I just had my first extended trip with the Andersen Hitch and thought I would report my very unscientific impressions being so many people have wondered about it. My trailer has a hitch weight of approx 650# empty, so maybe up to 900# loaded...guesses only. I haven't weighed it. I pull with a 2500 diesel so have pretty stiff springs and actually pulled the trailer on several trips with no weight distribution. At first it was fine but as we kept adding stuff I noticed the front end of the truck getting lighter and lighter and bouncing around a lot. When we took a longer trip with a bunch of stuff in the truck bed and more in the trailer I knew I needed help. In times past we have had an Equal-i-zer with bigger trailers and I loved it. I still think it can't be beat--but when we started snow birding I really got tired of dealing with the heavy bars and having to do a lot of up and down with the tongue. It gets old if you have to do it every day or two.
So went to the Andersen and my first impression was great. It took a few on and offs to get the hang of it. I finally ended up tightening the chains to 3 1/2 turns and that seemed to do the trick. I will try 4 next time just to see if I can feel any difference. It seems like it really did take the bounce out of the truck better than the Equal-i-zer, but that may also just be because I have less tongue weight and a 3/4 ton truck instead of a 1/2 ton. And it really was a cinch to put on and take off--much easier for this ol' 74 year old. No grease, no bars or chains to store, no noise. Finally, it was very easy to install and there is just little or no fine tuning like other systems: no ball tilt, not have to find the right height for brackets, no big tug of war.
I like it.
So went to the Andersen and my first impression was great. It took a few on and offs to get the hang of it. I finally ended up tightening the chains to 3 1/2 turns and that seemed to do the trick. I will try 4 next time just to see if I can feel any difference. It seems like it really did take the bounce out of the truck better than the Equal-i-zer, but that may also just be because I have less tongue weight and a 3/4 ton truck instead of a 1/2 ton. And it really was a cinch to put on and take off--much easier for this ol' 74 year old. No grease, no bars or chains to store, no noise. Finally, it was very easy to install and there is just little or no fine tuning like other systems: no ball tilt, not have to find the right height for brackets, no big tug of war.
I like it.
). I was a little tongue/rear heavy on the truck coming back, so about 200 lbs over rear axel weight, but the trailer was sitting nice and level. I checked tire temps and hub temps on both the rear of the truck and the trailer on the way back, and after recording them for 3 days, they all stayed very constant, so nothing seemed to be running hot... Even on the rough places coming up, the trailer never really moved a bunch. 
