Hensley Arrow hitch for TT??

[rdfeatherstone]

Does anyone here have experience with the Hensley Arrow Hitch from Hensley Mfg.?

While looking through Trailer Life I found an ad for this hitch. I looked up their product on their website:

www.hensleymfg.com

Seems like a very high class unit at a very high class price of $2995.

But, if you figure you are towing a $25K to $35K trailer with a $30K truck, it doesn't seem too much to protect your investment.

Information that you can share is appreciated.

Ralph

[rtapia]

Do a search on http://www.campingworld.com/forums/ for the Hensley there are a ton of threads.

[Steamguy]

Originally Posted by rdfeatherstone

Does anyone here have experience with the Hensley Arrow Hitch from Hensley Mfg.?

While looking through Trailer Life I found an ad for this hitch. I looked up their product on their website:

www.hensleymfg.com

Seems like a very high class unit at a very high class price of $2995.

But, if you figure you are towing a $25K to $35K trailer with a $30K truck, it doesn't seem too much to protect your investment.

Information that you can share is appreciated.

Ralph

I'm sure ALL of this has been covered in the threads out there... We tow a 27 foot Arctic Fox and had originally looked at the Hensley.

<pulling out soap box>

We were struck by a couple of things in their video; maybe they don't distribute that same video any more but they showed towing a 60 grand Airstream with just a little 6-banger Blazer. What happens on an unfamiliar, curving road, and you have to make a fast corner? The weight of the trailer is going to yank that little SUV right into the ditch.

You want safety in the rig you end up with. That equates first of all, to stopping power, and second, the weight to control that trailer. The Titan has enough weight and stopping power to safely handle a lot of stuff out there. The Hensley will keep the sway down and with the Titan, ti will give you a comfortable tow.

We ended up with the Reese because:
1. The Hensley is a LOT of money - and we were already spending plenty on our trailer.
2. To hook the Hensley up, it literally took two people; although now I'm sure they have some kind of guide to catch the slug and guide it into the Titan's reciever. Before, you were taking chances with your fingers to get everything lined up.
3. You have to have the wrench on the equalizer springs and count the turns to put onto the equalizer bars, whereas the Twin Cam method uses the plain old chain method which gets you equalized the same every time.

One thing that really bothered us about the Hensley-sellers we encountered was they were using the hitch's good sway-cancelling abilities as a sales point to encourage people to buy too much trailer for the tow vehicle. Please don't fall for that line.

<putting soap box away>

Hensley makes a good hitch. But only you can judge if it's worth it for you. I've been really happy with my Reese. For our money, it's really worked as well as the Hensley. It really paid for itself in blood-pressure medication with our old Prowler.

My two cents, anyway. Keep your steam dry.

[rdfeatherstone]

Steamguy,
Thanks, you have provided the best information I've gotten so far. I've had two recommendations for the Reece and I'll be sure to look into it. I've got the video on order so I'll have to wait until I receive it to comment on its production value.

Anyway, if our steam ever gets too wet, we SUPERHEAT it!

Ralph

[rdfeatherstone]

Rtapia,
Thanks for the link, I'll check it out.

RAlph

[ptgarcia]

I use the Reese HP Dual Cam and 1200lb HP Weight Distribution hitch (combined Reese calls it their Straight-Line system). So far so good.