Mile High wrote:
A fellow Montana owner had one of the first made, and he had a Hensley Trailersaver air ride hitch, one of the best around. When other frames were breaking, he always credited his success to that Trailersaver.
Unfortunately, he too found himself with a completely destroyed from frame and interior damage just like the rest like many of the others.
For me, the moral of that story is get the air ride hitch for the comfort of the ride, but don't fall for the hype about it saving your trailer or truck. If the trailer or truck isn't built to handle the job, it doesn't matter what hitch is under it.
Years ago, I came to the conclusion that cushioned hitches or pin boxes have minimal benefit when it comes to bad road conditions like the OP's pothole. They simply isolate the two vehicles (which benefits the driver more than the rv). The best thing you can do for a trailer is improve it's suspension over the simple leaf spring setup. I went with the Mor/ryde IS system. Now days almost every leaf spring fiver comes equipped with Equiflex or something similar, which is at least somewhat better than what manufacturers were doing 10 yrs ago.
