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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Ron Gratz wrote:
Milt believes that a person who has never owned or towed with a HA cannot possibly have any valid understanding of how one works. Therefore, I will just point out that one HA owner who also is keenly interested in how the hitch works has concluded that the theory supposedly proven by Milt's demonstration was "shot down" and has characterized Milt's demonstration as "somewhat flawed".
Welllllll, out of respect for Milt (and my firm belief that he is right, although his demonstration didn't prove such completely), I am going to retract that claim about him being 'shot down', and will say that the only thing that might be considered flawed, would be the way he went about proving such.
His principle about the Hensley being 'locked' from the trailer's perspective, is right on. The problem is, its very tough to show this to someone that has not seen/experienced a Hensley and what it does. Milt did come up with a very unique (and funny) way to try to prove such, although the reality is, it did not prove the point it was intended to prove. That does NOT mean the point he was trying to prove is false, it just means the proof of such was not quite complete.
Milt does make some really good points, Ron. You have never seen or experienced a Hensley, you are only using theory and Mathematics/Physics to try and predict how/why it works. Thats all great and interesting to read and talk about, but remember, practical experience goes a long way, too. All the scientists that use theory, Math, Physics, etc. still cannot explain why a bumble bee flies. But it d-mn sure flies. :)
Anyway, instead of trying to dis-credit each other by harping on things like lack of practical experience, etc., lets get back to the important things. Lets get back to what Don and I were illustrating, about the REAL reason why the Hensley essentially 'locks' things from the trailer's perspective. I think thats the only way we're all going to eventually agree, on how/why it does what it does.
Will
