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Forum: Towing and Hitching 03-06-2015, 06:10 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 9,834
Posted By Brian B-P
That makes sense to me. If a fancier mount -...

That makes sense to me. If a fancier mount - aluminum, adjustable, whatever - is desired, you can get it later and keep the one from Reace on the shelf as a spare, since it's not going to be...
Forum: Towing and Hitching 03-06-2015, 06:08 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 9,834
Posted By Brian B-P
... until after pick-up day!

... until after pick-up day!
Forum: Towing and Hitching 03-02-2015, 12:42 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 9,834
Posted By Brian B-P
It seems that just as all food discussions now...

It seems that just as all food discussions now mention poutine, all hitch discussions become about the Andersen No-Sway WD!
Forum: Towing and Hitching 03-02-2015, 12:41 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 9,834
Posted By Brian B-P
Okay, we're in synch about the chains. :) I...

Okay, we're in synch about the chains. :)
I think the friction material won't work very well if too lightly loaded, so they're just saying that even with everything hooked up as intended, if you...
Forum: Towing and Hitching 03-02-2015, 12:17 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 9,834
Posted By Brian B-P
Absolutely correct. :) Without the...

Absolutely correct. :)


Without the chains, there is no sway control action of the Andersen "No-Sway", regardless of the load on the ball. Without the chains, it is simply a plain...
Forum: Towing and Hitching 03-01-2015, 07:37 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 9,834
Posted By Brian B-P
I don't think that's quite true, and likely a bit...

I don't think that's quite true, and likely a bit of playing a little loose with the facts, which is common for marketing people.

For the sway control action, the chains must be hooked up so that...
Forum: Towing and Hitching 03-01-2015, 06:33 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 9,834
Posted By Brian B-P
The Andersen No-Sway system head - the most...

The Andersen No-Sway system head - the most visible part - is aluminum. The shank is steel, and since the part in the receiver is solid (as is typical for Class 4 ball mounts) rather than hollow (as...
Forum: Towing and Hitching 03-01-2015, 06:23 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 9,834
Posted By Brian B-P
The Rapid Hitch...

The Rapid Hitch (https://www.andersenhitches.com/Catalog/rapid-hitch.aspx) is the aluminum adjustable-height ball mount from Andersen. They also sell a steel-shanked adjustable height ball mount...
Forum: Towing and Hitching 03-01-2015, 04:41 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 9,834
Posted By Brian B-P
Thanks Pat :) That measurement makes perfect...

Thanks Pat :) That measurement makes perfect sense, it's just not the standard because receivers have different distances from that face to the pin hole, and it's the pin hole that determines the...
Forum: Towing and Hitching 03-01-2015, 04:14 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 9,834
Posted By Brian B-P
That sounds short to me, as I don't know if I've...

That sounds short to me, as I don't know if I've ever seen shorter, but I think we're just measuring from different points.

Pat, yours is 7-1/2" from the centre of the ball hole to where - the...
Forum: Towing and Hitching 03-01-2015, 01:09 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 9,834
Posted By Brian B-P
I hadn't even thought of that! :laugh: The...

I hadn't even thought of that! :laugh:

The Andersen page for the Alumistinger helpfully lists other manufacturers of similar fixed-drop solid aluminum mounts:

Fastway (formerly Diversi-Tech...
Forum: Towing and Hitching 03-01-2015, 12:20 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 9,834
Posted By Brian B-P
I have the opposite situation: to minimize the...

I have the opposite situation: to minimize the lever arm length of the hitch, I want the shortest extension of the ball mount. One reason for me to avoid adjustable mounts is that they are longer...
Forum: Towing and Hitching 02-28-2015, 10:29 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 9,834
Posted By Brian B-P
If you're getting a typical plain ball steel ball...

If you're getting a typical plain ball steel ball mount, they're in stock in stores so you could just wait for the day you pick up the trailer, but I know it's tough to wait!

If you're getting...
Forum: Towing and Hitching 02-28-2015, 10:22 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 9,834
Posted By Brian B-P
I would visit a dealership and measure to the top...

I would visit a dealership and measure to the top of the receiver opening on a functionally identical truck... but to some extent that's just an excuse to poke around the vehicles. ;)

To be valid,...
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