Andersen Ultimate 5th Wheel Raised Hitch 3217 Installation New F 350
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- The Andersen Ultimate 5th wheel hitch (raised version) installation on our new 2022 Ford Super Duty F-350 (same installation for F-250). Step-by-step detailed process. DIY. 3217 or 3220 #andersenhitch #ultimate5thwheel #rv #purplecollarlife
Remove puck cover from goose ball connection
Insert goose ball
Place safety chain bracket and Andersen hitch
Align hitch
Insert pin
Use 15/16 socket and torque wrench to tighten bolts to 60 ft/lbs
Measure clearance per instructions
Install the kingpin coupling block preparations
Determine proper coupling block orientation for your application
Insert kingpin retaining bolts
Insert spacing plate if required
Tighten 1/4 inch hex head allen set screws to 40 ft/lbs
Place disconnect lever
Set ball height for coupler
Slowly start process of connecting to 5th wheel trailer - checking clearances
Once aligned, lower coupler onto ball
Use connection lock to lock coupler over ball
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Published July 20, 2022
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0:00 - Intro
1:47 - Step 1: Remove puck cover from goose ball connection
2:27 - Step 2: Insert goose ball
2:57 - Step 3: Place safety chain bracket and Andersen hitch
3:45 - Step 4: Align hitch
3:56 - Step 5: Insert pin
5:35 - Step 6: Use 15/16 socket and torque wrench to tighten bolts to 60 ft/lbs
8:16 - Step 7: Measure clearance per instructions
9:30 - Step 8: Install the kingpin coupling block preparations
12:36 - Step 9: Determine proper coupling block orientation for your application
14:40 - Step 10: Insert kingpin retaining bolts
15:13 - Step 11: Insert spacing plate if required
16:55 - Step 12: Tighten 1/4 inch hex head allen set screws to 40 ft/lbs
19:04 - Step 13: Place disconnect lever
20:22 - Step 14: Set ball height for coupler
21:00 - Step 15: Slowly start process of connecting to 5th wheel trailer - checking clearances
24:34 - Step 16: Once aligned, lower coupler onto ball
25:30 - Step 17: Use connection lock to lock coupler over ball
27:04 - How to remove the Andersen Ultimate hitch when done
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Thank you for reviewing my family's hitches! This was an amazing explanation!
Our pleasure!
I used this setup for years and was very pleased, but ordered our newer 5th wheel with the Reese Goosebox, its even better just because you dont have anything else in the bed.
Great point!
I love my Anderson Hitch. Worked unbelievably well with My 2021 F350 short bed even with a bakflip tonneau cover and a aux fuel tank. I now have it in my 2022 F350 long bed. 15K miles and smooth as silk. Great video and info! Towing a 20K Redwood 37" fith wheel. SOOO easy to remove, and replace. 5 min tops and really light
It's a very impressive engineered system!
This is the first video that shows the install of the Anderson 3217 raised hitch and the concern for the side rails on newer trucks being a bit higher then older models Thank you - Well done
Thanks for watching and noticing! The higher side rails on the new truck was a real concern of mine. I didn’t want to potentially damage the truck or the trailer. The people at Andersen were super helpful in helping me determine that the raised hitch was the proper setup for me.
Certainly seems like an easy, heavy duty system. And high quality too! Very nice! Thanks for sharing Chad! 😎
I'm very impressed with it. More videos coming up about us actually towing with it. Thanks for watching!
I have personally owned this hitch for five years, tow a a fuzion 44 foot in crossed this country several times, never had a issue with it and would absolutely recommend it.
Thanks for sharing your experience. I think everyone loves reading the comments and hearing what other people are towing and towing with. The 44’ Fuzion certainly is a large camper!
Very thorough job, and nice system Chad. My camper is a good ole bumper pull, but if I had a 5th wheel, this looks like a winner!
