Switching From Hensley To SwayPro
Has anyone switched from a Hensley design hitch (Hensley Arrow or ProPride) to a Blue Ox SwayPro or other non-Hensley design hitch in order to simplify hitching and unhitching. I understand that the s...
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I read all the Hensley hook-up stories, but I never ran into those issues, even of very off-camber primitive camp sites. Sometimes it meant going back and better aligning the hitch head, but I don't think I ever once fought with it.
The Sway Pro has some hookup limitations too. Dropping the trailer on the ball is easy enough, but being anything other than straight puts quite the load on the outer bar, and if the jack won't go up high enough, and can require pulling forward until things are straighter, then going through the bar hookup process again.
I'm not a fan of friction-only hitches like the Equalizer, mainly because I tow often in snow and ice. The same friction that prevents sway, can also hold a hitch angle (i.e. jackknife) if things break loose, and would make it much harder to recover from that. The Dual and Sway Pro seem the best for this. The Hensley had a peculiarity on ice too, where sharp turns on snow and ice would cause it to cam over (similar to the "Hensley Bump" scenario) and cause sudden oversteer, which isn't hard to deal with as long as you don't panic and hit the brakes.
The Sway Pro has some hookup limitations too. Dropping the trailer on the ball is easy enough, but being anything other than straight puts quite the load on the outer bar, and if the jack won't go up high enough, and can require pulling forward until things are straighter, then going through the bar hookup process again.
I'm not a fan of friction-only hitches like the Equalizer, mainly because I tow often in snow and ice. The same friction that prevents sway, can also hold a hitch angle (i.e. jackknife) if things break loose, and would make it much harder to recover from that. The Dual and Sway Pro seem the best for this. The Hensley had a peculiarity on ice too, where sharp turns on snow and ice would cause it to cam over (similar to the "Hensley Bump" scenario) and cause sudden oversteer, which isn't hard to deal with as long as you don't panic and hit the brakes.
