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:hddecker wrote:93Cobra2771 wrote:
Wes - I'm glad you remembered to check, as I 100% totally forgot to. And yes, it was the foot that was the issue.
I too, had an issue where I was at a fairly extreme angle, and where I had backed up the hitch head had shifted to one side. I ended up pulling the pin on the foot, dropping the jack, then putting the foot back on. This was on my old manual tongue jack.
The new jack has a round foot and doesn't go up as high as the old one. Just high enough to catch the WD bars.
Regarding the bump - I have felt it. I think it is more easily felt with 1/2 ton trucks and heavier TT combos. I can also feel the hitch head swing from side to side in the case of a slow "S" turn. Part of the route on our regular campground is through the Smoky Mountains, and the road has quite a few low speed turns as well as off throttle coasting. If you aren't on your brakes, you will feel the bump as the HH head pivots to one side or the other. You can trail brake lightly with your controller and it won't happen.
Am I missing something, I paid good money for my Hensley and I don't get a bump.
I did manage to bend a strut bar once and that caused a lot more than a bump. I check my strut bars at every stop and if there is the least bit of wiggle, I give the adjuster a quarter turn and no wiggle.
I have leaned the rear bumper right up against the A-frame and have never felt anything out of the ordinary.
How did you bend a strut bar? Did you have to try real hard? ;)
There are two ways to bend a strut bar:
1. Turn too sharply and put the linkage in a bind.
2. Allow one or both of the bars to get loose. Hitch head will start flopping around and something gives, eventually.
