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, I think you've got it backwards. When you snug up the struts, you tighten the locknut on the strut and put a force on the outer sleeve of the strut that pushes towards the rear of the A-frame, and the screw that you're turning the lock nut on is pushed forward into the hitch head. So the forward end of the strut is compressing the hitch head and the aft end is compressing the strut mount. As I noted above, you "tension" the unit by expanding the strut. And if my recollection of physics is accurate (not a sure bet at all) the net force on the coupler/ball should be zero if both struts are of equal length. Both struts are "pushing" with equal force on opposite sides of the ball coupler.
Andy
Andy