Thanks! 👍 You should give a 5th wheel a try some time. We had a bumper tow for a number of years before we purchased our first 5th wheel. We've taken several long trips across the country to Yellowstone, Mt. Rushmore, Wisconsin Dells, Nashville, and the New England states with the camper. RV travel is my favorite way to travel - bumper tow or 5th wheel. But for the long trips, I prefer the 5th wheel. Thanks for watching and commenting, Ed. We appreciate the support.
We just bought a 2022 Grand Design Fifth Wheel and after a lot of research installed the Anderson Ultimate Hitch. The ease of the hitching / unhitching, and the ride home was fantastic. I have a Ford F350 with the 8-foot bed and had the Fifth Wheel OEM package already installed. I have a 27-foot Gooseneck horse trailer and the feel of the trailer behind me (while using the Anderson hitch) is very similar...almost not there. We also had the safety chains added. You can't have enough safety when towing. Thanks for the video!!
We couldn't believe the ride difference with the Anderson hitch. Super smooth and no more clunking! It's very impressive. And I love that I can load and unload it easily. Congrats on the new Grand Design 5th wheel. Which model did you choose?
Looks absolutely great video and nice sharing 🍎🍎
Thank you so much 🙂
Put the cap in the Reese hitch ball bag, then you have it when you pull the ball out. Nice set up thanks for sharing.
Great idea. Thanks for sharing!
Nice job 👍. Cheers from the Bulldog 🍻
Thank you! Cheers!
I've had an Andersen hitch for 9 months and towed about 3k miles. Satisfied with it. One note. After putting weight on the hitch, retighten top bolt. A little compression occurs with 3k pounds of weight on the hitch. Helpful to loosen side bolts when doing so
Excellent tip, Ray. I did that same thing. I let the weight of the camper sit fully on the hitch, then loosed the two bolts and tightened the top bolt back down. Then I tightened the two front bolts. It’s a really easy-to-use system. Even though it does require using a tool (torque wrench and sockets), it’s an easy process. Thanks for watching and leaving the comment!
Great video. I've been looking at the Anderson sway control for bumper pull hitch.
Thanks, Kevin. We just got back from a long camping trip using the Anderson Ultimate. I'm really happy with it. I have heard good things about their sway control system for the bumper pull campers.
Very thorough video. A point of caution with the safety chain system, the type of eye nuts used where the chains attach to the pin box aren't designed to be loaded laterally. They aren't recommended to be loaded past 45 degrees.
Interesting! So you're saying that from an engineering perspective, they're designed to have the pull force pulling straight against the bolt (outward from the hitch right or left), rather than forward? Thanks for sharing.
Great video! Why not leave the Anderson ball in the highest position to make sure the king pin box misses the bed rail?
They should be torqued in a X pattern. Great video!!!🎉
Yes! Thank you!
Excellent video, you covered all the details with detail, maybe too well. Your video got me thinking why the Anderson solution, I understand it is lighter than the traditional fifth-wheel hitch making it bearable for those that move the hitch in and out often. Installing the Anderson in the bed is a considerable effort compared to using the Reese Goosebox. With the Goosebox solution, one needs only to install the gooseneck ball in the truck bed. The Goosebox and the Anderson are about the same cost and there is no need to store a hitch platform when not installed on the tow vehicle.
My plans are, when the time comes to replace my tow vehicle, I am going with a long bed and the Goosebox. Right now I run an auto-slider fifth-wheel hitch to avoid (more) cab/cap collisions :(
Thanks for watching and leaving a comment! I have never tried the Reese Goose Box. But I do follow the channel Big Truck Big RV and he has done several videos on the goose box. It does look like a nice solution also. My first concerns with it (again, I've never actually used it - just done some research in the forums) is that the airbag could lose pressure over time or in climate changes/elevation changes, and the trailer could change height in the bed of my truck. It also looks like it could keep me from making as tight of turns as the Anderson Ultimate Raised hitch allows. I would be interested in testing one out though so that I could experience another type of 5th wheel hitch! Sometimes you never know until you try. You'll see future videos of towing with this Anderson Ultimate (Raised version). It really is an amazing system. So light weight, quiet, and it actually allows me to properly adjust the height of the ball to keep my bedrails away from the 5th wheel.
