I have the Andersen 5th wheel hitch which uses the ball connection in conjunction with my turn-over ball. The unit is aluminum and can handle 4500 tongue weight and 24,000 trailer. The weight is 45 pounds. I'm happy with it.
I recently purchased a Cougar fifth wheel and after long research decided to buy this Curt Crosswing. My Ram 2500 had the factory prep for a gooseneck but not the puck system. I am very pleased with the performance of the Crosswing. It handled some rough back roads with no bucking. Thanks for the review.
I’m glad it’s working well for you! This weekend I’ll be towing my 5th wheel up the Ike gauntlet in Colorado. I can’t wait to give the hitch its first big test.
My Crosswing is on it's way to my house and next week we are picking up our new Alliance 5er. Another tidbit of info. Curt is owned by Lippert. Lippert frames are on almost every 5th out there. If you put their own hitch to pull their frame there can be no blame game if something goes wrong. I looked at Pullright and Anderson but chose Curt for this very reason.
Great job Luke!! Hey man, I have the same B&W currently- did you have to get a new rail system for this Crosswing or use the one that you had from the B&W? Thank you for the video brother!
I have a Curt Q-24, I love the cushion ride. Very important with less stress on the Fifth wheel frame. The Q-24 has hitch problems, cannot be hitch or unhitched unless truck and fifth wheel are very close to the same plane (horizontal angles). If hitch won't release I just remove the head, easy to do. Easy to remove head, so it's easy to remove base also! So any cushion with the Crosswing?
@@makingitmine Since you have industry standard rails the appropriate Anderson wouldn’t be aluminum, it would be steel. (Model 3200). Only 40 lbs and would fit right into the industry standard rails.
The stupidity at the end was unnecessary. When you use your own child for likes and attention at least be responsible and show him how to lift properly. The child could be injured, obviously was a little heavy for him, lift it with his back while keeping legs straight. Good job genius.
I have the same Grand Design Trailer and have been using the Andersen Hitch (over 10,000 miles with no issues). Most annoying part is the chains that have to be used because the style is more like a traditional ball hitch. How would this hitch perform hitching up at extreme angles? With the Andersen it does not matter. Just curious.
It does have the ability articulate a bit. The way everything connects gives it enough play that I haven’t had a concern with it not being able to handle the 5th wheel and truck not being on the same level of ground.
@@F450FTWIt does have a lateral bolt so it can move (but not freely) in pitch (nose up and down such as driving over humps or through dips), so I should have said that it has only a little bit of flex in roll. And of course roll is accomodate by the truck's suspension and the trailer's suspension. Traditional fifth-wheels are rigid in roll, too, and commercial trucks still work that way... but they have truck and trailer frames which are very flexible in torsion (twisting). But yes, it's a step backward.
Not a fan of this one, just seems too vulnerable to a failure and no axial movement or real stability. Too much like the anderson hitch that I would never use.