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Page 13 of 16 • Andersen Weight Distribution Hitch Installation Manual 7-2019 • www.AndersenHitches.com

HOOKING THE TOW VEHICLE BACK UP TO THE TRAILER

1. Using your trailer’s support leg or jack, lower the trailer coupler onto the ball — make sure there is almost no weight

on the ball, and secure the coupler latch.

2. Use the trailer jack to raise the back of the tow vehicle up 1-1/2″.

3. Attach the Tension Plate (with chains and shackles attached) and pin it securely in place.

4. Using the 1-1/4″ socket, tighten both Tension Nuts (make sure the same number of bolt threads are showing as when

you loosened them).

5. Lower the trailer and set the weight of it fully on the ball. Go back to Section 6 and check how level the Trailer and

Tow Vehicle are. Make adjustments if necessary.

6. Re-hook up the trailer’s safety chains (not the Tension Chains) to the tow vehicle.

REMEMBER Any time your load changes in the towing vehicle or trailer, re-check to see how level you are and

make adjustments as needed. Also, check the tightness of all nuts and bolts often and re-tighten as necessary.

Questions or Concerns? If you have read the safety information on pages 3 & 4 and followed all of the installation

instructions well, but are still having difculty with the installation or hook up, please contact your local Authorized

Andersen Dealer, visit our website at help.AndersenHitches.com or call our customer service center at 1-800-635-6106.

If you are unable to back up your tow vehicle to the same angle as when

you unhooked your trailer or the tension (triangle) plate is no longer

perpendicular to the trailer, then follow the procedure below to straighten out

the tension plate.

TENSION PLATE ANGLED TOO FAR?

IMPORTANT: DO NOT USE A HAMMER TO TRY AND LINE THE PLATE UP,

IT WILL DAMAGE THE PLATE

Lower the trailer coupler onto the WD ball, secure the coupler and raise your jack out of the way.

Unhook both chains from the tension plate and secure the tension plate to the bottom of the ball.

Attach the chain to the tension plate on the side that is closest to the frame brackets (A) — don’t adjust the

tension nut yet.

Drive forward in the opposite direction of the chain that is attached (B) until the chain is tight (C). This will turn the

tension plate and bring it close to perpendicular.

Use your trailer jack to raise the coupler until there is almost no weight on the ball. Hook up the chain on the other

side of the tension plate (D) and set the correct tension with both tension nuts.

Angled too far