The New Hensley has Arrived
Posted 10-26-2012 at 12:43 PM by darlingbooks
Anne-Marie and Steve's Airstream Travels
We sold our home of 30 years and we have traveled in our Airstream Trailer ever since. We have been on the road for three years touring the entire US, while wintering in Tucson Arizona.
Friday, October 26, 2012
The new Hensley Hitch arrived yesterday about 4:00PM and the sun wasn’t on this side of the trailer any longer, so I decided to wait till today for the weather to be warm enough to wrestle the heavy thing around.
Three boxes of parts, and the UPS guy set the boxes right close by.
These new parts look newer than the advertised refurbished. The old carriage sure looks beat-over. The new sleeves have a webbing part welded between them, if the old ones had that, it’s long gone. I left the old hitch linkage attached to the trailer frame, so I could tell where the new stuff goes to, and what adjustments to set them at.
I called Hensley this morning, and asked if this was a new or refurbished hitch, and they said that it is refurbished with new parts as necessary, to be as good as new. I can’t detect any wear on anything, and all of the stress points that I found on the old hitch, look to be new and unused on the one I received. Gotta go to work.
We sold our home of 30 years and we have traveled in our Airstream Trailer ever since. We have been on the road for three years touring the entire US, while wintering in Tucson Arizona.
Friday, October 26, 2012
The new Hensley Hitch arrived yesterday about 4:00PM and the sun wasn’t on this side of the trailer any longer, so I decided to wait till today for the weather to be warm enough to wrestle the heavy thing around.
Three boxes of parts, and the UPS guy set the boxes right close by.
These new parts look newer than the advertised refurbished. The old carriage sure looks beat-over. The new sleeves have a webbing part welded between them, if the old ones had that, it’s long gone. I left the old hitch linkage attached to the trailer frame, so I could tell where the new stuff goes to, and what adjustments to set them at.
I called Hensley this morning, and asked if this was a new or refurbished hitch, and they said that it is refurbished with new parts as necessary, to be as good as new. I can’t detect any wear on anything, and all of the stress points that I found on the old hitch, look to be new and unused on the one I received. Gotta go to work.
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the new head unit appears to have a separate piece into which the weight dist. bars fit. I wonder if it is hardened? or somehow distributes the stress forces better than the older welded in version. Thanks again.
billPosted 10-26-2012 at 02:16 PM by wmarsha 
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The sleeves may have have a webbing between them on the old carriage, there is a bolt hole between the two sleeves. The sleeves are hard to tell from the grease and goo, but they are in place, and they did slide out when I removed the bars.Posted 10-26-2012 at 04:24 PM by darlingbooks
