Re: [A/S] Newbee question: How necessary is a Hensley? or a Pullrite?

[schuetzen - RKBA! <chasm@xxxxxxxxx>]

well Hensley if you got the money, Pullrite for half the price and better in my
opinion but either way...  (there is a lot of skew on this list to the Hensley
so I do not mind making a case for a hitch that is just as good and in some
cases, better then the Hensley)

I was damned glad to get rid of all of my Reese and DrawTite hitches.  I
actually gave them away along with their friction bars or cams or whatever I had
on them.

to me, they are the biggest waste of money there is unless you are towing back
East of the Miss R.  When you get out on the Great Plains, you have entirely
different weather and terrain extremes.  That is why my Suburban works well in
East Tx and moderately well in all but the steepest of the CenTex terrain but I
will never recommend one of these with a cheap and inadequate hitch for use
where the wind's NORMAL speed is in the 30s and gusts to 60 are not really
abnormal.  Then there are the windy days when the wind is running at 45 to 55
and the gusts are even higher.  that is when you see the 18s pulling over
anywhere where they can point the axis of the rig into or away from the wind.
otherwise, they risk being blown over.  Those conditions are not as often found
but common enough to those who live out in WY, CO, MT, Dakotas, etc.

and then we are talking some really severe grades to go with them...
add slippery when wet or icy, no shoulders on the 1,000' drops and rarely a
barricade...
anyway, 
I will keep transferring my Pullrite from truck to truck and it will work on any
trailer I hook up to be it a heavy boat or a 34' Limited.

fwiw
chas