Hensley or....
With the purchase of our 35' (OAL) trailer, I am curious if a non top of the line hitch will prove satisfactory? It isn't abnormally tongue heavy for the truck, but will certainly benefit from sway el...
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We havent taken delivery of the trailer yet. We opted to swap out the jacknife sofa for an actual sofa that pulls out into a bed. Its name escapes me right now. That may take a couple weeks.
The dry tongue weight of the trailer is 680 or so pounds. UVW is just over 7000 and GVW is right around 8600. So I know I'm not taxing the truck with weight, its the sway I want to control. I'm pretty good at weight distribution and I have a "weigh safe" insert I can use to measure tongue weight based on various loading configurations.
Im still leaning towards the Hensley mainly because I can pick it up local. I'm only about 1 hour from their office. I did call them today to inquire on price and availability and was offered $200 off a display they have been using in their office. They do now also have a model that uses chains rather than the jacks to adjust spring bar tension. Terry told me its because of the "V" nose trailers that are starting to hit the market.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2hfkn75RAU&index=1&list=UUaey1HrTtfzxxXFoM-b
The dry tongue weight of the trailer is 680 or so pounds. UVW is just over 7000 and GVW is right around 8600. So I know I'm not taxing the truck with weight, its the sway I want to control. I'm pretty good at weight distribution and I have a "weigh safe" insert I can use to measure tongue weight based on various loading configurations.
Im still leaning towards the Hensley mainly because I can pick it up local. I'm only about 1 hour from their office. I did call them today to inquire on price and availability and was offered $200 off a display they have been using in their office. They do now also have a model that uses chains rather than the jacks to adjust spring bar tension. Terry told me its because of the "V" nose trailers that are starting to hit the market.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2hfkn75RAU&index=1&list=UUaey1HrTtfzxxXFoM-b
