Re: [a/s] Reply from Michael Steele

[Lee and Mary Clary <glclary@xxxxxxxxx>]

Frank, as I am sure that you can see by now, this
towing debate is never ending. The neet thing about
this group is that we are nice about it. :-) I have
seen some really nasty debates on some of the
newsgroups about towing. Here's my nickels worth: In
'94 a dealer sold us a 24 ft trailer to pull with our
6 cylinder Grand Cherokee. The trailer was barely
within weight specs for the Jeep. We thought that we
had a good thing. The first time, we hit an
Interstate, a tractor-trailer truck passed us and put
me off on the emergency strip. After that I drove with
one hand on the wheel and the other on the trailer
brakes. We decided to either trade tow vehicles, trade
trailers, buy a motorhome, or can the whole mess and
dig the tent out of the attic. We really didn't want
to do either but I was absolutely not happy towing
when I felt like I was on the verge of an accident
practically all the time. By the way, towing was not
new to me, I have towed boats with cars and trucks
since high school. I saw an ad for the Hensley Arrow
hitch, ordered it and cured my towing problems. I
towed the 24 footer and a 30 footer with 2 different
Grand Cherokees and am now towing a 31 A/S with a
Tahoe using the Hensley. 
My opinion is, that if you are like me and don't want
a Suburban or a long wheel base truck you should
seriously condsider some kind of better than average
hitch. If not a Hensley, then certainly one of the
other hitches with advanced sway control. I hear that
the Pull Rites and the Dual Cam Reese hitches are
pretty good also. There may be others. 
This is just my personal experience and I do not claim
to be an expert on anything but sitting under the
awning, listening to oldies rock'n roll, and sipping
my favorite beverage. :-)

Lotsa luck....Lee