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, I'll bet he wasn't. Just trying to see whether you'd take the bait. (You did..)
There's a helluva lot of good information in these 27 pages. But there's too much information for some (we could think of at least one..)
I'm still thinking about the side links (maybe I should call them the short links for clarity). I'll go have another look, but it's not them that interfere at the limit of travel, it's those ears in the middle of the front link that bump the links on either side at the limit. I think there is a point when the two links are either at or nearly at right angles to each other near the limit of travel. The T formation, The last 30 degrees or so of front link rotation are what's bringing me to that conclusion. Otherwise the ears in the center of the rear link couldn't be the stop...
Like I say, this fellow was pretty clever. The story is that Hensley discovered him, and saw what he was doing -- bought one, liked what it did and so then bought him out and started a company to manufacture and market the product.
Ed
There's a helluva lot of good information in these 27 pages. But there's too much information for some (we could think of at least one..)
I'm still thinking about the side links (maybe I should call them the short links for clarity). I'll go have another look, but it's not them that interfere at the limit of travel, it's those ears in the middle of the front link that bump the links on either side at the limit. I think there is a point when the two links are either at or nearly at right angles to each other near the limit of travel. The T formation, The last 30 degrees or so of front link rotation are what's bringing me to that conclusion. Otherwise the ears in the center of the rear link couldn't be the stop...
Like I say, this fellow was pretty clever. The story is that Hensley discovered him, and saw what he was doing -- bought one, liked what it did and so then bought him out and started a company to manufacture and market the product.
Ed
