Question for the Hensley/ProPride people
Hello everyone. I'm looking for comments, good and bad, from the people that own or have owned one of the mentioned hitches. We currently have a 29' Thor that weighs in at about 8500lbs pulling i...
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I just purchased my Hensley in April of this year and I can assure you there will be a learning curve in the hitching and unhitching but the pleasurable towing experience will make up for any of these problems. I have found that you need to have the trailer wheels well chocked front and back to prevent any movement and have a large enough block under the tongue jack to allow for any movement when hitching and unhitching. As an example while backing the stinger into the hitch I had my jack stand close to the edge of a 4X4 while using the cheap plastic wheel chocks and knocked the jack off of the 4X4 bending the jack tube.
I have also found very few campsites where the truck is without a side to side and front to back angle especially if you needed to level the trailer side to side before unhitching. The Hensley requires you to try to have your truck in line with the trailer and the hitch set at the same angle as the stinger so that they slide together with minimum resistance.
Like you my previous hitch was an Eaz Lift with the snap up brackets which I was accustomed to using on the WD bars but since my Rockwood has the coupler mounted under the A Frame I had to go with the standard screw jacks on the Hensley W.D. bars. If your coupler is top mounted you may be able to use the newer snap up brackets however I do not know if it will make the setup more easy.
Also if you are close to the payload on your truck keep in mind that the Hensley and associated hardware weighs about 200#.
As you can see I’m still learning and read all the post on this subject for any hints others recommend but I would not trade the Hensley for any other hitch.
Terry Powell at Hensley is very helpful with any problems that you may experience with the hitch as well as other general towing questions you may have.
I have also found very few campsites where the truck is without a side to side and front to back angle especially if you needed to level the trailer side to side before unhitching. The Hensley requires you to try to have your truck in line with the trailer and the hitch set at the same angle as the stinger so that they slide together with minimum resistance.
Like you my previous hitch was an Eaz Lift with the snap up brackets which I was accustomed to using on the WD bars but since my Rockwood has the coupler mounted under the A Frame I had to go with the standard screw jacks on the Hensley W.D. bars. If your coupler is top mounted you may be able to use the newer snap up brackets however I do not know if it will make the setup more easy.
Also if you are close to the payload on your truck keep in mind that the Hensley and associated hardware weighs about 200#.
As you can see I’m still learning and read all the post on this subject for any hints others recommend but I would not trade the Hensley for any other hitch.
Terry Powell at Hensley is very helpful with any problems that you may experience with the hitch as well as other general towing questions you may have.
