Andersen No-Sway Anti-Bounce Weight Distribution Hitch A new kind of quick attach WDH that makes towing Safer
RV folks have embraced weight distributing hitches for their travel trailers for decades. A necessity for bumper pull trailers, I'm working in the horse industry to get more folks using weight distributing on bumper pull horse trailers. A good WDH will distribute the trailer tongue weight to all the axles of the truck and trailer. This helps manage trailer weight, braking and sway. This new Andersen Anti-Sway Anti-Bounce weight distribution system can be unhooked in 2 minutes. Yes that's a big improvement over what's on the market today with trunion bars, spring arms with chains, and the dangerous levers popping the chains on the trailer tongue brackets.Now imagine no more squeaking, popping and bouncing weight distributing. Andersen has created a whole new system for weight distributing and trailer sway control.
Made all heavy duty, with thick steel plates on the trailer tongue brackets, a thick ball shank (2 1/4 in down to 2 in) that's rated for 14,000 lb trailers with 2 5/16 in. ball. Basically one size fits all with two choices of shank drops. Instead of sliding sway bars, spring arm cams or gripping spring arm brackets, Andersen forces the trailer coupler forward pushing the rear weight towards the front to achieve weight distribution. The ball shaft goes all the way through the hitch head. Cone shaped socket in the hitch head has brake lining in it. The ball moves with the trailer creating friction sway control in the brake lining. Urethane springs on the end of the chains take the bounce and squeak out of the weight distributing hitch.Sway control is from the friction of a brake liner inside the ball socket in the ball shank.
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Comes in a small box | Hitch head, shank and ball. Locking nuts on adjustable drawbar for dual purpose hitch | Chain spreader (triangle plate) attaches to bottom of ball shank (sway control tension plate) | Chains attach to chain spreader (triangle plate) |
Trailer tongue brackets are 5/8 in. thick | Fits 5 and 6 in. trailer V-tongue frames also available in 3 and 4 inch | Chain bolt goes through outside frame bracket | High-density urethane spring |
The urethane spring takes the bounce out of the Andersen WDH | Andersen comes with it's own deep impact socket... | ... to tighten the chains. | Tightening the chains increased weight distributing and sway control |
Andersen WDH becomes an adjustable drawbar | Collar holds ball in place for drawbar when not using chains | 2 1/4 inch ball shaft tapers a 1/4 inch... | ....to 2 inch at the bottom of the ball shaft |
2 inch ball, 10k, 2 5/16 inch ball 14k | Trailer brackets are 5/8 in thick |
Solid shank is how the good ones are made | No grease needed on the ball, ball turns with the trailer coupler inside the brake lining |
Dual purpose hitch, comes with a collar to use drawbar without chain spreader as an adjustable hitch too. No spring arms, greaseless ball, no squeaks, no bounce and a Lifetime Warranty, what else do you need?
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