Hensley Arrow: How does it REALLY work?

tluxon wrote:
Will, do you happen to know the actual measurements on your Excursion? If you still have your conventional hitch perhaps you could install it in the receiver and get a pretty close measurement from the rear axle to the conventional ball. Then next time you hook up to your Hensley you could measure the distance from the rear axle to approximately where the trailer coupler is. To complete the package, you could measure the distance from the TT's axles to the trailer coupler. I would love to see good numbers for an actual setup.

Tim, I cannot remember the specific measurements for the Excursion, it was some time ago I made the measurements/estimates, and came up with 20" behind the axle. That number could be way off, and I too, would like to see some good numbers from an actual setup (mine).

Sooo, in the interest of keeping this (excellent!) discussion going and getting some good numbers from an actual setup, I will go out tonight, and measure such. I will try and post back here sometime this evening, the actual numbers. Not sure I can hitch up the trailer tonight, but I can definitely put the drawbar in the receiver of the Ex, and measure from the rear axle to the point where the drawbar goes into the Hensley head, then from the Hensley head opening to the trailer ball hitch. That, along with measuring from the trailer wheels to the ball, should give us some real good numbers to work with. Not sure I have a measuring tape long enough to measure all the way from the trailer hitch to the trailer wheels, but I'll find a way.

BTW, excellent illustration, Tim. I think it shows very well, why the Hensley works so well. :)