Unless things have changed, the Anderson Hitch is around half the cost or more of the Goosebox I believe, and that's the lower 16k version.
WE have a Ford f250. Turn your coupler around facing forward . It will give you give you more room when tail gate is down. Ours is with a 6.5 bed
Thanks! You don't find that with the coupler the other way the cab of the bed is too close to the 5th wheel front cap?
Well, I don't have a 5th wheel but still loved the video Chad. I've looked at those Rigid boxes before...may have to wander over to Home Depot to see if they're still on sale!
You should! I actually went back and bought a couple more. I love organization.
@@PurpleCollarLife I had the rolling Rigid box set, including the little one that you showed in the video. Used them for about 10 years hauling my tools around the gas fields out west. My pickup had a topper but it didn't keep out much of the dust from those oil field roads but the gasket on these Rigid boxes worked great.
@@berthongo8531 Thanks for sharing. I was thinking about getting a couple more of the boxes one size bigger. Great to hear that they hold up!
Turn the funnel to the front that will give you 6 inches more room (distance from tailgate to trailer)
Hi Dave, I’m glad you brought this up. I actually measured several times. Yes, if I flipped the funnel around toward the front, I would have more clearance between the tailgate and the camper. BUT - my kingpin box is a long one, so if the funnel was forward, I would actually make contact between the back of that kingpin box and the tailgate when it’s in the up position, and I would make contact with my side bed rails when turning. I’m really glad the Andersen system provides instructions on how to measure everything to determine which direction to face the funnel based on your truck and the length of that kingpin box. Thanks for watching!
@@PurpleCollarLife If the ball is high enough, it shouldn't matter. Your pin box should be higher than the bed.
I purchased my Andersen Ultimate from a neighbor. Having the turnover ball gooseneck installed in my 2016 F250 longbed next week. So, there is a lot I don't know, or didn't know until watching this video. Thank you for answering so many questions I had, and some I didn't, in perfect detail.
The only aspect that I didn't hear about in this video was the height adjustment of the kingpin on the RV. When would that need to be adjusted?
Very nice! Thanks for watching and leaving a comment. I always hope that our videos are helpful.
On our 5th wheel, we have never adjusted the kingpin (between two different trucks). We've adjusted the hitch as necessary for different heights.
Do you have issues with excessive chucking? I have read a number of entries in some forums about the chucking issue and do not have an actual solution?
I've had zero issues with chucking. I feel like the Andersen eliminates the chucking that I'm used to from a traditional 5th wheel hitch. What type of movement are you feeling?
Is your SuperDuty a short bed or long bed? Can't really tell and I don't recall you saying.
Thanks for watching! It's a long bed.
Here's a couple more videos about the long bed: czcams.com/video/h9TjiYvpc-c/video.html
czcams.com/video/EO1MrCGEwdM/video.html
How do those 4 set hex bolts keep it from turning......??? that part i do not understand.
They're torqued and just put pressure against the plate. That pressure keeps it from turning.
How’s the ride in the truck? Seems like it would be pretty harsh 😮
It’s actually not bad. It does ride like a truck - especially with 80 psi in the rear tires and 65 psi in the fronts. But it’s quiet and smooth on nice roads. Now once you get on a bad (really bumpy with lots of potholes or tar strips) road, you do feel those bumps.
So does the bed part of the hitch work with goose neck balls that are welded to a bolt on plate?
I'm not exactly sure. I know the one's I've seen all are the puck system gooseneck ball setup. Andersen is great at answering questions. I'm sure if you give them a call, they can help you determine if it will work safely with your setup. Thanks for watching!
@@PurpleCollarLife Really I don't have a need for something like this unit since I don't have a goose neck of any kind, but I may call them anyway just to satisfy my curiosity.
