First Time with ProPride
So we just made our first drive with the ProPride hitch. Although it was only about 25 miles, it included hills (up and down), curves at freeway speeds, and a bit of breezy weather. This hitch is ...
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CarnationSailor wrote:
I have had a Hensley Arrow for 2 years and I fully agree with everything said here about it. (Particularly that it is unbelievable when it comes to preventing sway.) The times I have had difficulty unhitching were few and due to my not making sure I had removed all tension from the connection.
If I do the following two things, I have no problems unhitching:
(1) Adjust the tongue jack so the gaps between the hitch bar and my receiver are about equal - both above the hitch bar and below the hitch bar.
(2) Make sure there is no tension at all on the spring bars.
Since I store the hitch bar in my basement when unhitched, I have resisted using any lubricant on the stinger as I don't want to "goop up" my basement.
For hooking up, I made a wooden stinger that I insert into the Hensley and then use a Sears laser level to get the hitch head aligned to the actual stinger in all planes. (Maybe a bit of over engineering, but it works for me and the DW.)
I don't use any lube either, it's all about the angles.
