Hensley Arrow: How does it REALLY work?
There have been several discussions on this hitch that have become somewhat 'controversial'. I am NOT trying to stir this controversy/bashing back up. Instead, I'd like to see a good, intelligent di...
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Stressor wrote:bettered wrote:
ttsr4us:
I'm thinking you're pushing the head of the hitch in the direction of the TV and then TRANSLATING the black part of the hitch to the side. I suggest that you can't rotate it because of the linkage, but rather by translating it sideways, the linkage then forces the rotation. But of course with the TV attached, this is impossible, because you can't translate or rotate the hitch bar without moving the TV. And for those who haven't experienced this action, it's acheived with the hitch attached normally to the TT. The Orange part of the hitch is in this case immobile.
Ed B
This is true up until the linkage reaches 90 degrees, then it breaks over, see the link I posted after the pictures. The Hensley linkage only rotates about 160 degrees before running into itself.
All of the turns are through the linkage, and displacing the linkage changes the angular relationship between the truck and the travel trailer.
One more time, repeat after me, the hitch assemblies do not move relative to their attachment points on their respective vehicles. All movement occurs in the linkage.
Milt
Milt, the first three words were all you needed to say. A HA owner and Mechanical Engineer, I well understand the mechanics of linkages and the HA. Besides, I'm 5 years older than you..
Ed B
