![]() Most folks don't realize that most of the RV warranties are to the first/original owner only regardless of the original term. Heck my stuff is always used and I self insure and keep non collision comprehensive to cover weird stuff. Thanks for clarifying bud! I thought you had one, and was reassuring if you were worried. ![]() I'm glad I did not keep the hitch though because then I would have missed this one. I found RBW was now Al Ko or some such and have manuals for their previously manufactured hitches, but no new hitches for sale so I guess my old favorite brand of 18 years ago is gone now. I only wish I had this when I did my seven years of fulltiming instead of the old model RBW with only forward and back movement before they came out with their rocker hitches. Thank good ness I figured it out before the first trip over hills of I-10 across new Mexico, and then the Grapevine of I-5 just north of LA. I also did not know that my trailer brakes were not working for that trip. So all I can comment on today is that the install was amazingly easy, and no muscles or vertebrae were harmed or injured in the installation of the product.įor me it is as risky as when I took that first leap of faith and connected to my first fiver for the first ever road trip, with a hitch I did not install, and a 92 diesel dually truck barely narrower than the concrete barriers on the construction North of San Antonio I had to maneuver on that first trip to Bossier City to outfit it post retirement. I can't say yet whether it tows better or worse than a traditional one because I only yesterday installed it on the truck and trailer pin box, but I haven't taken it for a test drive or maneuvering in and out of traffic. I have seen in every one of the threads about the Ultimate Hitch where actual owners love them and the only objectors never even saw one outside of a picture online or a static display at a show or dealer. Go to this page, scroll to the bottom and read the warranty pdf file there. However, Andersen warrants their hitches for $5 million if a manufacturer declines to cover a repair and claims the Andersen Ultimate was at fault. No risk, no manufacturer endorsement necessary. There is a ball/motion at the top so if anything, from the trailer's frame point of view, the same or less stress than the less expensive or older "normal" fiver hitches. What risk? The trailer weight is at the same height with no stiff lever going down to a ball. It doesn't require any special welds on the fiver because the Andersen design eliminates the typical gooseneck's long post that causes leverage stress and instead the Andersen places the ball on top of a pyramid that distributes the load as is typical in a 5th wheel collar mount. "HIghland Ridge RV, Inc - Fun Fact Friday (8-15-14) " Link is here: įor what it's worth, I ended up with a Wildcat 5er but liked the gooseneck idea so much that I'm pulling with the Andersen Aluminum Ultimate hitch. The part you want to see is about 2 mins into the 6 min video. This link is their video on how to change the kingpin to gooseneck. See this youtube video and it will all make sense. To change it to gooseneck you just order the bulldog adapter ($80 at etrailer). If you order an Open Range Light, it is standard with the king pin adapter. Changing from kingpin to gooseneck is a 5-minute easy swap that just requires pulling the hitch pin, dropping the king pin, hanging the goose pipe, reinsert the hitch pin. The Open Range design for the 5ers with the King combo pin box follow those weld specs. The specs call for additional welding at the 5er frame. Basically, the Lippert specs relate mostly to the Bulldog gooseneck adapter that is specific to the king combo. I questioned whether Lippert really supported a gooseneck and Open Range sent me the Lippert approval letters that specify the kingcombo to be OEM installed according to Lippert specs (which they sent me also). That pin box supports either a standard kingpin insert or a Bulldog gooseneck insert. Open Range Light 5er's use Lippert's KingCombo pinbox. I have never seen a Fv'r with a factory Gooseneck, I think I would like it." JMorris said: "Now I would love to see some pics of EKBendana's trailer, specifically the hitch area.
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