Yes it does that’s what I’m using it on. Our 2001 Chevrolet 3500 has the plate with the ball welded to it mounted and I use the Anderson ultimate as shown in this video. No problem’s
Word of caution on the newer trucks 2020 and newer you need the 3217 - I am new to rv’s and the dealer insisted that the3220 hitch would work on my 2021 Gmc DeNnali and it won’t-side rails are to high --
Thanks for the comment. When I called Andersen, the 3217 Ultimate RAISED hitch was exactly the one they recommended for our new F-350 Super Duty. Like you say, the side rails are high.
I've had a chance to use one of these, which was ok, but after experience with a Reese goosebox, these types of hitches make zero sense. I don't trust aluminum to hold up to impacts from the road or accidents. The Reese goose box is not only much more convenient, but definitely stronger by a long shot.
I’ve personally never tried the Reese goose box. But I feel like it would put pulling pressure (torque) the wrong way against the front of the trailer frame. I’d need to do more research and try it. Like I said, I don’t know that much about that system. We don’t have a ton of experience with the Andersen Ultimate hitch so far, but our experience has been great to this point. Thanks for watching and leaving the comment!
@@PurpleCollarLife the Reese goosebox is certified by trailer manufacturers, and doesn't void warranty.
The absolute best part of this setup, is you never move anything, or loose precious bed space. Bolt it to the trailer and it stays there. Only thing is to drop or raise the ball in the bed, and make sure the tail gate is down before hooking up. Super easy, but a bit spendy. About $2k or so. I don't see why I would ever go back to rails, conventional 5th wheel sliders or this unit demonstrated here.
If you upgrade, you'll see why I recommend it over anything else by far. It not only eliminated chucking, but the bags on it are adjustable and make for one smooth ride. Your first experience with one will have you smiling all the way. It's an investment like anything, but in my opinion, it's in the top 3 upgrades, next to shocks and good tires on the trailer, and a wet bolt kit. All of which adds safety and convenience, big time.
Nice tow rig btw, those new superduty's are so darn capable, ride well, and they look really nice..
The camper. Is Too Low U-R not Clearing the Bed Rails.
Thanks for watching. Thankfully - we did get the tall version of the hitch. So that’s about as tall as it goes. I do think the ball has one more adjustment height up - but we’ve never hit the bed rails on the trailer with this Andersen raised hitch.
So you're basically lazy.
How much trouble is it to back up partially, getting beyond the 5th wheel kingpin, get out and lift your tailgate, then finish backing into position.
I guess I’m not sure what you’re saying. Back up partially beyond the kingpin then close the tailgate?
@PurpleCollarLife back in til the kingpin clears your tailgate, get out and close the tailgate, then backup til the kingpin is hooked.
To make it be safer and work the right way right way is to take it interesting hitch yeah it's hooked to a 5th wheel goose Nick ball but for it from keep on rocking back-and-forth after a while we're gonna try to work itself loose it's the security the square part of the Anderson hates but sits on the bed and anchor through the bed bed then it will work a lot safer and a lot better than you don't after a while you don't hear a rocking sound where those plates start bending from the 5th wheel trailer jerking on it back-and-forth that's what Anderson didn't think of when they built that yeah it's something better Give you a lot more room in the bed this throat stuff in but for something supposed to be safer and quicker Vida bessing Andersen and smartest thing that they could do yeah it's a little more of process but it won't have to sit there and keep on replacing giving people brand new fucking Internet shit hitches but you didn't understand hitches after your sister starts bending his sheet out of the plate
Thanks for watching, Steve. I'm not exactly sure what you're saying. So far, I'm really happy with the Andersen Ultimate system. It seems secure and sturdy in the bed of our truck when torqued down according to the instructions.
Too Low
Thank you.
That isn't a 5th wheel hitch
It's definitely not a traditional or conventional 5th wheel hitch. But it does a nice job connecting our 5th wheel RV to our truck.
@@PurpleCollarLife lol then your rv must have been converted to a gooseneck type hitch 😉
@franklinkeeley2327 did you watch the video?
USELESS! The reason I pulled this video up is to watch the installation of the king pin attachment...and you skipped that.
Not sure what you didn’t see. We show this kingpin attachment in detail at Arline 9:30 with explanation and detail about orientation for different trucks and trailers.