version. The Aluminum version is selling and working so well that they have dropped the steel version all together. Exact words from their CS dept.
Are they making an aluminum version of the rail mount then? When I bought mine, the steel was for the rail mount and the aluminum was for the gooseneck ball or the 5th wheel prep newer trucks.
I see, they will probably still be making the steel rail mount version. Thanks for the update and sharing your experience with the AUH. I think it is the way forward of 5th wheel towing.
Just checked...the original steel rail version IS still available. It now comes with the newer version of the king pin adapter. (With the new red funnel).
Our winter was cold enough that the pressed in cup in the adapter contracted enough to drop out. When I couldn't get it back in right away, I called Andersen, explained the problem, and when I told them I was leaving in two days, they overnighted a new adapter. Turns out that a few hours in the freezer was enough to get the cup back in. Andersen suggested applying a silicon sealer around the edge of the cup to hold it in place over the winter. Excellent customer service!
As for the guy who couldn't get it down on the goose ball far enough to slide the pin in, I had the same problem until I loosened the top and side bolts enough.
Andersen, in spite of the 50 ft/lb in the directions, now recommends 60 ft/lbs on the top bolt and re-torquing once the trailer is on the hitch. That should prevent any movement of the hitch.
For what it is worth, I switched from the steel rail mount to the aluminum goose ball hitch last year. The steel one is for sale.
Have a 35 ft Montana, been to the west coast and eats coast, not a bit of problem with the Andersen. I had a Resse and it had come apart on another truck I had. I have a 2018 SD short bed. I was in New Mexico and a fellow traveller had a Pullride come undone, he ditched it and went with the Andersen. He texted me later saying he made the right choice and wasn't looking back.
Our winter was cold enough that the pressed in cup in the adapter contracted enough to drop out. When I couldn't get it back in right away, I called Andersen, explained the problem, and when I told them I was leaving in two days, they overnighted a new adapter. Turns out that a few hours in the freezer was enough to get the cup back in. Andersen suggested applying a silicon sealer around the edge of the cup to hold it in place over the winter. Excellent customer service!.
This weekend I just realized I had the exact same thing happen to me!
Unfortunately I didn’t figure it out until I was on my creeper installing strong arms on my Fiver. I looked up and saw that the pressed in cup was missing.
Too bad I have about 900 miles towing like this. I thought it sounded different but didn’t see anything that stood out.
I guess that explains why my ball was starting to gall up a bit...
I called Anderson and have a new piece on its way no questions asked.
After calling I went and checked my winter storage location...sure enough the cup was in the dirt right where the camper sat for the winter.
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