Hensley Arrow: How does it REALLY work?

Stressor wrote:
...thanks for asserting that this is not locked, however, the photograph is real...

Milt,

I haven't said that your picture isn't real, but it doesn't prove that the HA is locked. It is under a great load, but not locked. If we hook another come along to the other side of your HA and pull perpendicular to the first I'm sure that the HA will move.

Stressor wrote:
...You have made an assertion that the trailer tires add to stability, and I have pointed out that this is not necessary and that the Hensley Arrow is not dependent on trailer tires to prevent sway. It is not, and as you can see in this picture, it is solidly locked up to input from the trailer end. The trailer tires are not attached....

There clearly are no trailer tires in your picture, however the force that you are putting on the hitch isn't sway force, so no trailer tires are necessary.

Stressor wrote:
I do not argue that tandem axles are sway preventives in themselves, but simply state that the Hensley Arrow does not need them to prevent sway, and that any such assertions are not credible without proof. The tandem axles do not need to be attached, as demonstrated above, and below. The hitch would operate as stated in Hensley literature if clamped in a vise.

Did you see the video of the HA moving freely with it mounted in a receiver? Similar to being clamped in a vise, no? Loading the HA as you have done is in no way locking it, but it does make it harder to move (trans-rotate).






Do you get royalties each time your picture is shown on the internet?;) Try not to get too stressed over all of this...

Lastly I own a Hensley Arrow, had it for about 3 months, made an 800 mile trip to the Outer Banks with it, it works as well as everybody claims, and I wouldn't tow without it again.



Dave