ramffml
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I've towed for a few years now with my 2019. Never been happy with how it performs, except once. Same trailer, but different luggage/cargo in the bed and trailer, and I've only had it once where I thought "this is ok, I can live with this". Otherwise, there is this giant fat man bobbin up and down on the back of my bumper and it makes towing nauseous. Some of you have experienced this as I've read it on the forums, others pull much heavier trailers and have no issues, so clearly it is a "setup" issue as opposed to a "ram" issue. I've been using a Husky Centerline; it's stout!
But I also believe these Ram's are very unforgiving of an improper setup. If you dial it in at a cat scale, you're probably great. But I'm always carrying different amounts in my setup, and it's time to push Bob off my bumper.
I read about the Andersen no sway and as soon as I read how it works I wanted it. For a start it is light weight (like half the weight of my Husky), it's completely silent, very fast to setup and tear down with no requirement on special levers; but best of all, it uses chains as opposed to trunion bars. And from the trip I just made, I believe its a winner. I've never had my Husky perform like this. Bob is gone, by Bob.
I believe the chains make all the difference, because in my old setup the trunion bars were spring/tension loaded, and that interacts with the already flexible coil springs in our Rams. The chains do distribute the weight, but the chains never spring/bounce, so the only bounce now that I get is in the back of the truck; my WDH is no longer also springing. I'm convinced this is what has changed my experience. I've only made 1 short trip and one long trip in it so far but honestly my Husky never beat this and I fiddle faddled with it a lot, tape measure and multiple adjustments. This Andersen I just stopped 5 mins, turned each nut around 1 more time and kept going and that was it.
I know others here have really recommended the weigh safe and propride, but A) those were a lot more money, B) a lot heavier, and C) still more work to use all the time. That weigh safe looks incredibly well built, but again it uses trunion bars and I wanted to try the chains. So for me and my 6000 to 7000 pound trailer (usually closer to 6000 though), the Andersen is a clear win.
Wandering Weekends on YT did a hitch battle with his bigger trailer and F250. Very good watch as he trys about 6 different hitches, and even though he tried the Andersen in a second video he found it lacking. I can't agree with his final recommendation, but still worth a watch. His truck/trailer are completely different, I think he was concentrating more on horizontal sway from wind/trailers whereas I never had that issue but had vertical bounce that I wanted to get rid of. The Andersen does try to mitigate horizontal sway as well, the hitch head is very restrictive and doesn't turn very easy.
So if you have issues with Bob, try the Andersen or even an old school chain setup since my theory is that the dual bounce from the coils and the trunion bars are just too much in some setups. It might just do the trick for you.
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But I also believe these Ram's are very unforgiving of an improper setup. If you dial it in at a cat scale, you're probably great. But I'm always carrying different amounts in my setup, and it's time to push Bob off my bumper.
I read about the Andersen no sway and as soon as I read how it works I wanted it. For a start it is light weight (like half the weight of my Husky), it's completely silent, very fast to setup and tear down with no requirement on special levers; but best of all, it uses chains as opposed to trunion bars. And from the trip I just made, I believe its a winner. I've never had my Husky perform like this. Bob is gone, by Bob.
I believe the chains make all the difference, because in my old setup the trunion bars were spring/tension loaded, and that interacts with the already flexible coil springs in our Rams. The chains do distribute the weight, but the chains never spring/bounce, so the only bounce now that I get is in the back of the truck; my WDH is no longer also springing. I'm convinced this is what has changed my experience. I've only made 1 short trip and one long trip in it so far but honestly my Husky never beat this and I fiddle faddled with it a lot, tape measure and multiple adjustments. This Andersen I just stopped 5 mins, turned each nut around 1 more time and kept going and that was it.
I know others here have really recommended the weigh safe and propride, but A) those were a lot more money, B) a lot heavier, and C) still more work to use all the time. That weigh safe looks incredibly well built, but again it uses trunion bars and I wanted to try the chains. So for me and my 6000 to 7000 pound trailer (usually closer to 6000 though), the Andersen is a clear win.
Wandering Weekends on YT did a hitch battle with his bigger trailer and F250. Very good watch as he trys about 6 different hitches, and even though he tried the Andersen in a second video he found it lacking. I can't agree with his final recommendation, but still worth a watch. His truck/trailer are completely different, I think he was concentrating more on horizontal sway from wind/trailers whereas I never had that issue but had vertical bounce that I wanted to get rid of. The Andersen does try to mitigate horizontal sway as well, the hitch head is very restrictive and doesn't turn very easy.
So if you have issues with Bob, try the Andersen or even an old school chain setup since my theory is that the dual bounce from the coils and the trunion bars are just too much in some setups. It might just do the trick for you.
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