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:
Whatever Tim, the fact is that the links are at 90 degrees to the hitch bar when the angular difference between the Tow vehicle and travel trailer is approximatly 30 degrees.
I have a Hensley Arrow Hitch, and I looked and I measured.
I don't know where Ron gets his stuff, and last time we talked, he was still swearing that the upper orange hitch assembly pivoted on the ball.
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Wow! Tim is right. You and Ron may need to have another look. Those big locking nuts that we tighten up on the drag bars pretty much (absolutely) prevent any (and all) rotation at the hitch ball in the horizontal plane, while permitting rotation in the lateral plane, i.e. when the TV / TT are moving over undulating ground that causes the vertical angle of the TT relative to the TV to change. That's WHY the hitch works, and it's the ONLY reason it works...
Ed B
