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Definitely not as strong as they say it is ..
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I recently had an accident while towing my fifth wheel trailer, which was hooked onto my Andersen hitch. The accident occurred in Southern California. During the accident I was cut off and I rear ended the vehicle with the estimated speed of collision at 10mph. “yes that slow.”During the accident I felt a large push from behind believing somebody had rear-ended my trailer. I was wrong, come to find out my newly purchased, only two month old, Andersen hitch had came completely off the gooseneck ball, which was attached to a newly mounted B&W system, which did not fail.
This action caused the Andersen hitch to move all the way to the front portion of my bed, which caused my rear window to shatter Spraying glass all over myself my wife and the interior of my truck. “ Thank God my kids weren’t in the car.
It was also found that the Andersen ball mounted on the hitch had Sheared in half as well. As a result of this I was barely able to get my truck to drag the trailer off the side of freeway before I had to call for a tow. I also found that the rear end of my truck had received moderate damage as a result of the hitches failure.
I know hitches can only withstand so much impact, but a 10 mph direct rear accident shouldn’t have caused this type of failure. Specially when the airbags on my vehicle didn’t even deploy.
This hitch failure has truly raddled me because if it would’ve been a severe accident I could only imagine where the hitch and trailer could’ve ended up.
Also to add more fear I contacted Anderson hitches and requested their assistance in the investigation into the hitch failure. But of course they responded that they would be taking no action and would give no assistance.
Great way to back your product Andersen as the strongest hitch ever!!!
DO NOT BUY!!!!!
September 2019 · Automotive · verified purchase