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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camp-n-family wrote:
I would suggest latching the stinger in the hitch head on its own (not hooked to the tow vehicle) and try moving it side to side. It should pivot freely or give you a feel if it's binding somewhere.
Funny you mention that. Ive been working on my battery box on the tongue and in fact have the stinger mounted in the hitch head. I was moving it back and forth but its hard to discern if any bindage is due to something actually binding in the head linkage or from the WD bars rubbing on the struts that are used to hold the head level when not connected. Ill fiddle around with it a bit more.
camp-n-family wrote:
Do you have any pictures of it hooked up from side on? How many links of the chain are hanging on each torsion bar?
I dont have any pictures from the side. Since I am working on my batteries I have no 12v power so its going to be sitting for at least this weekend.
I brought it home with 2 links hanging, so it was on the third. However, now that I have remounted the snap up brackets to bring the chains more plumb, I'm going to go to the 4th link. It was way to bouncy on the way home.
camp-n-family wrote:
Also wondering about your safety chains. How much slack is in them? Can't really see where they go in the pic but it looks odd that they are in line with the stinger while turned as opposed to straight to the trailer.
Plenty of slack, in fact I could twist them a couple times. They hang pretty low.
Thing is about that picture, my TV and TT are in line with one another. I am not turned.
