Another Andersen WDH review

Agree, Andersen wdh is easy to use and easy on weight, though have no experience with another; I see other campers manipulate wdh bars and they seem much heavier than homologous chains in the Andersen. Finger-touch adjustments of rear nuts for loading are nice. Seems to help with sway, other than user-error type, going too fast with TT pushing TV.

Anderson talks about eliminating bounce. Any feedback there?

@Russell Walker posted:

Anderson talks about eliminating bounce. Any feedback there?

On first tow I was underwhelmed with the bounce control. I then tightened the adjustment nuts down a couple of turns and the bounce was all but eliminated.

After way too many years we finally purchased an Andersen a few months ago. Another very happy user here as well.

Thank you for your responses. I really like the light weight of the hitch and am glad to hear the positive feedback.

Over 30 thousand miles, in seven years, towing our 2285 with an Anderson hitch, on road and off, with no complaints.  And we’ve spent way too many miles on the “5”, the worst California has to offer.  Parts of the 101 are pretty brutal too, though.

Happy trails, Ed & Shirley.

Love our Anderson!!

Just for the record...it is AndersEn......,not AndersOn.....

Thanks for enduring me

I wanted to follow up on my initial brief review of our Andersen WDH. We did a slightly longer trip last week, around 700 miles with much of the driving on CA-1 north of the SF Bay Area. On our drive up we encountered wind gusts reaching 30+ mph. The rig (Ram 2500+Lance 2285) handled the conditions flawlessly. Coming home today over the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge the ride was solid as a rock, with zero sway. I did get some bounce over the expansion joints, but based on our previous drives on this route I honestly expected way worse than we experienced.
So I'm still pleased and expect that the satisfaction will continue but will report back should that change.

Cheers,
Henry

Images taken at Salt Point State Park, Mendocino Botanical Garden, and Olema Campground.

Have done 10k miles with the Andersen in 90+ gusts through NM in April.  Never a sway. 

Yup, echoing @henrypretz and @KeithS on high winds, when the meteor crater rim walk ~Winslow AZ was closed because of 50++mph winds our Andersen hitch handled trailer extremely well, even with big rigs passing us at 70mph. That windy spring weather was with us into NM and TX. Nary a problem with crosswinds.

We are new to the Andersen with only 3 trips. I wasn’t too happy on the first trip as compared to the Equalizer. Noticeable bounce and excessive side to side motion (I wouldn’t say sway). Tightend the nut 2 more threads and eliminated much of it, but I was running out of threads. I didn’t want to move the brackets back further, so I removed 1 chain link. Now I have it dialed in to match the performance I was getting from my Equalizer. Very solid ride.  And, no noise!

I'm another satisfied Andersen user with a 2375. We've put at least 20k on it since 2019, It's so much lighter and quieter than a torsion bar type WDH. It has performed well in some pretty gnarly spots like the GW Bridge approaches in NY, washed-out roads in Newfoundland, and the causeways approaching New Orleans.

Having my Andersen installed today.

Update to ask if anyone else has had issues with the bottom retaining pin clip on the Andersen getting bent with use. It seems to hang up on the triangle plate as the plate turns. This happened to us with two different pins.
I replaced the pin with a 3/16" lynch pin that I had in my spares bin. It stayed intact on our last trip, so hopefully it solves the bent pin issue. The circle part is 1 5/8". I may pick up one with a smaller ring when I can.
That said, the Andersen WDH keeps impressing me with its performance.

Cheers
Henry

Bent pins

3/16" lynch pin 👍🏽

They bend all the time. I keep at least 3 with me. Cheap & available at any hardware store.

@Scrapperjohn posted:

They bend all the time. I keep at least 3 with me. Cheap & available at any hardware store.

I found getting the bent ones out has been a knucklebuster for me 😑
Hoping to eliminate that.

I’ve probably just been lucky with no bent pins, but I do insert mine to be parallel to the plate. Still in that position when I disconnect. I do prefer the type you switched to.