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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Don, FWIW..
Over on SKP's website is quite a discussion about the 8.1L and fuel milage, both towing and not. One fellow was claiming some remarkable results, but I didn't study why.. Most aren't having such luck.
Tim,
I've examined the new picture. (Thanks, I'd forgotten how relatively easy it is to make such a picture.) That's what I'm seeing, and now I understand the hitch operation much better(ed). It's a bit difficult to see on the actual hitch because the sheer size of the front and rear bars mask much of the action of the short links. But the stick figures are accurate.
I assume you used the 165 degree figure to show the limit of travel. Extrapolating what the actual hardware looks like, in the purple view I can envision where the ears are relative to the collapsing short link (on the left in your picture). Given the width of the link and the position of the ears, this appears to be the same point (in the purple figure) where the ears will contact that link, stopping further rotation.
Well done. Ron G will be proud (or will have forgotten us altogether). I think we're ready to go to press with this one.
Over on SKP's website is quite a discussion about the 8.1L and fuel milage, both towing and not. One fellow was claiming some remarkable results, but I didn't study why.. Most aren't having such luck.
Tim,
I've examined the new picture. (Thanks, I'd forgotten how relatively easy it is to make such a picture.) That's what I'm seeing, and now I understand the hitch operation much better(ed). It's a bit difficult to see on the actual hitch because the sheer size of the front and rear bars mask much of the action of the short links. But the stick figures are accurate.
I assume you used the 165 degree figure to show the limit of travel. Extrapolating what the actual hardware looks like, in the purple view I can envision where the ears are relative to the collapsing short link (on the left in your picture). Given the width of the link and the position of the ears, this appears to be the same point (in the purple figure) where the ears will contact that link, stopping further rotation.
Well done. Ron G will be proud (or will have forgotten us altogether). I think we're ready to go to press with this one.
