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:One thing I'd like to know, Milt, is how you concluded that pulling on the right connection simulates PUSHING on the left strut. Surely you understant that the 4-bar linkage does not rotate like a steering wheel (?).
This picture proves, real world, inarguably, that the Hensley hitch locks up from the travel trailer end.
...All forces from the trailer are applied to the hitch head by pushing the struts, and the photograph proves, by simulating a 4000 pound push on the left strut connection by a 4000 pound pull on the right connection, that the hitch is locked up, and that it will be destroyed before it unlocks...
BTW, "delusional" was meant tongue-in-cheek, but you're asserting that your picture proves something that it doesn't. I wonder if Hensley ever anticipated that a tow vehicle would ever be tugging on the hitch with 4000 pounds of force? I hope so to be sure you didn't do any unseen damage to your linkage. I doubt if even MY Burb could pull like that in 4-wheel drive low.
Tim
