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For Part #3100 (straight) & #3139 (8" offset) • 24,000 lbs GTWR - 6,000 lbs Tongue
IMPORTANT! DEALER OR INSTALLER: Please make sure your customer receives
this manual for safety tips, warranty, and future removal or installation information
Table of Contents
Important Safety Information .............................................
Parts Illustration .................................................................
Tools Needed for Installation ..............................................
Section 1: Preparation ........................................................
Section 2: Installing the Base Unit .....................................
Warranty Information .........................................................
Ranch Hitch Adapter
INSTALLATION MANUAL
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Summary of Contents for Andersen Hitches Ranch Hitch 3100
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
Ranch Hitch Adapter INSTALLATION MANUAL For Part #3100 (straight) & #3139 (8” offset) • 24,000 lbs GTWR - 6,000 lbs Tongue IMPORTANT! DEALER OR INSTALLER: Please make sure your customer receives this manual for safety tips, warranty, and future removal or installation information Want to see a video of the install? Table of Contents Important Safety Information .......... -
Page 2: Important Safety Information
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION Read the entire manual before using the Ranch Hitch Adapter to tow. Before each trip—and regularly during a trip—check all hardware, bolts and nuts for wear and fatigue, and make sure that they are all properly tightened and secured in place. The Ranch Hitch Adapter is NOT recommended for cushioned or movable pin boxes, only on static pin box applications. -
Page 3: Section 1: Preparation
Standard Pin Box Medium-Extended Pin Box Super-Extended Pin Box May need extra support (e.g. steel gusset) • • CALL IF UNSURE • • SECTION 1 : PREPARATION Trailer Preparation ● Thoroughly inspect the trailer’s pin box and frame for cracks or broken welds before installing the Ranch Hitch Adapter. - Page 4 2-4. Apply anti-seize grease to the inner threads of the Ranch Hitch Adapter base. Thread it clockwise onto the seated collar, being careful not to cross- thread the base. Spin the base onto the collar — it should spin very easily — until the base contacts the bottom of the pin box.
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Page 5: Section 3: Attaching The Remote Latch Cable Bracket
2-7. Place the stinger into the base and lightly tighten the set bolts enough to hold the stinger in place. ± IMPORTANT The silver stinger tube has a scribed line about half way up the tube (See 2-7 B). This line must NOT be visible when the stinger is in its final or lowest adjustment position in the base or there will not be sufficient stinger material inside the base for the set bolts to engage. -
Page 6: Section 4: Installing Quick Release & Hitch Hookup
3-2. Once installed, test the cable to ensure that the handle moves freely in and out. This will make sure that the pin attached to the kingpin coupler block is able to engage and disengage correctly. Using the remote latch cable: To engage, simply turn the handle in either direction to unlock it, push the handle until it’s all the way in and then turn it fully in either direction to lock in place. -
Page 7: Warranty Information
Andersen Hitches Limited Warranty PLEASE RETAIN YOUR ORIGINAL BILL OF SALE AS YOU WILL NEED TO PRESENT IT SHOULD YOU REQUIRE SERVICE UNDER THIS WARRANTY. LIMITED LIFETIME WARRANTY: Andersen Manufacturing, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as “ANDERSEN”) warrants specific Andersen brand products (“Products”) purchased directly from Andersen or an Authorized Andersen Dealer, in accordance with the terms and conditions detailed herein for the periods indicated below.