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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Tim,
Thanks for posting/compressing my video file.
Ed, I think you might mean to say "Of course we know this is not possible under normal circumstances, when attached to the TT.
I say that because this condition can also happen in the event of a slide in which the TT wheels break loose in a turn when the TV wheels haven't.
Perhaps overdriving a turn, or icey slick road conditions could could cause this type of movement, but under normal conditions It can't happen.
Please note that with the HA for a left turn the front end of the TT moves to the left of the centerline created between the TV/TT combo.(opposite to that motion that is a result of sway) while driving straight, as my video and Tim's fig. 3 represent. Also note that with a conventional hitch for the same left turn the front end of the TT moves to the right of the same centerline created between the TV/TT combo(the same direction as the forces caused in sway).
The linkage in the HA is what causes turns to move in this way, and at the same time prevents sway.
Dave
Thanks for posting/compressing my video file.
bettered wrote:
... Of course we know this is not possible when attached to the TT....
Ed, I think you might mean to say "Of course we know this is not possible under normal circumstances, when attached to the TT.
I say that because this condition can also happen in the event of a slide in which the TT wheels break loose in a turn when the TV wheels haven't.
Perhaps overdriving a turn, or icey slick road conditions could could cause this type of movement, but under normal conditions It can't happen.
Please note that with the HA for a left turn the front end of the TT moves to the left of the centerline created between the TV/TT combo.(opposite to that motion that is a result of sway) while driving straight, as my video and Tim's fig. 3 represent. Also note that with a conventional hitch for the same left turn the front end of the TT moves to the right of the same centerline created between the TV/TT combo(the same direction as the forces caused in sway).
The linkage in the HA is what causes turns to move in this way, and at the same time prevents sway.
Dave
